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The 2010 entry deadline has passed, and we are now entering the judging process. More information on the Grantham Prize jurors is available here.
The fifth annual Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment will be awarded for the best environmental journalism of the past year. Up to three additional entries will receive $5,000 Awards of Special Merit.
Eligible entries must cover environment and/or natural resources topics and be originally published or broadcast in the United States or Canada between January 1 and December 31, 2009, in print, broadcast, online, or book formats.
Blake Morrison and Brad Heath of USA Today received the $75,000 Grantham Prize in 2009 for “The Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America's Schools.” Morrison and Heath teamed with researchers from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland to identify and model the toxic exposures that children could experience at schools around the nation. Grantham Prize jurors noted that this series took "science-based journalism to a new level."
Reporter Blake Morrison described the recognition as "simply extraordinary." "To be chosen from among other groundbreaking works – all that have brought some of the most critical issues we face to the forefront – is the sort of honor that both humbles and fuels us," Morrison added.