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A Lawless Frontier
Traffickers and dumpers, pirates and mercenaries, wreck thieves and repo men, vigilante conservationists and elusive poachers, shackled slaves and cast-adrift stowaways—home to gritty characters and urgent concerns, the high seas are a realm in dire need of investigative journalism.
Featured Investigations
Most Recent Reporting
Robbing A Bank
When No One’s Looking
Our journalism is distinct not just in its focus, but also in how the reporting is conducted and distributed. Most of the stories are reported at least partially at sea. We partner with dozens of outlets around the world to translate and disseminate our reporting as broadly as possible.
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Beyond Traditional Journalism
To reach a younger and more international audience, we leverage non-news platforms, collaborating with artists to convert our reporting into other forms such as music, animation, mural art, stage performance, and podcasts.
Audio Series
The Outlaw Ocean Podcast
Relying on more than eight years of reporting at sea on all seven oceans and more than three dozen countries, The Outlaw Ocean is an immersive seven-part audio series.
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Short Film SeriesDispatches from
Dispatches from
The Outlaw Ocean
This 10-part short film series chronicles a gritty cast of characters including traffickers and smugglers, pirates and mercenaries, shackled slaves and vigilante conservationists.
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Mural Project
Muralists from around the globe have leveraged their talents to amplify the stories we report through imagery that is at once captivating and critical.
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Music Project
Launched in 2020, this project is a global effort to collaborate with musicians for the purpose of disseminating our reporting to a younger and more diverse audience.
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