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2017 Planet Forward Summit
Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
Thank you for joining us at the 2017 Planet Forward Summit! See our full 2017 Summit report!
Planet Forward Advisory Council
Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Thursday, September 05, 2013
Bruce Brandfon - Council Chair
Planet Forward hits milestone, celebrates Storyfest winners
Frank Sesno
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, April 15, 2019
Our founder reflects on the evolution of Planet Forward, and celebrates where we are now — thanks to people like you!
Tags: Storyfest 2019, environmental storytelling, storytelling, Planet Forward Summit, pfsummit19, education, awards
A Native space: Designing an Indigenous storytelling, mentorship program

JoRee LaFrance and Alexander Cotnoir, making the Indigenous Correspondents Program announcement at the 2022 Planet Forward Summit in April, on stage with Frank Sesno. (PlanetForward.org)
Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Planet Forward’s Senior Editor and Education Lead Lisa Palmer talks to Alexander Cotnoir and JoRee LaFrance about the Indigenous Correspondents Program and the future they envision for the program.
Tags: Indigenous, indigenous correspondent program, storytelling, education, environmental justice, nature
Six Storyfest 2017 winners heading to the Brazilian rainforest
Planet Forward Staff
Planet Forward
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Without further ado, the Storyfest 2017 grand prize winners are...
Tags: storyfest2017, contest, summit2017
A journey around the world with Frank Sesno
Rohan Agrawal
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Mississippi
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Planet Forward founder Frank Sesno shares what motivated him to transition from CNN stalwart to champion and educator of the next generation of environmental storytellers.
Tags: storyfest2020, frank sesno, planet forward, cnn, storytelling, Journalism
Introducing our 2021 FAO Summer Storytelling Fellows
Staff fill boxes with food at Pittsburgh area food bank

As the need for food continued to grow during the pandemic, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank called on the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and opened an additional, temporary food box packing site. Food access, food security, nutrition, and environmental justice challenges are among the topics our fellows will explore in their stories this summer. (Melissa Murray/Creative Commons)
Frank Sesno
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Friday, June 04, 2021
Four students will produce stories at the nexus of food security, agriculture, and nutrition, and work under the guidance of GW’s National Geographic Professor of Science Communication, Lisa Palmer.
Tags: planet forward, UN_FAO, fao, fellowship, storytelling, food access, nutrition, hunger, agriculture
So Long, Single-Use?
So Long, Single-Use?
Victoria Middleton
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Monday, November 22, 2021
Single-use plastic is everywhere.
Tags: plastic, single-use, so long single-use
2018 Summit - Find Your Voice, Raise Your Voice: Student Storytellers
Emily Arnold
Planet Forward Correspondent | Georgetown University
Wednesday, May 09, 2018
A panel of young environmental storytellers took the stage to share their experiences as storytellers, and share how Planet Forward helped them grow as environmental storytellers.
Tags: summit2018, storytelling, pfsummit18, college students, travel, global journalists
Recipes for Food Security
Illustration of broccoli next to text that reads "Recipes for Food Security FAO Summer Storytelling Fellows"
Victoria Middleton
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Our 2021 FAO Summer Storytelling Fellows were tasked with producing stories at the nexus of food security, agriculture, and nutrition.

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