J. Carl Ganter

J. Carl Ganter directs Circle of Blue, the team of leading international journalists, scientists, data experts, communications designers and facilitators that reports challenges and solutions to global resource issues, with a core focus on water. He appears in numerous documentaries and is also an award-winning journalist and photojournalist. He says his organization takes an "orbital perspective" - trend-setting and spotting strategic connections related to the global freshwater crisis. He directs front-line reporters, photojournalists, filmmakers, knowledge workers and way finders who inform policy makers and the public with timely, relevant information that leads to better decision-making in the 21st century. Ganter's presented and/or moderated at the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival, Clinton Global Initiative, Tallberg Forum and others. From global surveys to sweeping front-line reports, Circle of Blue is advancing new models that inform how governments, NGOs, corporations and individuals collaborate in the new millennium. Throughout his career, Ganter's been at the forefront of digital news, from reporting and consulting to large-scale projects. His work in one form or another has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers, and major television and radio networks. He's covered the front lines of AIDS in Southeast Asia for Time Magazine to co-directing the investigation of a pivotal wrongful conviction case in Illinois that had national repercussions. Since reporting water as an "axis issue" at the core of global crises while covering the World Summit on Sustainable Development for MSNBC.com, Ganter's become one of the few journalists consistently at the heart of the global freshwater crisis. He serves on the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars working group, "Navigating Peace," among other policy, design and journalism programs.