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The HUB

United Earth News is the news arm of United Earth Fund, built by students and volunteers of four decades and headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan — where the campus newsroom and the field network meet.

University of Michigan Law Quad in Ann Arbor
What the HUB is

One newsroom, every story.

The HUB is where it all comes together. Story assignments are aggregated here from participating colleges, universities, and high schools. Reports from Bee-Team reporters and student researchers build the news, developed and fact-checked with faculty experts before airing on the Endangered Species Report.

We take no advertising. Readers and viewers sustain the reporting.

Where we come from
Picking up where the science left off — bringing the data out of the archives and back to the world.

Ann Arbor was home of the world-renowned Endangered Species UPDATE journal until it ended around 2011. For decades it was the frontline record of extinction and recovery, curated by universities on paper. When the ink dried and the money ran out, that vital window closed.

United Earth Fund — a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit supporting life since 1977 — founded United Earth News to reopen it: same city, same mission, a new generation of students, and a camera instead of a printing press.

How it's organized

A hub in Ann Arbor. Bureaus everywhere.

University of Michigan campus

The campus hub

U-M Ann Arbor students research, develop assignments, produce the show, and fact-check stories with faculty experts before air.

Student camera operator in the field

The field bureaus

Every Bee-Team crew is a bureau: they build, plant, and rescue in their own communities and file dispatches back to the HUB. Join the Bee-Team

The family

One fund, three fronts.

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This site: the news arm, home of the Endangered Species Report, the State of the Ark News.

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