The Society of Environmental Journalists joins journalism organizations and many other individuals and groups in calling for Brazilian authorities to redouble their search for British freelance journalist Dom Phillips (pictured, left) and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, with whom Phillips was traveling on an assignment.
Pulitzer Center Joins Urgent Call for Brazil To Find Journalist, Activist Missing in Amazon. The Pulitzer Center joins journalism and human rights organizations in demanding that Brazilian authorities take every measure to find British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous activist Bruno Pereira, missing since early Sunday in a remote section of Brazil’s Amazonas state. Jonathan Watts, the global environment editor for The Guardian and chair of the Amazon Advisory Committee of the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund, issued the following statement about Pereira and Phillips, a frequent contributor to The Guardian and a long-time friend. "I urge the Brazilian authorities to step up the search for my colleague and friend Dom Phillips and the Brazilian indigenista Bruno Pereira, who have gone missing in a dangerous region of the Amazon after receiving death threats. "Dom is one of the sharpest and most caring journalists I know. He has spent two decades i