By Betsy Model, President-elect
Established in 2005 and considered one of the most prestigious awards given for environmental journalism, the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting is celebrating its fifth year and calling for entries.
The Metcalf Institute at the University of Rhode Island is inviting all Society of Professional Journalists, New Mexico Chapter members who have created stories focused on the environment and natural resources and who have printed, broadcast or posted them in 2009 to apply.
The Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment offers a $75,000 award annually in recognition of exemplary reporting on the environment. Up to three additional entries will receive $5,000 Awards of Special Merit. Entries must have been originally published, broadcast, or posted in the United States or Canada between January 1-December 31, 2009.
Entry deadlines: January 11, 2010 for books; February 1, 2010 for all other entries.
For more information go to www.granthamprize.org, or email info@granthamprize.org.
CONTACT: Sunshine Menezes, Prize Admin., Metcalf Institute, URI Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI 02882; (401) 874-6211; Fax: (401) 874-6486; E-mail: info@granthamprize.org; Web site: www.granthamprize.org.