2023 Field Reporting Grant Recipients

Steve Dolberg Memorial Reporting Grant

Michael Werner - Independent filmmaker, director, and director of photography; Brooklyn, N.Y.

Project: “Communities coexisting with polar bears”

Mary G. Hager Memorial Reporting Grants

Rachel Cohen - South-Central Idaho Reporter, Boise State Public Radio; Ketchum, Idaho

Project: Nez Perce Tribe leads the way in protecting community from wildfire smoke indoors - Boise State Public Radio

Nez Perce hands out 250 air cleaners for wildfires relief - Mountain West News/National Native News

Nez Perce air quality workshop offers tips for wildfire survival - Mountain West News/National Native News

Emma Foehringer-Merchant - Freelance Journalist; San Francisco

Project: "Amid climate change-fueled wildfires, power outages have become the norm in some California communities"

Indigenous Reporting Grant

Roque Planas - Senior Reporter, HuffPost; Austin, Texas

Project: How A Dream To Bring Back Wild Buffalo Is Slowly Decolonizing Tribal Land, HuffPost

 

Environmental Justice Reporting Grant

Melba Newsome - Independent Journalist; Charlotte, N.C.

Project: Europe burns wood pellets. Impacts rise for US communities, forests., Christian Science Monitor

Guerry Beam Memorial Grant

Chiara Eisner - Investigative Reporter, NPR; Washington, D.C.

Project: Only 51 of these U.S. whales remain. Little has been done to prevent their extinction, NPR

Andrew Weegar Memorial Grant

Philip Kiefer - Freelance Journalist, New Orleans

Project: “Will Maine trade its right to roam for an outdoor economy?”

Frank Allen Field Reporting Grants

Sarah Melotte - Data Journalist, Daily Yonder; Bakersville, N.C.

Project: More Folks Are Falling in Love with the West Texas Desert. Will There Be Enough Water to Sustain Them? Daily Yonder