The Grantham Prize for Environmental Journalism

2008 Grantham Prize Seminar

The third annual Grantham Prize Seminar on the State of Environmental Journalism was held in Washington, D.C. at the Knight Conference Center at The Newseum, on September 8, 2008. The seminar, which was free and open to the public, honored the year's Grantham Prize winners and provided a forum for discussion about the future of climate change policy in the context of the 2008 elections.

September 8, 2008: The Grantham Prize winner and Award of Special Merit recipients gathered together at the Grantham Prize Seminar.

The New York Times' Jim Yardley (left) accepts the 2008 Grantham Prize from Jury Chair Phil Meyer for the Times' award-winning series, "Choking on Growth."

Jim Yardley of The New York Times poses with the 2008 Grantham Prize.

Jim Yardley discusses The New York Times series, "Choking on Growth," at the 2008 Grantham Prize Seminar.

Grantham Prize Juror, David Boardman, presents Dinah Voyles Pulver of the Daytona Beach News-Journal with a Grantham Award of Special Merit.

Metcalf Institute Advisory Board Chair, David Baron (left), presents Ed Struzik of the Edmonton Journal with a Grantham Award of Special Merit.

Grantham Prize Juror, Diane Hawkins-Cox (right), presents Alison Richards of NPR with a Grantham Award of Special Merit.

NPR's Alison Richards and Richard Harris discuss their winning series, "Climate Connections," at the 2008 Grantham Prize Seminar.

Grantham Prize Jurors Phil Meyer, Diane Hawkins-Cox and David Boardman, Jury Coordinator Bud Ward, and Metcalf Institute Executive Director Sunshine Menezes enjoy the reception on the rooftop patio of The Newseum.

The 2008 Grantham Prize Seminar panel (l to r): David Goldston, Bracken Hendricks, Juliet Eilperin, Jim Rogers, Lisa Mullins, and James MCarthy.

2008 Grantham Prize Seminar panelists debated the future of climate change policy under a new president.

Panelists from the 2008 Grantham Prize seminar continue conversations with the audience following a vigorous panel discussion.

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View the 2008 Winner Presentations

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Session 1: Introductions to the Grantham Prize and Metcalf Institute; presentations by Award of Special Merit winners, Dinah Voyles Pulver and Edward Struzik.

Session 2: Presentations by Award of Special Merit winner, Alison Richards, and Grantham Prize winner, James Yardley, on behalf of the full New York Times team.

View the 2008 Seminar Panel

Seminar Program

The 2008 Grantham Prize Seminar began with presentations by the 2008 Grantham Prize Winners and the Award of Special Merit recipients. The Seminar concluded with a panel discussion, The Climate Policy Puzzle: Piecing Together Solutions, featuring Juliet Eilperin of The Washington Post, David Goldston of Nature, Bracken Hendricks of the Center for American Progress, James McCarthy of Harvard University, and James Rogers of Duke Energy. The panel was moderated by Lisa Mullins, host of Public Radio Internation's The World. The panelists discussed how science, economic, and environmental interests might shape a U.S. policy to address climate change, and how the 2008 elections might influence the development of that policy.