Judges Of The 2023 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

The third annual Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards celebrate outstanding climate crisis coverage and solutions reporting.

The winners were selected from nearly 1,100 entries representing news outlets from six continents. The juries chose 76 finalists before naming the ultimate winners. The judging was chaired by Kyle Pope, CCNow co-founder and editor in chief of the Columbia Journalism Review.

Here are the judges that participated:

• Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News Digital
• Laila Al-Arian, Al Jazeera English
• Katherine Bagley, Grist
• Clare Baldwin, Reuters
• Tony Bartelme, The Post and Courier
• Carolyn Beeler, The World
• Laura Bliss, Knight Science Journalism Fellow
• Ethan Brown, The Sweaty Penguin
• Carrie Brown, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
• Audrey Carleton, Capital & Main
• Tom Casciato, Independent Journalist
• Nick Clark, Al Jazeera English
• Christina Colón, Emerging Media Studies Boston University
• Iris Crawford, Nonprofit Quarterly
• Katy Daigle, Reuters
• Juan Devis, KCET-TV
• Katherine Dunn, Oxford Climate Journalism Network
• Breanna Draxler, Yes! Magazine
• Josh Edelson, Independent Journalist
• Charles Ellison, WURD Radio
• Peter Fairley, Independent Journalist
• Lauren Feeney, Intercept
• Brendan Fitzgerald, Independent Journalist
• Emily Garthwaite, Independent Journalist
• Frida Garza, Guardian US
• Evan George, UCLA Emmett Institute
• Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
• Jillian Green, The Daily Maverick (ZA)
• Matt Green, DeSmog
• Andrew Gully, New Humanitarian
• Alex Harris, The Miami Herald
• Fiona Harvey, Guardian
• Nicolas Haque, Al Jazeera English
• Vanessa Hauc, Telemundo
• Laura Helmuth, Scientific American
• Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow
• Anna Hiatt, CCNow
• Adriene Hill, NPR
• Sean Holman, University of Victoria
• Sophie Huet, Agence France Presse
• Dianna Hunt, Indian Country Today
• Cherelle Jackson, AP
• Gabrielle Fonseca Johnson, Reuters
• Barbara Junge, Taz
• Brian Kahn, Guardian
• Karin Kamp, CCNow
• Cynthia Karam, Reuters
• Keisuke Katori, Asahi Shimbun
• Richard Kim, The City
• Jenna Kunze, Native News Net
• Suzanne Levy, KPCC/LAist
• Andrés Bermúdez Liévano, Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística
• Nancy MacDonald, The Globe and Mail
• Sam Mackereth, NowThis
• Kelly Macnamara, Agence France Presse
• Drew Magratten, The Years Project
• Angela Massie, Weather Channel
• Mekdela Maskal, CCNow
• Andy McCormick, CCNow
• Erin McGarry, NBC News
• Barbara Moran, WBUR
• Vera Moutinho, Azul
• Zoeann Murphy, Washington Post
• Katherine Noble-Goodman, Solutions Journalism Network
• Dharna Noor, Boston Globe
• Nyancho Nwanri, Independent Journalist
• Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo, Independent Journalist
• Diego Ortiz, Oxford Climate Journalism Network
• Shannon Osaka, The Washington Post
• Terry Parris, New York Times
• Marlene Peralta, Climate Nexus
• Lauren Petracca, Independent Journalist
• Anna Phillips, Washington Post
• Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central
• Kyle Pope, Columbia Journalism Review
• Rachel Ramirez, CNN
• Ankita Rao, Guardian US
• Anke Rasper, Deutsche Welle
• Tinku Ray, The World
• Danielle Renwick, Nexus Media News
• Theresa Riley, CCNow
• Dana Roberson, The WNET Group
• Eric Roston, Bloomberg
• Mark Schapiro, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
• David Schechter, CBS News
• Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!
• Susan Sharon, Maine Public Radio
• Chandrani Sinha, Independent Journalist
• Jake Spring, Reuters
• Peter Thomson, Independent Journalist
• Sharon Tiller, Independent Journalist
• Giuliana de Toledo, Folha de S.Paulo
• Ben Tracy, CBS News
• Giles Trendle, Al Jazeera English
• Tamsin Walker, Deutsche Welle
• Jessica Wang, YouTube
• Fara Warner, Solutions Journalism Network
• Sunil Warrier, The Times of India
• Jon Watts, Sumaúma
• Bill Weir, CNN
• Amy Westervelt, Drilled News
• Tracy Wholf, ABC News
• Simon Wilson, New Zealand Herald
• Justin Worland, Time
• Francesco Zaffarano, Mapping Journalism