The Society of Environmental Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment, which honor the best stories released from February 1, 2021, through January 31, 2022, and the best books on environmental topics published in 2021.
The SEJ contest is the world’s largest and most comprehensive environmental journalism competition. This year, 485 entries in ten categories were judged by independent volunteer panels of journalists and professors.
First place winners of SEJ’s 2022 Awards for Reporting on the Environment
Visit SEJ’s website for a full list of winners and honorable mentions.
Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Large
First Place
“Sacrifice Zones: Mapping Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution” by Al Shaw, Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Lisa Song, Max Blau, Kiah Collier, Ken Ward Jr., Alyssa Johnson, Maya Miller, Lucas Waldron and Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica, with The Texas Tribune and Mountain State Spotlight
Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting, Small
First Place
“The Department of Yes: How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America” by Sharon Lerner for The Intercept
Outstanding Beat Reporting, Large
First Place
“Fiona Harvey COP26 Beat Reporting” by Fiona Harvey for The Guardian
Outstanding Beat Reporting, Small
First Place
“EPA Exposed” by Sharon Lerner for The Intercept
Outstanding Explanatory Reporting, Large
First Place
“The Greenland Connection” by Tony Bartelme (senior projects reporter) and Lauren Petracca (photographer and videographer) for The Post and Courier
Outstanding Explanatory Reporting, Small
First Place
“Troubled Waters: The Salton Sea Project” by Angela Chen, Tim Kiley, Kent Kay, Sarah-Jayne Arthur, Rebecca Johnson and Justin Tarpening for KESQ
Outstanding Feature Story, Large
First Place
“Climate Change Is Exposing the Racism Behind an Oregon Water War” by Jeremy Raff, Josh Rushing, Adrienne Haspel, Erik Ljung, Laila Al-Arian and Darya Marchenkova for Al Jazeera English
Outstanding Feature Story, Small
First Place
“The Collapse of Wild Red Wolves Is a Warning That Should Worry Us All” by Jimmy Tobias for The Nation
First Place
“Hogwash” Cameron Oglesby, Duke University, published by Grist
Rachel Carson Environment Book Award
First Place
“Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World” by Emma Marris. Published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
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