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Reporting about climate change was a winner in this year’s Pulitzers - Poynter

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The winners and finalists of the Pulitzer Prizes show the impact of major breaking news, including , and ; the work that leads to change, including , the and ; and the topics that drive policy and politics, including and . This year, coverage of climate change fell into each of those buckets. It looks like the first time in at least the last 10 years (which is as far back as we checked), that climate change itself has been a topic of the work of winners and finalists. Staff of The Washington Post for “or a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme temperatures on the planet.” “Today in this country we are single-mindedly focused on a public-health crisis. But another worldwide public-health crisis is upon us,” said Martin Baron, executive editor of The Post, . “As with the coronavirus, we are well served if we pay attention to the science. In producing this series, our staff not only paid attention to the science, but also built on it with deeper and more granular analysis. And then, with the full resources of our news organization, we put a human face to the numbers, showing the severe impact that extreme warming is already having on communities around the world.” At the Los Angeles Times, Rosanna Xia, Swetha Kannan and Terry Castleman were in that category for their . RELATED TRAINING: Nestor Ramos was for The Boston Globe for which showed the impact of climate change on Cape Cod. And Jill Burcum of The (Minneapolis) Star Tribune got in editorial writing for which detailed the proposed mine’s cost to the environment. Climate change has made appearances in Pulitzer-winning work before, through , and . Several projects in the last several years have brought newsrooms together to cover climate change at the local and national, including , and . Kristen Hare covers the transformation of local news for Poynter.org and writes a weekly newsletter on the transformation of local news. You can subscribe. Kristen can be reached at khare@poynter.org or on Twitter atSupport high-integrity, independent journalism that serves democracy. Make a gift to Poynter today. The Poynter Institute is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, and your gift helps us make good journalism better.Tags:The New York Times bought The Athletic for $550 million in January and is looking for a return on its hefty investment.The NYT reporter's book includes an eyebrow-raising quote from Trump about not leaving the White House. Should she have shared it sooner?Plus, new college rankings reignite fights over who’s in and who’s out, some states will tax student loan forgiveness, and more.Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96 on Sept. 8, but rumors that it was because of a COVID-19 vaccine are unfounded.A sense of national unity seems like an impossible dream in 2022.Start your day informed and inspired.Get the Poynter newsletter that's right for you.

The winners and finalists of the Pulitzer Prizes show the impact of major breaking news, including , and ; the work that leads to change, including , the and ; and the topics that drive policy and politics, including and . This year, coverage of climate change fell into each of those buckets. It looks like the first time in at least the last 10 years (which is as far back as we checked), that climate change itself has been a topic of the work of winners and finalists. Staff of The Washington Post for “or a groundbreaking series that showed with scientific clarity the dire effects of extreme...

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Reporting about climate change was a winner in this year’s Pulitzers - Poynter

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