Philip Jacobson
Journalist @mongabay.com based in Chiang Mai. Recent @pulitzercenter.org fellow covering the global shark trade. Follow dulu nanti saya follbak
- Rare photos of a cyberscam center after its capture by rebel forces in Myanmar www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/w...
- @insightcrime.org been the best on Venezuela coverage insightcrime.org/news/will-ma...
- Interesting article on the possibility of a 'palace coup' behind the capture of Maduro, prospects for a guerilla insurgency, and how Venezuela could see 'double-digit growth for several years' if the US lifts sanctions and the state gets oil production back up www.foreignaffairs.com/venezuela/ve...
- Elephants who 'cut their tusks' in the 2004 Aceh tsunami relief effort are now helping excavate terrain pummeled by the Cyclone Senyar floods and landslides news.mongabay.com/2025/12/tsun... @mongabay.com @mongabayid.bsky.social
- Got this Brazilian trofeu from the Rio Grande do Sul Press Association for our shark meat investigation - placed 2nd in the national reporting category with @bykarlamendes.bsky.social @nandawenzel.bsky.social @kuangkeng.bsky.social @mongabaylatam.bsky.social @pulitzercenter.org 🙏😤🙏
- Read the stories here: news.mongabay.com/custom-story... news.mongabay.com/custom-story...
- Finally, some major media coverage of China's thorium-powered molten-salt-reactor nuclear program www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
- I interviewed Diego Cardeñosa about a device he invented to detect illegal shark fins that's now being rolled out in countries across the world, after a successful run in Hong Kong news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-... @mongabay.com
- Just weeks before the recent cyclone disaster that may have wiped out a subpopulation of rare Tapanuli orangutans in N. Sumatra, the govt unveiled a plan to strip legal protections for part of their habitat. Big story from my Indonesian colleagues @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/12/tapa...
- Always fun to go on the @mongabay.com newscast, @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social is a great interviewer and makes it easy
- This week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:
- Reposted by Philip JacobsonThis week on the Mongabay Newscast @philjaco.bsky.social explains how he, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social and @pulitzercenter.org's Kuang Keng Kuek Ser uncovered the fact that state governments in Brazil have been serving shark meat to thousands of public institutions. Listen to full story here:
- This is the sort of thing I'd expect to read about China and Taiwan, not the US. But that's where we're at www.reuters.com/world/americ...
- Meta makes billions off scammers in China running ads on its platforms. An anti-fraud team focused on slashing these was disbanded in late 2024 "as a result of Integrity Strategy pivot and follow-up from Zuck," leaked documents show. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
- Malaysian corps hold 65 of 67 'FCA' forest clearance permits in Papua New Guinea, whose massive deforestation is a massively underreported story. 90% of PNG's timber is exported to China. news.mongabay.com/2025/12/mala... by Sonam Lama @mongabay.com
- Proud to make @pulitzercenter.org's "best of" list for 2025!
- "That ‘Fish’ on the Menu? In Brazil’s Schools and Prisons, It’s Often Shark” by @philjaco.bsky.social, @bykarlamendes.bsky.social, and @kuangkeng.bsky.social, for @mongabay.com is one of two selections by Ocean Editor Jessica Aldred for the 2025 #PulitzerStaffPicks. 👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
- Reposted by Philip JacobsonThere's a freshwater pollution crisis unfolding across the Mekong region as mines pumps toxic chemicals into key river systems - our latest for @mongabay.com looks how gold mines along tributaries of the Sekong River in Laos are impacting fish populations, potentially posing a transboundary threat.
- These of hundreds of mines on the sides of rivers in Myanmar/Laos, upstream of Thailand/Cambodia/Vietnam/the Mekong, seem like a real plague, hope they can do something about it news.mongabay.com/2025/12/new-... by Andy Ball @geraldrflynn.bsky.social Konlaphat Siri @mongabay.com
- Death toll rises in Sumatra flood catastrophe as gov’t moves to protect Batang Toru forest news.mongabay.com/2025/12/deat... @mongabay.com
- Another billionaire carving up irreplaceable orangutan habitat/carbon-sequestering rainforest for quick and easy bucks, what else is new news.mongabay.com/2025/12/indi...
- All the words for "seed" in Manggarai, on island of Flores news.mongabay.com/2025/11/as-a... by Keith Anthony Fabro @latoyaabulu.bsky.social @mongabay.com
- 'Another shark COP' at CITES this year - big vote could happen as early as tomorrow news.mongabay.com/2025/11/45-m...
- Interview with the man who tranq'ed Arikomban, Kerala's chief forest veterinary officer - epic stuff www.newindianexpress.com/states/keral...
- There's a wild graphic toward the top of this story of a GLOF — glacial lake outburst flood www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- This is really good on what's going on between Venezuela and the US and (gulp) prospects for regime change www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvHx... via @insightcrime.org
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- "extinction is not just the disappearance of beauty or ecological function; it is the deletion of irreplaceable data from Earth’s biological memory" news.mongabay.com/2025/10/prot...
- Salient visual aids from @kuangkeng.bsky.social in our joint @ire.org #AccessFest25 panel presentation today
- In urbanizing Singapore, insects and rats are migrating indoors to escape extreme heat - and the pest control industry is booming. Story by Robin Hicks for @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/as-s...
- Real nice up here in the Amvrakikos Gulf, which is absolutely teeming with rays
- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar especially smashed by deforestation in 2024 - new article by @geraldrflynn.bsky.social @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/10/prot...
- "I do think that it's evil. I don't know that it's necessary. This campaign is a test for that." www.404media.co/can-you-win-...
- It was only a matter of time before shark meat appeared in Indonesia's new $10b school meals program. The story making the rounds is from Ketapang, but how common is shark meat across the program as a whole? Indonesia is a top shark-catching country... and what species are they serving? sc.mp/vi2fw
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- Spent months building a giant database of public procurements of shark meat in Brazil - here's how we did it news.mongabay.com/2025/09/how-...
- shark ("tope") on the menu at a random restaurant by my hotel in athens
- “Mongabay has tended to fly under the radar. We’ve focused on the journalism rather than promoting ourselves, so this recognition is especially meaningful — and it reflects the contributions of everyone involved,” Bulter said. news.mongabay.com/short-articl... @mongabay.com
- Pet sharks are trending, but pro aquarists say keeping them is very difficult to do ethically and often ends up harming the sharks. New @mongabay.com feature by Hallie Lieberman news.mongabay.com/2025/09/pet-...
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- Latest article in our Brazil shark meat series
- Reposted by Philip JacobsonFriends, I am offering a free online 2-hour crash course in how to write and publish a scientific paper, perfect for early career scientists and students considering writing their first paper soon. All information can be found in this link: www.southernfriedscience.com/im-offering-... 🧪🌎🦑
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