Since November 2022 I have written Circle of Blue's weekly newsletter, The Stream, in which the world's biggest freshwater stories are explained and contextualized: droughts, floods, landslides, sanitation, disease, dams, mining, Indigenous water rights, fishing, farming, wildlife, research, shutoffs, treaties, violence, Day Zero scenarios, and more.
It is my responsibility to center a wide diversity of geographies, knowledge systems, and water trends. Through audits of my own writing, I aim to hold myself accountable to this value. Through March 2024, water news from 100 countries and territories have been represented at least once in The Stream. Here is an interactive breakdown:
Alaska's Communities Struggle for Baseline Water Data Amid Climate Uncertainty | Circle of Blue
In New Mexico, a Closer Look at America’s Water Crisis | The Progressive Magazine
Chicago's 'Magic' Water Pump Connects Polish Heritage, Springwater, and Papal Lore | MSJ Thesis
Have You Seen This Fish Thief? New Film Spotlights 'Dracula of the Great Lakes' | Sierra Magazine
After La Soufrière's Eruption, Water Insecurity Persists On St. Vincent | Circle of Blue
To Solve a Salmonid Mystery, Biologists Make Fish Passage Improvements | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service