Dispatches from the Field, a new digital program designed to bring The Explorers Club community closer—wherever you are.
Each session kicks off with a 10-minute talk from a Featured Speaker, streamed live to the public on explorers.org and our YouTube channel.
This will be followed by Campfire sessions—intimate, Members-Only breakout groups where you can connect, share ideas, and build relationships.
This edition features Duda Menegassi, EC50 2025, to present Storytelling in Times of Climate and Biodiversity Crisis:
One of the biggest challenges as a reporter is to make people care about your stories. When it comes to climate change and biodiversity loss, this can be even harder. Duda Menegassi seeks out stories with the power to break through. In her most recent piece, she traveled deep into the heart of the Amazon to follow a researcher studying a small monkey species that exists only in Brazil. This monkey may face extinction within 30 years, as the flooded forests it depends on are being transformed by the global climate crisis. Duda made this monkey the central character of her story—where climate change and biodiversity loss collide, not in the future, but right here, right now.
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Duda Menegassi
Duda Menegassi is a Brazilian environmental journalist who goes after untold stories about biodiversity within the protected areas of Brazil. Through words, photos and videos, Duda has been bringing the important work of scientists and environmentalists to light for over a decade. In 2017, Duda published a book on hiking in Brazil, recounting her journey of over 400 kilometers of trails in eleven protected areas. In 2024, Duda was selected to be a Darwin Leader with the Darwin200 project, and went to the Galápagos to follow evolutionary research. In 2023, Duda was awarded an AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for Excellence in Science Reporting. Through her ongoing projects, Duda continues to give more voice to the stories of the natural world.
