The Outlaw Ocean Creators & Guests

Ian Urbina (born March 29, 1972) 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 human rights, worker safety and the environment, and he has received a Pulitzer Prize and a George Polk Award, and has been nominated for an Emmy.