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.
Who Will Win the World's Richest Journalism Prize?
Stay Tuned for the 2012 Grantham Prize Winner Announcement
2011 Grantham Prize Awards Ceremony (Click to open)
Who will win the world's biggest journalism prize? Find out on June 6, 2012, when we announce the winner of the $75,000 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment at the National Press Club.
Meet the Grantham Prize Jurors
Jury Brings Broad Journalism Expertise to Deliberations
An independent panel of five jurors will select the 2012 winner and Award of Special Merit recipients. The jurors are:
- Chair David Boardman, Executive Editor of The Seattle Times;
- James T. Hamilton, the Charles S. Sydnor Professor of Public Policy at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Director of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy;
- Deborah Potter, Executive Director of NewsLab;
- Susanne Reber leads NPR News' Investigative Unit and is NPR News’ first Deputy Managing Editor of Investigation; and
- Robert B. Semple, Jr., Associate Editor of the Editorial Page for The New York Times.