- Starts atNovember 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
- Ends atNovember 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Event host: NUS CNCS Educational Research Center
You are invited to this event where we will be hosting Rhett Ayers Butler, Founder & CE0 of @mongabay, for a talk and fireside chat!
Rhett will give a wide-ranging talk on how nature reporting can bridge science, society, and hope. Drawing on 25 years of experience leading one of the world’s largest environmental newsrooms, he will share lessons from Mongabay’s evolution from a one-person website into a global, multilingual network reporting from more than 80 countries
The talk will explore how clear, compelling communication can translate complex science into stories that inform action and policy; how journalism can contribute to measurable real-world impact; and what scientists can learn from journalistic storytelling to reach broader audiences. Rhett will also discuss the changing media landscape, including the challenges of polarization, misinformation, and news avoidance, and how approaches like solutions journalism can restore trust and agency.
Blending personal reflection with practical insights, he will offer a hopeful perspective on how storytelling, when done with empathy and evidence, can reconnect people witthe natural world and one another.
After his sharing, Rhett will also sit down for an interactive and cozy forest-side chat with the audience. He will be joined by Sankar Ananthanarayanan, a PhD Candidate at the Theoretical Ecology Lab (NUS Department of Biological Sciences) and a Co-founder of @herpsocsg, who will facilitate the conversation and Q8A with the audience
All are welcome!
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