Rob Soutar

Rob will run the Rainforest Investigations Network in 2026-2027. He has more than a decade of experience in environmental journalism and joins the Pulitzer Center from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism in the UK, where he was Environment Editor from 2022-2026.

At the Bureau, Rob oversaw numerous investigations into fossil fuel finance and biodiversity loss and human rights violations in the Amazon Rainforest and Congo Basin at the hands of the agriculture, mining and oil and gas industries. During this time, his team’s revelations contributed to the removal of a government minister, the resignation of a board member at a global oil and gas company, and many major food companies severing commercial relations with suppliers linked to illegal deforestation and rights abuses. His team’s stories were featured on primetime national news broadcasts and won numerous awards, including a climate journalism award issued by the European Journalism Center, two Covering Climate Now awards, and a British Journalism Award. His own work appeared in the FT and the Guardian.

Prior to joining the Bureau, for eight years Rob was the managing editor of Diálogo Chino (now part of Dialogue Earth), a non-profit outlet. There, he oversaw its growth from a one-year pilot project to an award-winning platform employing  a full-time team of environment reporters and editors covering China, Latin America and the climate crisis.