Carl Smith

One Atoll’s Fight - come with me to the extremely remote Ulithi atoll, on the edge of the Mariana Trench. A community revitalising traditional knowledge and practices, aided by scientists, to protect their home and unique ecosystem. abc.net.au/pacific/progra… 🧵

🏆 @carlsmithaus won our 2025 Food Security Journalism Award for his story on the Micronesian community and scientists! Carl is a Walkley Award-winning independent science journalist who has worked for @ABCaustralia. Read the full story: buff.ly/NmXgwRJ

🎙️🌟 Celebrating excellence: @CarlSmithAUS won the Crawford Fund’s 2025 Food Security Journalism Award. Carl is a Walkley Award-winning independent science journalist, who has worked for @ABCScience for over a decade. ℹ️ buff.ly/Rn8vNL1 @RadioNational @ACIARAustralia

🏆 Our 2025 Food Security Journalism Award goes to @carlsmithaus for his story on the Micronesian community and scientists! 👏 Special thanks to @Lucykcooper & Neena Bhandari for their powerful pieces. Read the full story: buff.ly/NmXgwRJ @ABCaustralia @ACIARAustralia

Huge congrats to the community for their work, aided by scientists through @1People1Reef. And massive thanks for letting us share. Props also to the @pulitzercenter and @ABCPacific for backing this ambitious project on the edge of the Mariana Trench

Pumped this story about the community of Ulithi atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia is a finalist for the @ABU_HQ’s 2025 Prizes - and that it’s also picked up @CrawfordFund’s Food Security Journalism Prize.

This experimental story for younger audiences was made through @MIP_labor, informed by dozens of interviews with those working in #AIethics. It’s free to use as an educational resource for upper secondary students or young adults (handy for #MediaLiteracyWeek in October)

How is biassed data warping Artificial Intelligence? Our narrative webcomic explores the real-world impacts of these biases across every part of our lives, showing how dodgy or incomplete datasets cause harm: miplabor.de/DodgyData/chap…

Tomorrow! Join @Ocean_ORN Fellow @JenniferYVerma, @CarlSmithAUS, & Barry Christianson for a webinar on reporting tools to elevate your stories and how to ensure equity in ocean narratives through the inclusion of diverse voices. Still time to register! 👉bit.ly/4iuQssj

Ocean Editor @j_aldred selected "One Atoll's Fight: Micronesian Community and Scientists Unite To Protect Remote Atoll by Reawakening Traditions," an episode of @ABCscience’s Pacific Scientific by grantee @CarlSmithAUS, as her 2024 #PulitzerStaffPick. 👉 bit.ly/2024YISpc

It was great to talk to @CarlSmithAUS for my latest behind the story!

1/4 Superstars and rising stars in science storytelling shone bright at the launch of The Best Australian Science Writing 2024 🌟 This night of engaging discussions and award celebrations was hosted by this year's book editors, the dynamic duo @dctrjack and @CarlSmithAUS.

Directed by the community's concerns, the scientists began field surveys to understand which parts of the marine ecosystem were struggling. @pulitzercenter #OceanReporter @CarlSmithAUS for @ABCScience 👇 bit.ly/3NYlX0I

@MerlinCrossley @dctrjack Thank you Merlin for backing this excellent anthology!

Hugely grateful to this year’s Best Australian Science Writing editors. Great work ⁦@dctrjack⁩ and ⁦@CarlSmithAUS⁩ - both impressive writers and editors

I don't tweet often but this is annoying. @Channel10AU's @theprojecttv interviewed me Thursday, after the ABC published my story about 23&Me on Wednesday. Their story on Sunday is v similar to mine + I'm the main talent, but doesn't mention (a) my story (b) I'm a reporter 1/

New *paid* 3-4 month residency for science journalists in Australia from @ScienceJournOz Full editorial independence, get your apps in by Nov 24! imb.uq.edu.au/science-journa…

@JamesPurtill @TamarCranswick 🙌🙌🙌

Our podcast won an award in Istanbul! Special shout out to pod-making colleagues @TamarCranswick, Jordan Fennell and @CarlSmithAUS ... pic of birkenstocks that melted on way up volcano in Rabaul, PNG, for making of episode

Come and join us! Meet this year's best Australian science writers, and just generally have a joyous nerdy time xo

The owners of this tiny island in Micronesia are attempting a world-first eradication to protect turtles - and they’re winning abc.net.au/news/science/2… @ABCscience @ABCPacific @1People1Reef @NoExtinctions @pulitzercenter