Storytellers

Joep Janssen
Joep Janssen
Founder and editor-in-chief Nextblue
72 stories
Dagim Terefe
Dagim Terefe
Dagim Terefe is an award-winning independent multimedia journalist from Ethiopia, with a focus on the environment.
3 stories
Nabin Baral
Nabin Baral
Documentary photographer based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
3 stories
Supratim Bhattacharjee
Supratim Bhattacharjee
Photographer based in Kolkata, India, specialised in in-depth visual storytelling projects about environment and climate change.
3 stories
Toka Mahmoud
Toka Mahmoud
Water and environmental engineer from Egypt. She holds a master’s degree in water management and governance from IHE Delft, Netherlands.
3 stories
Namrata Acharya
Namrata Acharya
Namrata Acharya is an independent journalist based in Kolkata, India. She writes on issues related to economy, finance, public policy and environment.
2 stories
Geoffrey Kamadi
Geoffrey Kamadi
Geoffrey is a freelance journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya, specialised in science, development and climate reporting.
2 stories
Shekhar Kanti Ray
Shekhar Kanti Ray
Shekhar is a development professional and researcher based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has published on issues related to development and marginalization.
2 stories
Sohan Rahat
Sohan Rahat
Sohan is a documentary photographer, producer and writer based in Bangladesh. He is interested in topics like climate change, migration and statelessness, and every day social issues.
2 stories
Shahnoor Hasan
Shahnoor Hasan
Senior researcher resilience and planning at knowledge institute Deltares
2 stories
Abhishek Singh
Abhishek Singh
Photographer from New Delhi, India. He has many years experience in custom and documentary photography. His motto is “Art is not what you see but what you make others see”.
2 stories
Mosabber Hossain
Mosabber Hossain
Mosabber Hossain is a freelance journalist based at Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has won the Thomson Foundation Investigative Award. He writes about climate change issues.
2 stories
Deepa Padmanaban
Deepa Padmanaban
A freelance journalist based in Bangalore, India, writing on environment, wildlife, science and health.
2 stories
Amar Guriro
Amar Guriro
An environmental journalist from Karachi, Pakistan. He reports on climate change impacts in his country, such as water scarcity, crop failures and migration.
2 stories
Shruti Singh
Shruti Singh
Project executive at The Buddha Institute, India. Working on socio-economic initiatives to offer better livelihood opportunities to the marginalised people.
1 post
Bas Agerbeek
Bas Agerbeek
A Dutch water management expert who is fascinated by climate resilient and nature-based design in delta regions.
1 post
Cynthia van Elk
Cynthia van Elk
Photographer based in Amsterdam and Brooklyn, NY. She was part of the Water as Leverage program and documented its design process, and also the water problems each of the cities tackles.
1 post
Dr. Sanchayan Nath
Dr. Sanchayan Nath
Asst. Professor of Public Policy in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Tirupati, India. He worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development.
1 post
Almustaqim Balogun
Almustaqim Balogun
A development journalist from Nigeria using media to bridge the communication gap between science, policy and society.
1 post
Tasmim Alam Bindu
Tasmim Alam Bindu
News and program presenter at Radio Padma 99.2FM in Bangladesh.
1 post
Madeline Dahm
Madeline Dahm
Madeline is a science writer and photojournalist specializing in sustainable agriculture development and water resource management.
1 post
Sadia Rahman
Sadia Rahman
Sadia Rahman is a business graduate, based at Dhaka, Bangladesh. She works as a program officer at the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
1 post
S.M. Nayem Ahasan
S.M. Nayem Ahasan
S.M. Nayem Ahasan is a student from the environmental science discipline at the Khulna University, Bangladesh.
1 post
Mohsin Ul Hakim
Mohsin Ul Hakim
Correspondent for Jamuna Television in Bangladesh. He reports on politics and vulnerability and resilience issues of the remote coastal communities in the Sundarbans.
1 post
Saiyna Bashir
Saiyna Bashir
A Pakistani photojournalist with an interest in covering stories of women from vulnerable communities, as well as stories of migration, climate change and other humanitarian issues.
1 post
Farzana Rahman
Farzana Rahman
Development professional with 10 years of experience in Bangladesh and Australia. Currently managing a global programme of UNDP in Bangladesh.
1 post
Ilódio Sandoval Bata
Ilódio Sandoval Bata
lódio is a journalist based at Maputo, Mozambique. He writes about the intersections of public policy and sustainability.
1 post
Godlove Kihupi
Godlove Kihupi
A Tanzanian communication and marketing specialist at LEAD Foundation and Justdiggit.
1 post
Engeline Kelderman
Engeline Kelderman
Engeline Kelderman is an anthropologist specialised in human-nature relations. She studied Anthropology and Development Studies in Nijmegen.
1 post
Naung Naung
Naung Naung
Naung Naung is a farmer and member of Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) based in Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. He promotes conservation in his community.
1 post
Samiha Sabur
Samiha Sabur
Samiha is a teaching assistant in Environmental Science and Public Health at Asian University for Women in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
1 post
Ramisa Maliyath
Ramisa Maliyath
Ramisa is graduated with a double major in Environmental Science and Public Health at Asian University for Women in Bangladesh.
1 post
Ryszard A. Daniel
Ryszard A. Daniel
Ryszard A. Daniel is an engineer who researched, designed and supervised the construction of many projects, such as the Rotterdam Europoort Barriers and the flood protection system in New Orleans.
1 post
Vuong Kha Tu
Vuong Kha Tu
Vuong Kha Tu is a young environmentalist, student and member of Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) based in Can Tho, Vietnam.
1 post
Toto Sompong
Toto Sompong
Toto Sompong is a farmer and member of Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) based in Korat, Thailand.
1 post
Rida Shah
Rida Shah
Rida is a former news anchor with Pakistan Television and member of the National Youth Council of Pakistan. She is presently pursuing a master’s in Media and Politics at the University of Amsterdam.
1 post
Anis Etan
Anis Etan
Anis Etan is a student and initiator of the Good Weather Good Life project in Narathiwat, Thailand.
1 post
Fadil Lateh
Fadil Lateh
Fadil Lateh is a student and initiator of the Good Weather Good Life project in Narathiwat, Thailand.
1 post
Moyna Khan
Moyna Khan
Moyna is assistant programmer at Community Radio Naf 99.2 FM in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
1 post
Ly Quoc Dang
Ly Quoc Dang
Dang is an ecologist and the founder of Youth Farm Network (Y-Farm) based in Can Tho, Vietnam.
1 post
Anchanikran Nantasook
Anchanikran Nantasook
Anchanikran Nantasook is student at Kasetsart University, and member of Youth Leadership Development in the Thai water sector (First Blue Net Camp) in Thailand.
1 post
Uthpal Kumar
Uthpal Kumar
Uthpal is manager Integrated Water Resources Management for Climate Smart Agriculture at Solidaridad Network in Bangladesh. He is experienced in the water and climate sectors for more than 10 years.
1 post
Sanaullah Salam
Sanaullah Salam
Salam is a water management specialist from Afghanistan. He is currently studying at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands.
1 post
Rahul Yaduka
Rahul Yaduka
Rahul Yaduka is a PhD student at School of Development Studies, Ambedkar University Delhi in India. He is researching Kosi river flood management and working on slum issues in Patna.
1 post
Mohammad Shahadat Hossain
Mohammad Shahadat Hossain
Shahadat is an Economics student from Bangladesh. He currently works as a freelance research associate at Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Germany.
1 post
Nhung Nguyen
Nhung Nguyen
Freelance writer based in Ho Chi Minh City covering gender inequality, climate change, health, and culture in Vietnam.
1 post
Poli Rani Debnath
Poli Rani Debnath
Poli is a news presenter and editor at Community Radio Pollikontho 99.2 FM in Moulvibazar, Bangladesh. She is doing Masters in Political Science from Moulvibazar Government College.
1 post
Rafiqul Islam Montu
Rafiqul Islam Montu
An award winning Bangladeshi investigative journalist. With more than 30 years of experience he is publishing about people, coast, climate and environment.
1 post
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