{"id":63271,"date":"2010-06-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/2010-grantham-prize-honors-excellence-in-environmental-journalism\/"},"modified":"2010-06-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-22T00:00:00","slug":"2010-grantham-prize-honors-excellence-in-environmental-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/06\/2010-grantham-prize-honors-excellence-in-environmental-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Grantham Prize Honors Excellence in Environmental Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t$75,000 Grantham Prize Winner Announced<\/p>\n


\nNARRAGANSETT, R.I., June 22, 2010 \u2013 Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting has announced that Canadian author Alanna Mitchell is the winner of the 2010 Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. Mitchell, author of the extraordinary book \u201cSea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis\u201d published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart and by The University of Chicago Press in the U.S., is the first book author to receive The Grantham Prize and the first Canadian entrant to win the $75,000 prize. <\/p>\n


\n\u201cWe are proud to award Alanna Mitchell the 2010 Grantham Prize,\u201d said Sunshine Menezes, executive director of Metcalf Institute and Grantham Prize administrator. \u201cAn engaging work, \u2018Sea Sick\u2019 clearly and eloquently explains the specific dangers facing global marine ecosystems. Mitchell faced her own demons to craft a story that showcases marine science \u2013 and scientists \u2013 in a balanced, accurate, and poetic fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment honors outstanding coverage of the environment, and recognizes reporting that has the potential to bring about constructive change. The prize was established to encourage high quality environmental journalism in all media, while drawing attention to the subject of the prize-winning stories, increasing public awareness and understanding of environmental issues. The $75,000 Grantham Prize is awarded annually to nonfiction work produced in the United States or Canada during the previous calendar year in all media.<\/p>\n


\nPhilip Meyer, chairman of the Grantham Prize Jury said, \u201cReading Alanna Mitchell convinces you that the ocean is at least as important as the atmosphere when we worry about climate change. You cannot put this book down without understanding that, for life on earth to continue as it is, the ocean from which we evolved must remain healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAlanna Mitchell is a Canadian journalist and author known for her ability to describe complex ideas in plain language. She was the science and environment reporter at the Globe and Mail, Canada\u2019s national newspaper, for fourteen years until she left daily journalism to devote herself to writing on science. In 2000, she was named the best environmental reporter in the world by the Reuters Foundation and was invited in 2002 to undertake a guest fellowship at Oxford University. This led to her first book, \u201cDancing at the Dead Sea,\u201d published in 2004. Mitchell, a native of Toronto, is an associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development and is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on environmental issues.<\/p>\n

Published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, \u201cSea Sick\u201d was released in the United States by University of Chicago Press (October 2009). \u201cSea Sick\u201d examines the current state of the world\u2019s oceans \u2013 describing an urgent yet little understood ecological crisis. Mitchell penned the 2010 Grantham Prize winner \u201cSea Sick\u201d while joining the research teams of leading scientists in nine of the global oceans\u2019 hotspots to see firsthand what is really happening in the world\u2019s oceans. Whether it\u2019s the impact of coral reef bleaching, the puzzle of the growing number of oxygen-less dead zones, or the shocking implications of the increasing acidification of the sea, Mitchell explains the science behind the story in this engaging, accessible, yet authoritative account. <\/p>\n


\nThe Grantham Prize Jurors also selected three entries to receive Awards of Special Merit, each receiving a $5,000 cash prize. The three 2010 Award of Special Merit recipients are: Dan Egan of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for his ongoing environmental coverage of the Great Lakes; Cleo Paskal, author of \u201cGlobal Warring: How Environmental, Economic and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map,\u201d published by Key Porter Books (Canada) and Palgrave Macmillan (U.S.A.); and Hedrick Smith Productions for the PBS Frontline documentary \u201cPoisoned Waters.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nEstablished in 2005, The Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment is funded by Jeremy and Hannelore Grantham through The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment and is administered by the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting . The Grantham Foundation supports environmental research and conservation programs internationally, while Metcalf Institute provides journalists with resources, tools, and field education to accurately report on scientific news and environmental issues.<\/p>\n


\nThis year marks the fifth anniversary of The Grantham Prize. Past winners of the prestigious Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment are: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) in 2006 for \u201cToxic Legacy\u201d; the Los Angeles Times in 2007 for \u201cAltered Oceans\u201d; The New York Times in 2008 for \u201cChoking on Growth\u201d; and USA TODAY in 2009 for \u201cThe Smokestack Effect: Toxic Air and America\u2019s Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n—

\nKat Anderson

\nMetcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting

\näçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Graduate School of Oceanography

\nNarragansett Bay Campus

\n218 South Ferry Road

\nNarragansett, RI 02882

\nEmail: kat@gso.uri.edu

\nOffice: 401.874.6009

\nFax: 401.874.6486
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