Ian Urbina

Ian Urbina is an investigative reporter who writes most often for The New York Times, but is also a contributing writer for The Atlantic and The New Yorker. Urbina is the author of The New York Times bestseller The Outlaw Ocean (2019), based on more than five years of reporting, much of it offshore, exploring lawlessness on the high seas. As a journalist, his investigations typically focus on worker safety and the environment, and he has received a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award, and has been nominated for an Emmy. In 2019, Urbina created Synesthesia Media, which specializes in mixing mediums. In its first project, the firm functioned as a music label and recruited hundreds of musicians from more than 45 countries. As part of The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, these artists ranged in genre from classical and ambient to electronic and hip hop.