By: E&P Staff Harper?s Magazine and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have been named the winners of the 2005 John B. Oakes Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism.
Those honored are Erik Reece, author of ?Death of a Mountain? in Harper?s, and Dan Egan, a reporter for The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel for ?Troubled Waters, the Great Invasion? --those waters being the Great Lakes. The two stories are hailed for the ?exceptional contribution to public understanding? of environmental issues. Oakes was a longtime New York Times reporter and op-ed writer.
?This is the first time that the Oakes Awards honored separate magazine and newspaper entries,? said a statement by Arlene Morgan, dean of prizes and programs at Columbia?s Graduate School of Journalism and director of the Oakes Awards, which moved to the school this year from the Natural Resources Defense Council. Each of the two winners receives a $5,000 prize.
Two other stories ? Elizabeth Kolbert?s ?The Climate of Man,? which appeared in The New Yorker, and a project written by staff at The Los Angeles Times, ?Environmental Politics,? were named second-place winners, each carrying a $1,000 award. The Times project was done by Tom Hamburger, Alan C. Miller, Julie Cart, and Henry Weinstein.
All of the winners will be invited to present their work during a reception and panel discussion on the impact of environmental reporting Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at Columbia?s journalism school in New York City. The panel will be open to Columbia students and invited guests.
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