Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist

I’m an independent journalist who covers international environmental issues in the public interest. My work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories going unreported by mainstream media.

All media outlets are struggling financially. It’s now nearly impossible to make a living as environmental journalist. If news corporations won’t or can’t pay for journalism in the public interest then I am hoping people will.

“Stephen Leahy, a Canadian, and one of the world’s best-known investigative reporters on environmental issues, has launched a challenge : if corporations won’t pay for the news, then it is up to communities and the public to fill the gap.“

– Swiss journalist Daniel Wermus in 2010 article.

Without information there is no motivation to change. Journalism and media are our societal feedback system that provides information to make choices. When our feedback system is hi-jacked, distorted or hobbled we lose our way.

Community Supported Environmental Journalism is a new concept. In exchange for producing articles about important issues that millions will read, I am asking people to provide some support. Just $10 a month helps guarantee informative and useful articles like the ones on this site will continue to be written. 

Without your support I can’t work for all of us. Kudos and thanks to the current and past supporters listed here — Stephen

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“We need people like you. In tough economic times, where information flow is increasingly channelled and controlled…”

– E. Ann Clark, Associate Professor, University of Guelph

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