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.
2010 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. Metcalf Institute asked the 2010 Grantham Prize winners and Award of Special Merit recipients to describe their award-winning reporting, and their answers are captured in the brief videos below. We hope these insights will facilitate classroom discussion about what it takes to produce exceptional coverage of the environment. Please contact Metcalf Institute if you have any suggestions for additional resources from Grantham Prize winners that could be of use in educational settings.
Alanna Mitchell, 2010 Grantham Prize Winner for Sea Sick
Listen to Alanna describe the professional and emotional journey she took to write Sea Sick.
Click here to download an excerpt of Sea Sick. (pdf)
Dan Egan, Award of Special Merit Winner for Environmental Beat Reporting
Read some of Dan's exceptional coverage of the Great Lakes.
Cleo Paskal, Award of Special Merit Winner for Global Warring
Learn more about Global Warring.
Hedrick Smith, Award of Special Merit Winner for Poisoned Waters
Learn more about Poisoned Waters.