Our environmental journalism award winners represent the best of their critical field.
Journalists from the following leading media organizations were selected via highly competitive evaluation processes.
SEAL Journalism Winners
AINSLIE CRUICKSHANK
The Narwhal – 2022 Winner
BASTEN GOKKON
Mongabay – 2022 Winner
DANA NUCCITELLI
Yale Climate Connections – 2022 Winner
EMILY HOLDEN
Floodlight – 2022 Winner
JOHN MCCRACKEN
Grist, Sierra Magazine – 2022 Winner
KARLA MENDES
Mongabay – 2022 Winner
MARK OLALDE
ProPublica – 2022 Winner
MOLLY TAFT
Earther (Gizmodo) – 2022 Winner
NAVEENA SADASIVAM
Grist – 2022 Winner
RICHA SYAL
The Guardian, National Geographic – 2022 Winner
SHARON UDASIN
The Hill – 2022 Winner
SOPHIE MBUGUA
Africa Climate News – 2022 Winner
DAVID ROBERTS
Volts – 2021 Winner
DAVID SHEPPARD
Financial Times – 2021 Winner
DHARNA NOOR
Boston Globe, Earther – 2021 Winner
HILARY BEAUMONT
Al Jazeera, Guardian – 2021 Winner
JUSTIN WORLAND
TIME – 2021 Winner
LISA SONG
ProPublica – 2021 Winner
RACHEL RAMIREZ
CNN – 2021 Winner
REBECCA LEBER
Vox, Mother Jones, Grist – 2021 Winner
ROBINSON MEYER
Atlantic – 2021 Winner
SHANNON OSAKA
Grist – 2021 Winner
SOMINI SENGUPTA
Forbes, New York Times – 2021 Winner
ZAHRA HIRJI
Bloomberg, BuzzFeed – 2021 Winner
FIONA HARVEY
Guardian – 2020 Winner
LISA FRIEDMAN
New York Times – 2020 Winner
ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN
Huffington Post – 2020 Winner
JULIET EILPERIN
Washington Post – 2020 Winner
SHANNON OSAKA
Grist – 2020 Winner
RHETT A. BUTLER
Mongabay – 2020 Winner
MARY ANNAISE HEGLAR
Hot Take – 2020 Winner
JEFF BRADY
NPR – 2020 Winner
JAMES TEMPLE
MIT Technology Review – 2020 Winner
BRIAN KAHN
Earther – 2020 Winner
ZOYA TEIRSTEIN
Grist – 2020 Winner
DAVE ROBERTS
Volts – 2020 Winner
EMILY ATKIN
HEATED – 2019 Winner
LISA FRIEDMAN
New York Times – 2019 Winner
YESSENIA FUNES
Earther / Gizmodo – 2019 Winner
FIONA HARVEY
Guardian – 2019 Winner
UMAIR IRFAN
Vox – 2019 Winner
STEPHEN LEAHY
National Geographic – 2019 Winner
ROBINSON MEYER
The Atlantic – 2019 Winner
ADELE PETERS
Fast Company – 2019 Winner
DAVE ROBERTS
Vox – 2019 Winner
HIROKO TABUCHI
New York Times – 2019 Winner
JONATHAN WATTS
Guardian – 2019 Winner
JUSTIN WORLAND
TIME – 2019 Winner
CHRIS MOONEY
Washington Post – 2018 Winner
BRAD PLUMER
New York Times – 2018 Winner
DAMIAN CARRINGTON
The Guardian – 2018 Winner
DAVE ROBERTS
Vox – 2018 Winner
ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN
Huffington Post – 2018 Winner
HIROKO TABUCHI
The New York Times – 2018 Winner
JAMES MUNSON
Bloomberg Environment – 2018 Winner
JONATHAN WATTS
The Guardian – 2018 Winner
JULIE CART
CALMatters – 2018 Winner
MEGAN GEUSS
Ars Technica – 2018 Winner
NATHANAEL JOHNSON
Grist – 2018 Winner
STEPHEN LEAHY
National Geographic & Vice – 2018 Winner
ADELE PETERS
Fast Company– 2017 Winner
BRAD PLUMER
New York Times – 2017 Winner
DAVE ROBERTS
Vox – 2017 Winner
ELIZABETH KOLBERT
The New Yorker – 2017 Winner
CHRIS MOONEY
Washington Post – 2017 Winner
DAMIAN CARRINGTON
The Guardian – 2017 Winner
GEORGE MONBIOT
The Guardian – 2017 Winner
MARIANNE LAVELLE
Inside Climate News – 2017 Winner
REBECCA LEBER
Mother Jones – 2017 Winner
ROBINSON MEYER
The Atlantic – 2017 Winner
PAST AWARD CHAIRPERSONS
Hala Kilani
Hala KilaniSenior Communications Officer, Climate Action Network
2021 Environmental Journalism Award Chair
Emily Wasley
Emily WasleyHead of Resilience & Biodiversity, Meta
2020 Environmental Journalism Award Chair
Dr Jonathan Foley
Dr Jonathan FoleyExecutive Director, Project Drawdown
2019 Environmental Journalism Award Chair
Sasja Beslik
Sasja BeslikHead of Sustainable Finance Development at Bank J. Safra Sarasin
2018 Environmental Journalism Award Chair
Bruno Sarda
Bruno SardaPresident, North America at CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)
2017 Environmental Journalism Award Chair