SciDev.Net, with support of IHE Delft and DUPC2, brought together an online panel of water experts, diplomats and journalists who debated on how to communicate in the sensitive context of international rivers, such as the Nile and Brahmaputra. The main questions of the debate were: How can journalists report in a critical, but informed, way on these complex topics? And how can scientific and technical facts about water be made accessible to broader audiences to support shared narratives on international rivers?