Webinar On-Demand: Geo AI: Environmental Journalism Using Artificial Intelligence

In this webinar—promoted in partnership by Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH), Earth Genome, and the Pulitzer Center—participants presented examples of the current existing models deployed in environmental investigations, discussing their strengths and limitations.

Presenters

Anne Alexander is an assistant research professor and director of learning at Cambridge Digital Humanities. Her research focuses on the social, ecological, and political impacts of AI systems.

Edward Boyda is a physicist and a co-founder of Earth Genome, where he runs satellite-based investigations for environmental and human rights reporting. His work includes exposés on illegal gold mining, the global sand trade, the destruction of rainforests for pulpwood production, and the internment of Uyghurs and Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang, China.

Federico Acosta Rainis is a data specialist in the Pulitzer Center’s Environmental Investigations Unit, where he helps Fellows tackle the data side of their reporting—from geospatial analysis and satellite imagery to scraper building and innovative investigative methods. He also leads trainings and works on strategies that connect data and storytelling.

Moderator: Gustavo Faleiros, director of Environmental Investigations at the Pulitzer Center