Jack Board covers climate change, environment and sustainability issues. He also travels regularly throughout the region for breaking and feature news coverage.


Jack joined CNA in 2013 and was based in Singapore, before helping establish a bureau in Cambodia a few years later. He moved to Bangkok, Thailand in 2019. 

He has covered multiple elections throughout Southeast Asia, interviewed national leaders and been deployed to natural disasters and international climate change conferences.

Some of his CNA career highlights include covering the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, exploring the corners of Myanmar during its historic national election, trekking to Nepal’s melting glaciers and travelling with nomadic herders in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert.

Jack is a photographer, videographer and drone pilot and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (Journalism) from Charles Sturt University in Australia.