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JOHNNY STURGEON

Investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker specialising in marine science and maritime crime. I've lived and worked in London, New York, Mexico City, and Berlin, and I've reported from Greenland to the Gulf of California. My work has garnered over 180 million views from more than 1.1 million online followers.

 

I hold an MSc (Hons) from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, a BA (Hons) in History & Politics from the University of Oxford, and Explorers Club membership. My accolades include the Pulitzer Crisis Grant, Pulitzer Travelling Fellowship, duPont Judy F. Crichton Award, Fulbright Scholarship, NBCUniversal Scholarship, and the Hugh Fulton-Byas Award.

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Currently a staff writer at Inside Climate News and IJP fellow at Deutsche Welle. Previously an investigations reporter at The Outlaw Ocean Project. 

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Kangerluluk, Greenland (2025)

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