Life outside the oceans depends on what happens in them. While these awareness-raising efforts have gained ground in recent years, there is important work ahead that will not be possible without substantiated information.
The role of journalism in environmental issues must not be left behind what is happening at sea. Except in Mexico where there are at least 150 coastal municipalities and another 113 also considered to have coastal influence.
This year Causa Natura launched the Marine Journalism Network (Repemar); an effort supported by the Internews Earth Journalism Network that seeks to articulate journalists interested in the country's marine issues to build a platform that provides them with support and amplifies the dissemination of their content.
Thus, the Network will be woven in 2022 through a series of marine conservation workshops in Baja California Sur, Mexico City and Yucatán.
After the first year, we expect to have at least thirty journalists distributed in different states of the country, a first stone with which we hope to lay the foundations for growth in the coming years.
Far from being vertical training spaces, it is a network of support, purposeful knowledge exchanges and the possibility of having a different approach from the traditional one to sources dedicated to jobs that contribute to marine health and the well-being of people who depend on these ecosystems.
The workshops will result in proposals for reports that Repemar will finance and provide editorial support to strengthen the impact of journalistic work.
So, welcome those information professionals who have a passion for the sea! This Network was born believing in journalism that shares the same principles as the Causa Natura journalism area, which began in January 2021: quality and rigor in information, depth in issues, plurality of voices and a look at solutions to the problems that afflict our seas.
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