Reporting Climate Justice: The Role of Journalism in Driving Change
The AMWAJ community will gather to celebrate World Water Day 2025 with an online webinar delving on how to approach climate journalism from a climate justice framework. This first Tabadul event of 2025, organised in collaboration with our media partners ARIJ (Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism) and Marea Media, will explore how journalists can better integrate this framework into their reporting, both for social acceptance and for fair and effective legislation to respond to climate change.
Ahmed Ashour from ARIJ will give an introduction to climate justice and its importance for journalists, featuring the guide “Climate Justice: Through an Investigative Lens”, co-developed by him under the SHARAKA for Inclusive Climate Action Project. The resource is available in Arabic, so this webinar will give non-Arabic speakers a first-hand look at the tool.
Next, Marea Media journalists Sofia Turati and Vittoria Torsello will present two case studies on climate justice reporting, focusing on the socio-economic and political impacts of climate change in local communities. Sofia Turati will present the fight against a new pipeline in the heart of the Italian Apennine Mountains and Vittoria Torsello will present the case study of the investigative article ‘We ask to be recognised’: small fishers claim €12bn EU fund favours big players’. Both of them will discuss their methodology, the publication process, and community-driven solutions to climate challenges in these stories.
Agenda:
- 10:00 – 10:10 Welcoming and introduction (AMWAJ team)
- 10:10 – 10:30 Keynote on Climate Justice by Ahmed Ashour, ARIJ Network
- 10:30 – 11:00 Case study presentations by Sofia Turati and Vittoria Torsello, Marea Media
- 11:00 – 11:20 Open Q&A
- 11:20 – 11:30 Closing remarks (AMWAJ team)
The Tabadul webinar will include a Q&A session with the audience and speakers to facilitate sharing and learning from others. The event aims to inspire others to include a climate justice lens in their reporting on climate change in order to support climate action and give a voice to vulnerable and local communities.
Speakers
Ahmed Ashour
Investigative Journalist and Coach
Ahmed Ashour is an editor and fact checker at ARIJ. He completed a master program in International Media Studies at Bonn University, Germany. He holds the DW Academy-certified creditianial of the International Journalist. Ahmed Ashour had taken part in a number of cross-border collaborative programs with CiFAR, GIZ, ARIJ and OCCRP. Ashour participated in the collaborative project “Fincen Files” and “Pandora Papers” between ARIJ and ICIJ.
Sofia Turati
Freelance Journalist and Co-founder of Marea Media
Sofia is an Italy-based freelance journalist specialising in investigative and longform reporting on the climate crisis, environmental conflicts, and human rights. Her work appeared in prominent outlets such as L’Espresso, Al Jazeera, Green European Journal, and Altreconomia. In 2024, she co-founded Marea Media, an independent media organisation promoting empowering narrations about Southern Italy and the Mediterranean.
Vittoria Torsello
Freelance Journalist and Co-founder of Marea Media
Vittoria co-founded Marea Media and is a member of the FADA Collective. She covers the climate crisis, energy transition, disinformation and social inequalities in the Mediterranean. In 2023, she was a finalist for the Premio Morrione with her reportage, ‘The Gas Propaganda’. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, Irpi Media, Voxeurop and more. She has led transnational journalism projects supported by Journalismfund and IJ4EU.
