Advisory: Press Freedom Center to Host Panel on Investigative Journalism and the Fight to Save the Amazon

WASHINGTON, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club will be hosting an upcoming event focused on the book How to Save the Amazon: A Journalist's Fatal Quest for Answers. The discussion will explore the intersection of investigative journalism, environmental justice, and press freedom, highlighting the extraordinary and often perilous work of journalists reporting from the frontlines of ecological crises.

How to Save the Amazon recounts the story of journalist Dom Phillips and his research partner Bruno Pereira, who were killed in 2022 while documenting the threats to the Amazon and its protectors. At the time of their deaths, the book was unfinished, but a team of journalists and friends — including Dom's wife, Alessandra Sampaio — worked together to complete the volume. Three years later, it is a finished product that sheds light on the critical role of journalism in exposing environmental destruction and government inaction. It also extensively covers the relationship between the Amazon and indigenous populations of Brazil and sheds light on how much can be learned about this region of the world from the people who have lived in it and protected it.

The panel will take place on Wednesday, June 11, at 6:00pm at the National Press Club. It will feature Sampaio, The Intercept's Andrew Fishman, and others, who will discuss the journey to finish the book, the impact it has had so far, and the ongoing threats faced by reporters and other leaders working to protect the Amazon.

To reserve your spot, please RSVP at this link. Copies of the book are available for purchase with a ticket online and will also be available for purchase at the event as well.

Media Contact:
Bill McCarren
wmccarren@press.org

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