The Grantham Prize for Environmental Journalism
A winner from the Archives:
2007 Winner: Altered Oceans
The Los Angeles Times’ five-part series, Altered Oceans, examined a profound disturbance in the ecology of the seas. The articles by Kenneth R. Weiss and Usha Lee McFarling showed how man-made stresses are not merely sullying the Earth's oceans, but altering their basic composition and chemistry.
Now Accepting Entries for the 2012 Grantham Prize
Metcalf Institute Seeks Top Environmental Reporting of 2011
Winner to receive US$75,000
Journalists from all media are invited to submit entries for the seventh annual Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. Up to three additional entries will receive $5,000 Awards of Special Merit. Entries may also be nominated by unaffiliated parties.
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The Grantham Prize is the largest cash prize for journalism in the world, recognizing exceptional environmental reporting with the potential to elicit constructive change.
Learn More About the 2011 Grantham Prize Winners
Comprehensive Report on Threats to Forests Earns Top Prize
James Astill of The Economist received the $75,000 Grantham Prize in 2011 for his eight-part special report “Seeing the Wood.” This report commanded the cover of every edition of The Economist, including its best-selling US edition.
The Economist's special issue.
The series describes the state of global forests, evaluating the rising threats they face from human exploitation and climate change. With an emphasis on tropical forests, it also explains their critical environmental importance and suggests ways to save them.
The 2011 recipients of $5,000 Awards of Special Merit, Jeff Goodell and Jeff Donn (co-recipient from the Associated Press), also were honored for their reporting on geoengineering and the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, respectively.