Metcalf Institute Announces 2010 Entry Deadlines for $75,000 Grantham Prize

NARRAGANSETT, RI – November 30, 2009 – The Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting is now accepting entries for the fifth annual Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. The Grantham Prize, the largest journalism cash prize in the world, honors the work of a journalist or team of journalists for exemplary reporting on environmental and/or natural resource issues with an award of $75,000.

“This year we celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Grantham Prize,” said Sunshine Menezes, Metcalf executive director and prize administrator. “An inspiration to many environmental journalists, the Grantham Prize recognizes clear, accurate and innovative environmental reporting. We look forward to reviewing this year’s entries and awarding the 2010 Prize.”

The 2010 Grantham Prize eligibility is open to works of non-fiction originally published, broadcast, or posted online in the United States or Canada between January 1 and December 31, 2009. Book entries must be postmarked no later than January 11, 2010. All other entries must be postmarked by February 1, 2010. Grantham Prize contest rules, entry information, forms, formats and a helpful checklist are available online at www.granthamprize.org.

The purpose of the Grantham Prize is to encourage outstanding coverage of the environment and to recognize reporting that has the potential to bring about constructive change. Among the criteria jurors will consider are the significance of the subject matter, quality and originality of the journalism, and the effort involved in telling the story. The Prize-winning story will be broadly disseminated to increase public awareness of environmental issues and to inspire exceptional reporting.

Established in 2005, the Grantham Prize is funded by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham through The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. The foundation supports climate change research and natural resource conservation programs in the United States and internationally. Jeremy Grantham is a Boston-based investment strategist and Hannelore Grantham is the director of The Grantham Foundation.

The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting was established in 1997 with funding from three media foundations, the Belo Corporation, the Providence Journal Charitable Foundation and the Philip L. Graham Fund, and from the Telaka Foundation. It is named for the late Michael P. Metcalf, a visionary in journalism and publisher of The Providence Journal Bulletin from 1979-1987. The Metcalf Institute provides science training for reporters and editors to help improve the accuracy and clarity of marine and environmental reporting and offers journalism fellowships in support of diversity and reporting on science and the environment. For more information, contact the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting at 401-874-6211 or online at www.metcalfinstitute.org.

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