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Jenn Thornhill Verma
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🌊 Journalist, 2024-25 Pulitzer Ocean Reporting Network fellow @theglobeandmail.com | @RCGS_SGRC Fellow | @ExplorersClub 🇨🇦 FI’23 | @ukings Board
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🫐 NEW episode of #berrygrounds!

#Seasplainer authors @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social & Leila Beaudoin speak with @theglobeandmail.com reporter Greg Mercer about his new book 'The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink'.

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The Lobster Trap (Ep. 15) – The Independent
It's a fishery buzzword — a lifeline for many coastal communities and a luxurious menu item driving a global seafood craze. Lobster—one time once
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November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Carney’s budget is a Trump survival plan. Here are the highlights
More money for defence and trade diversification, less for public servants: Here’s what stands out in Tuesday’s blueprint
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November 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Tune in to your fav podcast spot to hear The Globe’s daily news podcast, The Decibel, for a literal deep dive — the ‘Entangled’ series on North Atlantic right whales, how they depend on vocalizations, and the sounds of underwater noise pollution. @pulitzercenter.org @theglobeandmail.com 🌊
November 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Globe Climate: How to name a whale
Athena, Pencil and Hedgehog are just some of the right whales getting new names today
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October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, has seen a small bump in population.

But experts warn that "we still need strong protective measures for continued growth."

Story by ORN Fellow @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social for @theglobeandmail.com. bit.ly/47CXXe9
North Atlantic Right Whale Population Grows for Fourth Straight Year, but Recovery Still Far Off
The critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population reached 384 animals in 2024, a 2-per-cent increase from the previous year, according to the latest estimate. The update, released...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Good news today for one of the world’s most endangered whales—slow population growth for the fourth year. (And meet a couple more right whale mothers who are protagonists in this species’ race against extinction)! @pulitzercenter.org @theglobeandmail.com

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North Atlantic right whale population grows for fourth straight year, but recovery still far off
A 2% increase in 2024 brings the population to 384 animals
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October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Ahead of the provincial election, all parties agree Newfoundland & Labrador needs a stronger voice with Ottawa, but they diverge on priority areas #nlpoli
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Where N.L. parties stand on fisheries and ocean priorities – The Independent
Ahead of the provincial election, all parties agree the province needs a stronger voice with Ottawa, but they diverge on priority areas
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October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Atlantic Canada has been seeing a lot of white sharks. To learn why, scientists must play a dangerous game with the apex predators

By Lindsay Jones & 📸: Darren Calabrese
September 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Cut the cord — now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/g4ygB...

@theglobeandmail.com #narw #ropeless
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Cut the cord, save the whales #shorts #whales #video
YouTube video by The Globe and Mail
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September 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Humpback whales are a conservation success story.

But as their numbers thrive, their search for food is increasingly pushing them into dangerous shipping lanes, creating a new risk.

Story by Ocean Reporting Network Fellow @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social for @theguardian.com. bit.ly/42LFppj
Dodging New York Traffic: How Hundreds of Whales Are on a Collision Course With Ships and Boats
Humpbacks are thriving in the warm waters off the coast of Manhattan but maritime restrictions have not kept pace It is the beginning of August and a crowd is gathered on the deck of the American...
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September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The #codcollapse shuttered hundreds of fishing communities across Newfoundland and Labrador. But not Francois. Not Grey River. In communities without roads, accessible by ferry, residents rely on one another.

A true ferry tale.

📸: Ethan Murphy for @theglobeandmail.com #underexposed
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Rope-heavy fishing traps are a deadly hazard for whales and other endangered animals.

But why haven't safer options caught on?

Story by ORN Fellow @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social, Lauren Owens Lambert, and Nick Hawkins for @theglobeandmail.com.

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September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Étonnant article de The Guardian, concernant la prolifération des baleines au large de New York, du fait du réchauffement climatique. La présence d'autant de cétacés dans une zone de navigation intense, dans le contexte politique des USA hostile à l'écologie, est un dilemme :
Dodging New York traffic: hundreds of humpback whaless on a collision course with ships
Humpbacks are thriving in the warm waters off the coast of Manhattan but maritime restrictions have not kept pace
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September 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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“What was once a marine highway connecting southern breeding grounds to northern feeding areas has, since 2010, become a regular foraging destination, putting #humpbacks on a collision course with maritime traffic.”

Today in @theguardian.com Seascapes w/ 📸: Chris St Lawrence & Lauren Owens Lambert
September 23, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
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September 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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theglobeandmail.com
Adoption of whale-safe fishing gear lags behind in race to save endangered animals
Rope-heavy fishing traps are a deadly hazard for North Atlantic right whales. There are safer options. Why haven’t they caught on more widely?
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September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In the Miramichi, Atlantic salmon populations are dropping precipitously. Salmon conservation groups say the culprit is clear: striped bass. But as I explored in this story for @theguardian.com, the picture is murky, especially in a changing climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet’: striped bass in a Canadian river are gobbling up all the salmon. Is a mass cull the answer?
Whether to kill one species to save another has split biologists, anglers and Indigenous communities in the Miramichi
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September 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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📣 Next month: Experts from @pulitzercenter.org and @oceana.bsky.social will discuss IUU seafood in EU supply chains, transparency and regulatory gaps, and how journalists can report on these issues: https://loom.ly/Eg_eNzM
August 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Our Ocean Reporting Network 'Ask Me Anything' session is one week away!

Would you like to join a year-long fellowship that includes financial support for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, & training opportunities?

Learn more about our the ORN. bit.ly/3UX5yNT
Ask Me Anything: Ocean Reporting Network Fellowships
Image Are you interested in reporting on ocean issues? Would you like to receive a year-long fellowship that includes financial support for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, an...
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August 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.

Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The What Works Climate Solutions Network is hosting two webinars in September for current and interested members. All the details below to learn more and register.

#climatesolutions
August 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The @pulitzercenter.org Ocean Reporting Network is open for applications for 2026.

This was the greatest opportunity of my career!

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Another awesome opportunity alert: applications are now open for the 2026 Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) cohort! | Federico Acosta Rainis
Another awesome opportunity alert: applications are now open for the 2026 Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) cohort! If you are an investigative journalist interested in working on a lon...
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August 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Almost 2m seafarers power the industry behind 80% of global trade, but many of them face exploitation, trafficking and abandonment.

🔎 In an investigative series for Context, Katie McQue investigates the complex web of the global shipping industry.

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August 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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theglobeandmail.com
Globe Climate: The North Atlantic right whale’s collision course
Ship strikes jeopardize the survival for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales
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August 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM