Fifteen young journalists shortlisted for climate award
Fifteen stories by young journalists writing about the climate emergency have been nominated for the annual Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award. The shortlisted were picked out from more than 300 environmental stories submitted. The shortlist was published in connection with the COP26 UN climate summit.
“The journalists are from a generation mobilised to generate urgent change and avoid inheriting a planet in peril. They have transformed complex ecological issues into compelling storytelling that is both local and relatable and frequently, solvable. They have demonstrated that the crisis is not abstract and a distant threat, but one that is personal and affects everyone directly, although not always equally”, the foundation said.
An environmental category was introduced to this year’s award in response to COP26. All entrants were asked to submit a portfolio of three stories, including at least one story with an environmental reporting focus.
Judging the shortlisted stories will be Thomson Foundation chief executive, Caro Kriel, environmental reporter for The Guardian, Patrick Greenfield, and director of Carbon Brief, Leo Hickman.
The winners of the Young Journalist Award and the special environmental prize will be revealed during the UK Foreign Press Association’s media awards ceremony in London on 29 November, which will be live-streamed on the foundation’s Facebook page. Both winners, and two runners up from the main award, will receive GBP 1,000 learning bursaries or funds to buy equipment.
The shortlisted are:
Julia Dolce, Brazil, The Ashes of Verde Brasil
Raqib Hameed Naik, Kashmir, Homes, nature lost for seven new dams in Kishtwar, Jammu & Kashmir
Ifeoluwa Adediran, Nigeria, Lagos community battles indiscriminate waste dumping by cart pushers
Juan José Relmucao, Argentina, Things we find in fire
Ishan Kukreti, India, The contested treasure inside Madhya Pradesh’s forests
Tatiana Pardo Ibarra, Colombia, Where does the beef that causes deforestation go to in Chiribiquete Park?
Helena Carpio, Venezuela, Nature in Flames
Monika Mondal, India, Hidden water crisis behind India’s sugar dominance
Carmen Valeria Escobar Castillo, El Salvador, The prophetess in her land Saint Thomas
Ismario Rodriguez Pérez, Cuba, What is the environmental movement in Cuba like?
Gëzim Hilaj, Albania, Lumas river’s metamorphosis – from river to hydropower plant cascade
Devyani Nighoskar, India, The forest-builders of India’s Shivaliks
Kabir Adejumo, Nigeria, Inside illicit timber trade in Osun causing deforestation
Mohammed El Said, Egypt, Egypt turns to science to mitigate water crisis
Damilola Ayeni, Nigeria, Ebedei, Delta State. Gas Flaring Village Where the People Eat Poisons and Are Often Terminally Sick
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