World Ocean Media

The ocean demands new communications stragtegies for building public awareness and political will. Media tools -- the Internet, television, radio, podcasts, grassroots cooperative messaging, advertising and public relations, and educational services -- can expand an audience from hundreds to millions.

Moreover, recent media productions have brought astonishing insights about the ocean to mass audiences worldwide. Many of these productions have related materials available through the web. The radio and print journalism sites below also provide major resources that all too frequently are neglected after their broadcast or publication date. They nevertheless remain beautiful and evocative sources of ocean information and instruction.

Altered Oceans (Multimedia)
A 5-part series from the Los Angeles Times that examines the issues of our endangered seas, which are struggling to deal with the torrent of waste humans pour into them every day...

Frozen Assets (Radio Broadcast) Ice melts, money flows. MarketPlace's Sustainability Desk takes a cold look at the shifting fortunes of a thawing arctic. Frozen Assets is a 10-part series with photo galleries, graphics and additional links.

Water Stories (Web-based media)
Woodrow Wilson Center, Environmental Change and Security Program

Living on Earth (Radio broadcasts, podcasts) Sound journalism for the Planet

Earth & Sky: Observing Earth (Radio)
Earth & Sky is a clear voice for science. The information in the Earth & Sky website, and in daily radio series, is developed from interviews with scientists.

Greenpeace Ocean Defenders Television (Video streaming)
Video segments from Greenpeace focusing on critical ocean issues.

The Ocean Channel (Video streaming)
Over 300 films on any subject that concerns the sea.

Wave that Shook the World (NOVA/PBS Television)
Experts reconstruct the 2004 Tsunami in an effort to prepare for the next big one.

The Blue Planet (BBC Television)
A natural history of the oceans. In eight segments, David Attenborough and the BBC explore the deep to the shore, from pole to pole.

Secrets of the Ocean Realm (PBS Television)
"All you ever wanted to know about creatures in the sea,..." including multimedia classroom experiences.

Our Ocean World (Radio)
A daily radio feature that brings listeners around the world news and information about issues related to the ocean. The show presents solutions to shared problems and suggestions on how listeners can help preserve our most vital natural resource.

SeaWeb (Ocean Science and Journalism)
SeaWeb's programs combine science, communications and policy expertise to recruit and amplify leading voices for ocean conservation.

Pulse of the Planet (Radio sound portraits and interviews) Pulse of the Planet provides its listeners with a two-minute sound portraits of Planet Earth, tracking the rhythms of nature, culture and science worldwide and blending interviews and extraordinary natural sound.

EarthWatch Radio (Radio spots on climate and oceans) Propduced at the Sea Grant Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, EarthWatch covers a wide range of subjects that concern science and the environment and give special attention to global climate change, the Great Lakes and the oceans.