The Grantham Prize for Environmental Journalism
A winner from the Archives:
2009 Winner: The Smokestack Effect
The USA TODAY reporting team worked with academic researchers to pool government data on industrial polluters near 127,800 schools. What they found was incredible -- in thousands of schools, the models indicated that the air outside could be at least twice as toxic as the air in nearby neighborhoods. In some cases, the difference reached 10 times higher.
Learn More About the Awards Ceremony
The Grantham Prize Awards Ceremony is an opportunity to publicly recognize the winners of The Grantham Prize, as well as a chance to discuss a timely issue of importance to environmental journalism, science, and/or policy.
2011 winner James Astill describes his special report on forests
2011 -- Grantham Prize Winners Discuss Their Stories
2010 -- Covering the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Balancing Fact, Opinion, and Public Interest
2009 -- Science in the News: Communicating Environmental Impacts
2008 -- The Climate Policy Puzzle: Piecing Together Solutions