European Parliament – Subcommittee on Human Rights
On January 27th, 2022, Ian Urbina testified before the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights about E.U. complicity in the brutal detention of migrants in Libyan prisons.
Yale Law School: A Reconceptualization of the Mediterranean Migrant Crisis
For the Yale Law School event, “EU’s Citizenship Apartheid,” Ian Urbina discusses The Outlaw Ocean Project’s reporting on the invisible wall that keeps migrants out of Europe.
Central Michigan University Abel Lecture Series: Migrants and Mercenaries on The Outlaw Ocean
Journalist Ian Urbina presents, “A Discussion of EU Efforts to Build a Virtual Wall Across the Mediterranean,” for Central Michigan University’s Abel Endowed Lecture Series.
Overseas Press Club Award for Human Rights Reporting Granted to Ian Urbina
Ian Urbina received the O.P.C. ‘s Joe and Laurie Dine Award for “The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe.”
Daily Maverick: The EU, Libyan Jails, and Human Rights Abuses
Daily Maverick Foreign Affairs journalist Peter Fabricius in conversation with Washington-based investigative reporter and director of The Outlaw Ocean Project Ian Urbina.
University of Pennsylvania: The Migrant Crisis in Libya
On March 29, 2022, Ian Urbina was honored to appear in an interview with the University of Pennsylvania Middle East Center. Urbina discussed the current migration crisis in Libya, based largely off of his recent investigation in The New Yorker.
Chain Reaction: The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Ian Urbina joins Clint Watts for the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s three-part series podcast, Chain Reaction. In this episode, Urbina discusses “The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe,” the recently published in the New Yorker covering the human rights abuses taking place in migrant detention camps in Libya and the international systems enabling […]
The Listen Podcast: Ian Urbina on The Outlaw Ocean
The Listen Podcast aims to provide a platform for guests who have an impactful story to tell, and for curious listeners to access them. Host Kate Jetmore talked with journalist Ian Urbina for the March 7, 2022 episode.
U.S. Coast Guard: Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing
The US Coast Guard made a video about the global concerns of illegality at sea and asked The Outlaw Ocean Project to contribute.
The Jerusalem Post: Ian Urbina is transforming investigative reporting on environmental crimes
The Jerusalem Post interviews Ian Urbina about The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.
Book Dreams Podcast
Ian Urbina discusses the atrocities committed at sea with co-hosts Julie Sternberg and Eve Yohalem,
The Intelligence from The Economist
Ian Urbina discusses the brutal treatment meted out by Libya’s coast guard dealing with Europe-bound migrants.
Efecto Naím
Ian Urbina reveals how Europe finances clandestine prisons for migrants
Commonwealth Club of California
Ian Urbina speaks to Andrew Dudley about human rights abuses and environmental concerns at sea globally
Podcast Rising Tide #47: Still an Outlaw Ocean
Ian Urbina discusses his latest reporting with David Helvarg and Vicki Nichols-Goldstein.
Geomundo: Interview With Ian Urbina
Ian Urbina speaks with Francisco Belaunde of Geomundo on TV Peru about the investigation on migrants’ prisons in Libya.
WPFW Shay Wah Nana: Interview With Ian Urbina
Ian Urbina speaks with Zein El-Amine about The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out Of Europe.
Libyan American Alliance: The Reality for Refugees and Migrants in Libya
Ian Urbina speaks about the reality for refugees and migrants in Libya.
In Conversation: Matt Desch and Ian Urbina
Ian Urbina speaks with Matt Desch, CEO of Iridium, about lawlessness at sea and the secret migrant prisons in Libya.
Food On The Edge 2021: The Outlaw Ocean Project
Ian Urbina presented at Ireland’s leading gastronomy symposium, Food On The Edge 2021
European Parliament – Subcommittee on Human Rights
Ian Urbina testified before the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.
DW Inside Europe: Europe’s Complicity in the Brutal Detention of Migrants
Ian Urbina talks to Inside Europe’s Kate Laycock about the death of a man named Aliou Candé, and the wider context of Europe’s complicity in the brutal detention of migrants in Libyan jails.
Pod Save the World: Libya’s Secret Migrant Prisons
The Outlaw Ocean Project’s Ian Urbina speaks about Libya’s secret migrant prisons and his time detained in one.
Apple News Today: Inside the Secret Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Ian Urbina traveled to Libya to report on an EU-funded shadow immigration system that holds migrants in brutal detention centers
CNN’s Amanpour & Co.: Libya’s Detention Centers
Ian Urbina speaks with Bianna Golodryga about his reporting for The New Yorker on Libya’s detention centers.
KCRW’s Press Play with Madeleine Brand: Migrants Want New Lives in Europe, Are Caught and Imprisoned in Libya
Ian discusses the EU’s role in migrant capture and jailing in Libya.
Democracy Now: Europe’s Shadow Immigration System
Inside Europe’s Shadow Immigration System
Columbia Journalism Review’s The Kicker Podcast: Interview with Ian Urbina
Ian Urbina on Libya, the Outlaw Ocean Project, and the rules of engagement
Apple News Today: The Brutal Shadow System Keeping Migrants Out of Europe
The Brutal Shadow System Keeping Migrants Out of Europe
MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes: The Secretive Prisons That Keep Migrants Out of Europe
Ian speaks to Ayman Mohyeldin about the EU-funded Libyan detention system.
NPR’s All Things Considered: The EU’s Efforts to Outsource Immigration Control to Libya
Ian speaks to NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly about the EU’s efforts to externalize its southern border to North Africa.
2021 FilmAid Annual Gala
At the 2021 FilmAid Annual Gala, Ian and The Outlaw Ocean Project team was granted the 2021 FilmAid Christopher Dickey Award for Journalistic Excellence. The award was presented by a longtime supporter of investigative journalism, Mark Ruffalo.
Stern Magazine: Interview with The Outlaw Ocean Project
Florian Strum from Stern Magazine interviewed Ian Urbina on a multitude of topics surrounding the lawlessness happening at sea, and what can be done about it.
The Republic: The Outlaw Ocean Project
The Republic, located in Moscow Russia, highlights The Outlaw Ocean Project on August 19, 2021.
Tangentially Speaking Podcast: The Outlaw Ocean Project
Ian Urbina joined Christopher Ryan’s Tangentially Speaking podcast, for a riveting and impactful conversation. They spoke about The Outlaw Ocean Project, Ian’s past in anthropology, and how to be impactful to the battle happening in and around our oceans. October 19, 2021
Wild Deep Yonder Webinar
Ian from the Outlaw Ocean Project was a part of a powerful webinar called Wild Deep Yonder on October 5, 2021. This event was produced by the Kavli Foundation and the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program at NYU and was coordinated Dan Fagin. With Doug Main moderating, Ian and Helen Scales had an open […]
Millennium Magazine: The Impact of the Belt Road Initiative
Alessandro Madron and Mario Portanova spoke with Ian from The Outlaw Ocean Project during a #MilleniuMLive broadcast.
Meduza Magazine: Pollution, Illegal Fishing, and More
Ian Urbina interviewed with Aleksey Kovalev, an editor in the investigation department at the Russian magazine Meduza. The spoke about a wide variety of topics including: consumer politics, environmental pollution, illegal fishing and more. To see the full interview click below.
IMSE 2021 Virtual conference
The Outlaw Ocean was featured in the Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Exchange virtual conference on IUU Fishing in Hawaii
The New York Times’ Campaign Turns the Spotlight on Journalists
The New York Times has just run a new advertising campaign that focuses on the motivations of journalists doing international reporting and it highlights footage from The Outlaw Ocean Project and audio from from Ian Urbina. Here is a story in Ad Age about the marketing campaign.
Global Initiative | DEEP DIVE Podcast: IUU Fishing, Human Trafficking, and Arms Smuggling
This is a story of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, complex corporate structures, human trafficking, arms smuggling, corruption and the capture of state institutions.
Ocean Matters Podcast: Lawlessness at Sea
Izzie Clarke speaks with Ian Urbina in an Ocean Matters Podcast interview. They discuss issues about lawlessness at sea and how fishing is having a huge impact on the lives of humans. Slavery, abduction and even murders are taking place on fishing fleets around the world and with these crimes are being committed far from […]
The Marine Diaries: The Outlaw Ocean Project
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on The Marine Diaries’ townhall on Clubhouse. Listen to the conversation below. Learn more about The Marine Diaries here.
Sea Control Podcast: Sea Blindness
In this episode of the Sea Control podcast, host Walker Mills talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning author and investigative journalist Ian Urbina about his recent article in the New Yorker about fish meal and his book The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys Across the Last Untamed Frontier. Ian describes his experiences reporting from the sea, the impacts of […]
Pete Buttigieg recommends The Outlaw Ocean
In a recent interview with Remotely Renee, former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg reviewed The Outlaw Ocean. “Two thirds of the world is covered in ocean. We don’t think about some of the things that go on outside of the reach of the law and some of the regulations that exist. There’s a lot of […]
Carne Cruda: The Outlaw Ocean
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on Carne Cruda, a popular podcast produced by Spanish publication eldiario.es. “Ian Urbina defines the ocean as a beautiful place where you can encounter intrepid heroes but also the most despicable pirates (…)The Outlaw Ocean is a raw account of crime on the high seas that describes a universe […]
Healthy and Productive Oceans
In honor of United Nations World Oceans Day and the Decade of Ocean Science, Ocean Non-Profit Founders Ian Urbina and Bren Smith (GreenWave) come together to discuss ocean affairs and learn from one another’s creative approaches to advocate for and regenerate healthy and productive oceans.
El Confidencial: Así Crece la Piratería en Alta Mar
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in El Confidencial. Read the piece here and watch below.
The Outside Podcast: A quest to expose
The Outside Podcast discusses The Outlaw Ocean Project on their latest episode. Listen to it below.
Los Angeles Times: Why the oceans need journalism
Recent events have reminded the world of its dependence on maritime commerce.
Tortoise Media’s Slow Newscast: Lost at sea
The mystery of Gulf Livestock 1, a 12,000-tonne ship that disappeared without a trace. The Outlaw Ocean Project is featured on Tortoise Media’s Slow Newscast.
Africa News Tonight: Fish Stocks at the Point of Collapse
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on Voice of America’s Africa News Tonight. “More than 80% of the world’s fish stocks are at or beyond the point of collapse…If the seas run out of marine life, the ocean stops serving a key purpose. The ocean produces 50% of the air we breathe, it’s a huge […]
Follow the data: Protecting the Oceans
On this episode of Bloomberg’s Follow the Data podcast, Ian Urbina joins Melissa Wright – who oversees the Vibrant Oceans Initiative, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ program that works to protect the ocean and those who depend on it — from climate change, pollution, and overfishing. Melissa and Ian will tell us more about how reporting at sea has changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, how his […]
Where Your Fish Comes From: The Outlaw Ocean
“Without sufficient journalistic coverage, people will never know how that fried calamari ended up as their appetizer or how that salmon fillet ended up as their entrée..It’s almost as everything goes and nobody sees…These people are in debt even before they get on the boats. In effect they are slaves, and they’re invisible to us…The […]
Ecogestiona: The Outlaw Ocean Project
Host Javier Martínez Molina and Marta Montojo with The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the Spanish radio show, Ecogestiona. Listen to the full episode here.
Life at Sea: Reporting Life at Sea
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on Sentient Media’s Life at sea.
Conservation X Labs’ Xploring Podcast: Uncovering the secret stories of the ocean
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the Conservation X Labs’ Xploring Podcast here.
Salty Cinema & Seafood Sustainability: The Outlaw Ocean Project
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in a Salty Cinema event.
Rhythm Passport Podcast: Listen to the label
The Outlaw Ocean Project’s Holly Speck and Charlotte Norsworthy were featured on the Rhythm Passport Podcast. Listen here.
Bracenet: Long years of dangerous endeavors
Bracenet published an interview with Ian Urbina. Read it here.
Radio New Zealand: Congestion and Chaos
With thousands of mariners stranded in foreign waters by the coronavirus pandemic, and congestion and chaos affecting ports worldwide, there’s no shortage of issues for The Outlaw Ocean Project to cover.
Intelligence Squared: The Wildest and Least Understood
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the Intelligence Squared podcast.
Catch Our Drift: Survival
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the Catch Our Drift podcast.
State of the World Conference: Global Implications of Illegal Fishing
The Outlaw Ocean Project participated in the 2021 State of the World conference with FIU.
Dive in with Sylvia Earle: Protecting the High Seas
Ian Urbina chats with Sylvia Earle about the high seas and the need for its protection, not only for the health of the planet, but in defense of human rights.
Using Satellites to Reveal Global Extent of Forced Labor
The Outlaw Ocean Project served as a key contributor to recent scientific research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung: A World Without Law
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in Neue Zürcher Zeitung, a Swiss, German-language newspaper.
Lecture of Opportunity: The Outlaw Ocean Project
The Outlaw Ocean Project was invited to give the 2020 Lecture of Opportunity at the U.S. Naval War College.
El Mundo: The Outlaw Ocean Ranked in Best of Non-Fiction
El Mundo prepared a list of the best non-fiction books of 2020, and The Outlaw Ocean ranks at No. 7.
American Geographical Society: The Future of the World’s Oceans
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured at this year’s American Geographical Society conference, Geography 2050.
Senate Oceans Caucus: The Chinese Distant-Water Fishing Fleet
The Outlaw Ocean Project’s reporting on the Chinese distant-water fishing fleet was presented before the U.S. Senate Oceans Caucus.
War on the Rocks Podcast: Piracy, Kidnapping, and Stowaways
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on War on the Rocks to discuss issues related to piracy, kidnapping, and stowaways on the high seas.
Love Tropics: The Outlaw Ocean Project
Mojang Studios, the developers of Minecraft, hosted a 48-hour marathon event where people played to fundraise for ocean issues before a live audience of thousands.
Shack15 Conversations Podcast: A dual masterpiece
The Outlaw Ocean Music Project was featured on the Shack15 Conversations podcast with musician Christopher Willits.
The Lead Podcast: The Outlaw Ocean Project
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the University of Georgia’s podcast, The Lead.
Oceans Daily Magazine: An Interview with Ian Urbina
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in Oceans Daily Magazine.
ABC Radio National: Catch of the day
China accounts for nearly half of the world’s fishing activity.
La Méduse Déchainée: A bitter taste
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in La Méduse Déchainée, a French magazine.
Behind the Story with The Pulitzer Center
The Pulitzer Center profiled The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.
KUOW’s The Record: Outlaws of international waters
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on KUOW with Ross Reynolds.
Clarín: Storytelling with Music
The Outlaw Ocean Music Project was featured in Argentina’s largest newspaper, Clarín.
An Exploration at Stanford
Stanford Law School and its Center for Oceans Solutions is hosting a graduate degree course based off of The Outlaw Ocean.
The Charles and Marie Fish Lecture
The Outlaw Ocean Project was highlighted at the 2020 Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, hosted by the University of Rhode Island.
London Morning: The Watery West
The Outlaw Ocean Project and musician Zachary Gray were featured on CBC’s London Morning radio show to discuss The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.
ManTalks Podcast: ‘Quite potent and powerful’
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the ManTalks Podcast.
Intelligence Squared: Ghost Boats and Geopolitics
Intelligence Squared Podcast featured The Outlaw Ocean Project’s recent reporting on battered North Korean fishing boats washing ashore in Japan.
Bribe, Swindle or Steal
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on TRACE’s Bribe, Swindle or Steal podcast.
Forbes: Lax Regulations Made Beirut Blast Possible
Reporting from The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured in Forbes.
Chatham House: Receivers of stolen goods
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured at the 2020 Chatham House Forum on IUU fishing.
Efecto Naím: The Dark Fleet
The Outlaw Ocean was featured on Moisés Naím’s show, Efecto Naím, to discuss the troubling illegalities faced on the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
The Nat Geo Storytelling Fellowship
The National Geographic Society announced that The Outlaw Ocean Project has been selected for the 2020-2021 National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship.
WKNY’s Green Radio Hour: ‘A dark and inspiring place’
The Outlaw Ocean Music Project was featured on WKNY’s Green Radio Hour.
Reporters Without Borders
The Outlaw Ocean Project wrote an introduction to Reporters Without Borders RSF Albums for Press Freedom collection for 2020.
Citizen Chef Podcast: Supply Chains and the Fishing Industry
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on the Citizen Chef Podcast with Tom Colicchio discussing supply chains associated with the fishing industry.
Media Impact Funders Forum
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured on a panel for the 2020 Media Impact Funders Forum.
The Foreign Desk: ‘Silent, shady criminality’
The Foreign Desk interviews The Outlaw Ocean Project about sea slavery and the legal loopholes that enable such practices to flourish.
Innovation Talk: ‘A remarkable work’
The Outlaw Ocean Project was interviewed for Australia’s Radio Northern Beaches show “Innovation Talk,” to discuss the reporting and The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.
Austrian Broadcasting Corporation: Melding storytelling with music
The Outlaw Ocean Project was interviewed for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation to discuss The Outlaw Ocean Music Project.
EarthX Films: Heroes For the Waters
The Outlaw Ocean Project was featured at EarthX Films Virtual 2020 conference, discussing music, journalism and ocean lawlessness.
P.M. Magazine: A global threat
Read Ian’s interview with Germany’s P.M. Magazine.
The Ocean’s Song
The Outlaw Ocean is arguably the most thorough account to date of the seedy side of ocean life.
Ian Urbina on Efecto Naím: Part Two
In part two of this interview on Efecto Naím, Ian discusses his experiences at sea with Moisés Naím, including his visits to Sealand and his embed aboard the Adelaide.
Rising Tide Podcast: Ocean Issues
The Rising Tide podcast hosts Ian to discuss issues the oceans are facing and ways to tackle them.
Moisés Naím: Interview with Ian Urbina
In part one of this interview on Efecto Naím, Ian discusses his experiences at sea with Moisés Naím, including his encounters with pirates, mercenaries and traffickers.
The Storytellers Summit
Ian Urbina sits down with National Geographic’s Chief Storytelling Officer, Kaitlin Yarnall.
The Constant Wonder
The lawlessness of the high seas is a human phenomenon.
When We Talk about Animals: What Does It Mean to be Human on the High Seas?
What does it mean to be human on the high seas?
Slate France: ‘The Outlaw Ocean’
Haute mer, le Far West des océans
Living on Earth
About seventy percent of our planet is covered by the oceans, but the high seas are among the least-explored frontiers on Earth.
Utah Public Radio: Revisiting ‘The Outlaw Ocean’
Their stories of astonishing courage and brutality, survival and tragedy.
Rampantly Criminal World
Once they’re outside their country’s Exclusive Economic Zone, there are very few laws that protect them.
Town Hall Seattle: ‘A gripping adventure story’
Ian Urbina was featured on Town Hall Seattle’s Science Series podcast to discuss The Outlaw Ocean.
FranceTV: Ian Urbina on The Outlaw Ocean
Ian Urbina was featured on FranceTV to discuss The Outlaw Ocean.
Urbina Testifies Before Congress
Ian Urbina testifies before Congress about The Outlaw Ocean.
Le Devoir: Des océans de misère
The Outlaw Ocean was featured in French publication Le Devoir.
The Current: Traveling further for the catch
Ian Urbina was featured on CBC Radio’s The Current to discuss The Outlaw Ocean.
Libreria Podcast: Documenting global injustices
Ian Urbina was featured on the Libreria Podcast discussing The Outlaw Ocean.
France 24: The Outlaw Ocean
Ian Urbina was featured on France 24 to discuss The Outlaw Ocean.
The Economist: Diversity of Abuses
The Economist (World Ocean Initiative) interview about The Outlaw Ocean.
Conservation International: Lawless and largely invisible
In “The Outlaw Ocean: Journeys across the last untamed frontier,” investigative journalist Ian Urbina uncovers slavery, overfishing and human trafficking on the high seas.
Konbini News: Ian Urbina on The Outlaw Ocean
Ian Urbina was featured on France’s Konbini News to discuss The Outlaw Ocean.
Intelligence Squared: The Underworld
Ian Urbina was featured on the Intelligence Squared podcast.
KPCC’s AirTalk: Global Indifference Leads to Mistreatment
Ian Urbina on KPCC’s AirTalk.
The Foreign Desk: Exploited off the grid
Ian Urbina was featured on Monocle’s The Foreign Desk.
Ryan Tubridy Show: ‘A bizarre and fascinating place’
Ian Urbina was interviewed for Ireland’s Ryan Tubridy Show.
NowThis Español: Interview with Ian Urbina
El periodista Ian Urbina pasó 5 años reportando en crímenes marítimos como el tráfico de armas, la pesca ilegal y la esclavitud marítima—así es que estos crímenes afectan el medio ambiente
Aspen Institute: Lawlessness on the high seas
Ian Urbina at The Aspen Institute
PoliticsJOE: ‘Unimaginable levels of crime at sea’
Ian Urbina was featured on PoliticsJOE to discuss the various types of crimes rampant at sea.
NowThis: The ripple effect on the environment
Ian Urbina was featured on NowThis to discuss illegal activity at sea and its impact on the environment.
Ryan Tubridy Show: ‘A bizarre and fascinating place’
Ian Urbina was interviewed for Ireland’s Ryan Tubridy Show.
World Ocean Radio Series: Reporting on the vivid and corrupt
This is part four of Ian Urbina’s World Ocean Radio Series.
Civil Eats: Wage Theft, Slavery and Climate Change
The ocean is vast and unknown to most of us. And yet, it’s essential.
Le Point: A magnified mirror image
“Victor Hugo called the oceans monsters, but Urbina details the monstrous deeds done by man on those bitter waters, a magnified mirror image of the Far West on land.”
Público: Cutting corners for consumer goods
There is absolutely no way to produce a can of tuna that costs a dollar. And yet, there it is on our grocery shelves. Ever wonder how?
World Ocean Radio Series: Dumping into the Ocean
This is part three of Ian Urbina’s World Ocean Radio Series.
World Ocean Radio Series: Corruption on the high seas
This is part two of Ian Urbina’s four-part series with World Ocean Radio.
Sea Change Radio: The concealed costs of shipping industries
Sea Change Radio interviewed Ian Urbina about the hidden costs of the seafood and shipping industries.
Green Radio Hour: ‘Out of this world’
Ian Urbina was featured on Green Radio Hour discussing his new book, The Outlaw Ocean.
Politics and Prose: Chronicling conditions on the high seas
Politics and Prose hosted Ian Urbina to discuss his book, The Outlaw Ocean in August 2019.
Virgin Unite: Slavery at Sea
The book is both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé.
UN Dispatch Podcast: An Inside Look at Slavery on Fishing Vessels
Ian Urbina is interviewed for the UN Dispatch podcast to discuss forced labor on fishing vessels in the South China Sea.
Knowledge @ Wharton: Labor Trafficking on the South China Sea
Ian Urbina appears on Knowledge @ Wharton to discuss his new book, The Outlaw Ocean.
NPR: Investigating crime on The Outlaw Ocean
The ocean is huge, hard to police, and virtually lawless in some places.
Ian Urbina Joins The Atlantic
Ian Urbina, a longtime reporter for The New York Times and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is becoming a contributing writer for The Atlantic
Oceana: A lack of governance at sea
Oceana interviews Ian Urbina about his new book, The Outlaw Ocean.
Tedx The Outlaw Ocean
Watch Ian Urbina’s TED Talk on The Outlaw Ocean Project.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: Slavery as a fishing industry problem
U.S. Sect. of State John Kerry explains how human trafficking is an ocean concern.
The Leonard Lopate Show: Palau fights poachers
The Leonard Lopate Show about Palau’s David-and-Goliath fight to protect its borders.
John Batchelor Show: The business of human trafficking
An interview on the John Batchelor show about so-called manning agencies and how they often abuse seafarers.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: A global industry of sea slavery
U.S. Sect. of State John Kerry releases the 2015 Trafficking in Persons report and cites The Outlaw Ocean reporting.
John Batchelor Show: What are floating armories?
An interview on the John Batchelor show about offshore weapons depots where armed guards wait between deployments.
Marketplace: A life lost at sea
An interview on NPR’s Marketplace about the predatory labor market for ocean workers.
Marketplace: The dark side of the ocean
NPR’s Marketplace explores the diversity of offshore crimes and the stories covered by The Outlaw Ocean.
Wharton Podcast: Why offshore violence goes unpunished
An interview on the Wharton podcast on why killings at sea are rarely reported.
Lip News: Piracy and murder at sea
Lip News interview about offshore piracy and kidnapping.
NYU: Illegal fishing on the open ocean
NYU panel discussion about the intersection of human rights abuses and offshore poaching.
Google: Exploring the last lawless frontier
Google hosts an event about The Outlaw Ocean series.
NHPR: The art of stealing a ship
NHPR interview about the maritime repo business.
NPR: Two stowaways – one lives, the other dies
NPR’s Kojo Nnamdi interviews about the timeless tradition of people hiding on ships.
Brigham Young University Radio: Human rights in the fishing industry
Brigham Young University’s Radio interview on The Outlaw Ocean.
ProPublica: What it’s like reporting on the high seas
ProPublica’s podcast on the tactics of maritime journalism.
Longform Podcast: The making of The Outlaw Ocean
Longform Podcast digs deep into the challenges of chronicling offshore illegalities.
All Things Considered: Ocean mayhem
NPR’s All Things Considered discusses the watery ‘wild west’.
PBS NewsHour: Murder & slavery at sea
PBS NewsHour discusses the problem of violence at sea.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: Lang Long’s story is not unique
The tale of a deckhand shackled by the neck.
The McLaughlin Group: An assessment of The Outlaw Ocean coverage
The McLaughlin Group grades the reporting.
New Zealand TV: Captive workers offshore
New Zealand TV on the problem of abandoned and captive seafarers.
Royal Geographical Society of London: Many laws but minimal enforcement
Presentation at the Royal Geographical Society of London about the challenges of law enforcement on the high seas.
The Kyle Thiermann Show: Maritime Journalism
The Kyle Thiermann Show about journalism at sea.
Our Oceans Conference: Is sea slavery a type of illegal fishing?
A presentation at the U.S. State Dept Our Ocean Conference about the intersection of environmental and human rights abuses.
Pew Research Center: What surprised you in doing this reporting?
A Pew panel discussion about unexpected revelations in the reporting.