Abel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who covers environmental issues for The Boston Globe. He is also a professor of the practice at Boston University. Abel’s work has won an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Ernie Pyle Award from the Scripps Howard Foundation, and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for Feature Reporting. His most recent film, “Entangled,” which was broadcast by PBS’s World Channel, was nominated for a 2022 Emmy, won a Jackson Wild award, known as the Oscars of nature films, and Best Feature Film at the International Wildlife Film Festival, among other awards. Abel previously co-directed and produced “Sacred Cod,” which was broadcast by the Discovery Channel. He also directed and produced two films about the Boston Marathon bombings, which were broadcast on BBC World News and Discovery Life. His other films include “Lobster War,” which won “Best New England Film'' at the Mystic Film Festival, and “Gladesmen: The Last of the Sawgrass Cowboys,” which won the Miami Film Festival’s Knight Made in Miami Award. Abel, who began learning to make films as a Nieman fellow at Harvard University, is IN THE WHALE’s producer, director, writer, and cinematographer.

Laub, founder and director of Andy Laub Films, has hiked more than 7,000 miles in search of compelling stories. From nature films to cultural documentaries, he has worked as a writer, cinematographer, editor, visual effects artist, expedition coordinator, and soundtrack composer for networks including the Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, PBS World Channel, BBC World News, Amazon Prime, and Hulu. He co- produced, wrote and edited “Entangled,” “Sacred Cod,” “Lobster War,” and “Gladesmen” with Abel. Laub’s other films have explored the urban boom in Mongolia, the application of ancient building traditions by Hopi Indians, wildlife in the Pyrenees, and a trek he made across the 1,200-mile Pacific Northwest Trail. His film, “As It Happens: Pacific Crest Trail,” has been viewed by more than a million people worldwide. Laub is IN THE WHALE’s producer, editor, writer, soundscape designer, and soundtrack director.