Andy Critchlow, head of energy news for Dow Jones Energy, recently received the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Energy Journalism Awards.
He spoke about how energy coverage has changed. What follows is an excerpt:
You’ve reported on some of the biggest events to shape energy and geopolitics over the past 25 years. How has covering the industry changed since you first started out?
Energy has become a tougher story to report, but also more mainstream. The conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, climate change and affordability issues have made the subject more interesting to a wider audience and a more competitive space for reporters to break news. When I started over 25 years ago, OPEC meetings provided a platform for journalists to access oil ministers and develop sources within member delegations. Today, the organization has banned many international news publishers and reporters from attending its meetings, making reporting much more challenging. Sadly, the days of reporters mobbing oil ministers in the infamous media scrums held at the top of the OPEC office stairwell before Vienna summits will probably never return.
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