The Marjorie is Florida’s independent news outlet dedicated to social justice and the environment We are not a breaking news organization.
We know that to be a Floridian is to feel and face extraordinary environmental challenges. Impacts from the climate crisis, pressures from unbounded population growth, increasing tourism, intensive agriculture, extractive industries, habitat fragmentation, legacies of bad policy, and myriad other factors threaten our state’s ecosystems—and their abilities to support us. We also know that the conse
quences of these impacts are felt unequally and inequitably, depending on race, class, ability, access to resources, and other socioeconomic factors. Our mission is to report on Florida’s deeper human story, recognizing that the crises we face are not simple scenarios with straightforward solutions. We embrace the gray area, with all of its messy nuance and complex history. We believe that doing so helps break through the partisan noise, and helps Floridians make empowered, well-informed, and reparative decisions. As a woman-owned nonprofit, we prioritize underserved perspectives and feature overlooked experiences. Our name channels the fire, intelligence, and passion of Florida’s three iconic Majories: author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, conservationist Marjorie Harris Carr, and advocate Marjory Stoneman Douglas. We specialize in telling in-depth stories about Florida’s environment that consider human values as well as important historical and cultural contexts. As the stakes get higher, the demand grows for new and better ways to tell stories. We meet that challenge with an ever-evolving media landscape that is rooted in reclaiming Florida’s deeper story.
04/09/2025
𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙
by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Ayurella Horn-Muller
In rural Florida, locals suspect a mining company is to blame for their flooding troubles. Residents are trying to connect the dots between hurricanes, high radium levels, and a mineral mining giant next door.
✨ This story was produced by Grist.org and co-published with The Marjorie.
22/08/2025
Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain, is cutting $100M, closing print sites, and leaning on AI while shifting readers toward pricier annual subscriptions and pay-per-article options.
Moves like these point to a future where local news is harder to access and more reliant on automation, leaving gaps in the stories that matter most to communities.
At The Marjorie, we’re committed to filling that gap as a nonprofit reporting outlet, putting people and place first over profit.
𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙎𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚
As the federal government quietly dismantles key scientific institutions, Holden Harris writes from the front lines of a vanishing public service. His essay highlights the human cost of defunding science and the quiet unraveling of the systems that help us understand, protect, and live with the ocean. 🌊
Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, one of our namesakes and daily sources of inspiration. From her home in Cross Creek, she brought Florida’s landscapes and communities to life on the page, showing the world the beauty, grit, and complexity of this place we call home.
Her work continues to inspire our mission: telling stories that honor Florida’s people and wild places. 🌿
04/08/2025
🌿 From the Ocklawaha to the Capitol, Buddy MacKay championed wild Florida and the people who loved it. In our latest Lessons from the Marjories, Leslie Kemp Poole remembers the statesman who embodied what it means to be a “Marjorie”— fearless, informed, and dedicated to sustainability.
In her latest Chronicles of Wild Florida, CD Davidson-Hiers stumbles upon something limp and lifeless in her yard. What follows is a winding journey through swampland, gas station encounters, and a quiet act of rescue that blurs the line between human and wild.
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18/04/2025
🌕 Last week’s full moon, the pink moon, was named after a familiar Florida bloom: pink phlox. 🌸
To writer Leslie Kemp Poole, these wildflowers aren’t just a seasonal joy—they’re a thread to childhood memories and her grandmother’s front yard, where phlox once burst into bloom every spring.
Read her past “Lessons from the Marjories” column, Searching for Granny’s Phlox 🌸 ➡️ 🔗 themarjorie.org/2025/03/15/searching-for-grannys-phlox
10/04/2025
Sharks on the Line by Marlowe Starling
Part III: Sharing the Oceans
Sharks are more sought-after than ever. Yet, recreational anglers have become increasingly irate toward these species, complaining that too many of them are eating their hooked catch. Meanwhile, the diving industry says they are more valuable alive than dead. In Part III of this three-part series, The Marjorie journeys across the state of Florida exploring a crucial question: Where do sharks fit into Florida’s future?
Dive into this three-part series 🦈 ➡️ themarjorie.org/2025/03/17/sharks-on-the-line
04/04/2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jack E. Davis joined Rick Steves’ radio show to talk about the Gulf of Mexico— its rich ecology, its history, and its many names.
He also gave a shout out to his recent commentary in The Marjorie, where he reflects on the political and ecological significance of renaming the Gulf.
Part II: Tight Lines
As the recreational fishery chips away at shark populations outside the boundaries of scientists’ data books — and as a new constitutional amendment loosens restrictions on anglers across the state — Florida faces an uncertain future for sustainable shark management. In Part II of this three-part series, The Marjorie embeds with recreational and commercial fishermen to parse through the industries’ varied interactions with and attitudes toward sharks.
Explore this three-part series 🦈 ➡️ themarjorie.org/2025/03/17/sharks-on-the-line
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The Marjorie is a woman-owned reporting nonprofit that promotes a greater understanding of issues related to women and the environment in Florida through storytelling and community building.
Florida is facing unprecedented environmental challenges. We see our state’s vulnerabilities in climate change, which manifest in climbing temperatures, rising sea levels, worsening storms and the spread of emergent diseases. Coupled with the pressures from unbounded population growth, increasing tourism, intensive agriculture, habitat fragmentation and myriad other factors, our state’s natural systems are in a precarious balance.
Now more than ever, Florida deserves a publication that contextualizes and casts a critical eye on the environmental issues characterizing our state.
So: a warm welcome to The Marjorie, an online publication that fills the niche for in-depth, thoughtful and sustained reporting on the state’s environment, from the inside out. Part-blog, part-news magazine, part-commentary, part-community, The Marjorie is the brainchild of three journalists and Florida natives, Hannah Brown, Becca Burton and Anna Hamilton.
Here’s a little bit about what you can expect from us:
We write about people doing environmental work in Florida
We infuse our own sensibilities, opinions and experiences through editorial work
We curate important environmental topics/issues/reporting in Florida
We consider environmental issues through specific lenses, be they historical, feminist or humor, to shine a light on new angles and perspectives
A crucial aspect of The Marjorie is acknowledging the role women have long played in Florida’s environmental movements. Our name is a tip of the hat to three women whose work helped define contemporary environmental advocacy: author and journalist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings; journalist, feminist and Everglades advocate Marjory Stoneman Douglas; and conservationist and activist Marjorie Harris Carr.
We use the Marjories as jumping off points, guides and inspirations, and celebrate their commitment to wild Florida—but we also intend to explore and complicate their legacies to bring nuance to the discussion of what we mean when we say “environment,” to whom those spaces apply and how we can do better moving forward.
The Marjorie is dedicated to bringing people together in the name of protecting Florida’s lands, waters, animals and people. We invite you to join our community of environmental leaders by engaging with us and participating in the conversation.
The story of Florida’s environment is sometimes tragic, sometimes triumphant. Wherever we go from here, The Marjorie will be there, too, documenting the progress and missteps, and offering insight.
