The Grantham Prize for Environmental Journalism
A winner from the Archives:
2008 Winner: Choking on Growth
China's rapid economic expansion in recent years has been widely heralded as a boon for its people and its government. In this sweeping 10-part series, The New York Times fully exposed and explored the dark side of that unprecedented development: ravaging degradation of the environment.
2009 Grantham Prize Resources
The Grantham Prize is intended not only to recognize exceptional environmental journalism, but also to encourage this type of high quality reporting. The 2009 Grantham Prize winners and Award of Special Merit recipients prepared questions to facilitate classroom discussion about their award-winning series. Please contact Metcalf Institute if you have any suggestions for additional resources from Grantham Prize winners that could be of use in educational settings.
Read the 2009 Grantham Prize Winner, The Smokestack Effect.
Download the Grantham Prize Winner Discussion Questions
2009 Smokestack Discussion Questions (pdf)
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Read Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent.
Read Chemical Fallout.
Download the Award of Special Merit Discussion Questions
2009 ASMS Discussion Questions (pdf)