The Food & Environment Reporting Network
@thefern.org
The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) produces independent, non-profit journalism at the intersection of food, agriculture, and the environment.
For additional details about this job, and for instructions on how to apply, see thefern.org/work-with-us...
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
For additional details about this job, and for instructions on how to apply, see thefern.org/work-with-us...
This is a full-time (5 days, 40-hr work week) fully remote position with benefits. FERN is a virtual organization and the FERN team is predominantly based in the Eastern Time zone. You will report to FERN’s Audience Engagement Editor.
December 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is a full-time (5 days, 40-hr work week) fully remote position with benefits. FERN is a virtual organization and the FERN team is predominantly based in the Eastern Time zone. You will report to FERN’s Audience Engagement Editor.
You can also find it on our YouTube channel at FERNNews. Subscribe to all of FERN’s audio and video reporting. youtu.be/lORHzL089gI
@wwno.org @boyceupholt.bsky.social
@wwno.org @boyceupholt.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You can also find it on our YouTube channel at FERNNews. Subscribe to all of FERN’s audio and video reporting. youtu.be/lORHzL089gI
@wwno.org @boyceupholt.bsky.social
@wwno.org @boyceupholt.bsky.social
In part one of this two-episode series produced in partnership with WWNO’s Sea Change, reporter Boyce Upholt explores the shift from wild-caught to farmed seafood and what it could mean for the environment, the economy, and our connection to the ocean.
Listen here: thefern.org/podcasts/rea...
Listen here: thefern.org/podcasts/rea...
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In part one of this two-episode series produced in partnership with WWNO’s Sea Change, reporter Boyce Upholt explores the shift from wild-caught to farmed seafood and what it could mean for the environment, the economy, and our connection to the ocean.
Listen here: thefern.org/podcasts/rea...
Listen here: thefern.org/podcasts/rea...
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the second episode of a two-part series from FERN and WWNO's Sea Change podcast, where reporter Boyce Upholt explores the future of farming seafood in the Gulf. Link below ⬇️
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the second episode of a two-part series from FERN and WWNO's Sea Change podcast, where reporter Boyce Upholt explores the future of farming seafood in the Gulf. Link below ⬇️
The Gulf Coast is one of the last places in the world where there is still a major wild oyster harvest. Lately, though, that harvest is in trouble. In this episode, we ask: What can the downfall and resurrection of the oyster tell us about a future of farming the ocean?
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Gulf Coast is one of the last places in the world where there is still a major wild oyster harvest. Lately, though, that harvest is in trouble. In this episode, we ask: What can the downfall and resurrection of the oyster tell us about a future of farming the ocean?
*Note: There is a typo above in part 1 of this thread. It should say instead "Elliott Woods' investigative story" rather than "Wood's"
December 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
*Note: There is a typo above in part 1 of this thread. It should say instead "Elliott Woods' investigative story" rather than "Wood's"
His reporting is accompanied by his beautiful, yet heart-wrenching photography. Link below ⬇️
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
His reporting is accompanied by his beautiful, yet heart-wrenching photography. Link below ⬇️
To piece it together, he traveled throughout Mexico and Guatemala, ultimately spending time with sixteen of the victims’ families. Eventually, he was also able to interview a survivor whose harrowing tale provided rare firsthand insight into a smuggling operation gone terribly wrong.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
To piece it together, he traveled throughout Mexico and Guatemala, ultimately spending time with sixteen of the victims’ families. Eventually, he was also able to interview a survivor whose harrowing tale provided rare firsthand insight into a smuggling operation gone terribly wrong.
And read Elliott's previous reporting from earlier this year: thefern.org/2025/02/a-de...
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
And read Elliott's previous reporting from earlier this year: thefern.org/2025/02/a-de...
Fifty-three passengers perished, including 26 Mexicans, 21 Guatemalans, and 6 Hondurans. The incident briefly captured international headlines, but Elliott's story—based on more than two years of reporting—is the first full account of that awful event. Link below ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fifty-three passengers perished, including 26 Mexicans, 21 Guatemalans, and 6 Hondurans. The incident briefly captured international headlines, but Elliott's story—based on more than two years of reporting—is the first full account of that awful event. Link below ⬇️