SEJ Contest Judges and Awards Committee Members

The SEJ Awards for Reporting on the Environment are administered by an awards committee appointed each January by the SEJ board of directors. The awards committee's duties include appointing panels of judges who, under the contest rules, have the sole authority to select winners and honorable mentions in each category.

SEJ Awards Committee (7th annual contest — April 1, 2008 deadline)
Mark Schleifstein,* Staff Writer, The Times-Picayune
Jeff Burnside,* Special Projects Reporter, WTVJ NBC 6 News, Miami
Nancy Bazilchuk, Freelance Journalist, Norway
Osha Gray Davidson, Environmental Writer and Author, Arizona
Nancy Gaarder, Reporter, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
Tom Meersman, Reporter, Star Tribune (Minn.)
Kristen Alley Swain, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communications, The University of Kansas

* committee co-chairs

SEJ Awards Judges
William Allen,* Teaching Assistant/Professor of Science Journalism, College of Agriculture/Food/Natural Resources, University of Missouri
Erik Anderson,* Reporter, KPBS Radio
Bruce Barcott, Contributing Editor, Outside Magazine
Elizabeth Bluemink, Business Reporter, Anchorage Daily News
Gary Chittim, Environment Reporter, KING 5 News
Tom Clynes, Author & Journalist
Marla Cone,* Environmental Writer
Heather Dewar, Environment Reporter
Michele Gillen,* Chief Investigative Reporter, News Department, WFOR-TV CBS4
Seth Gitner, Reporter, The Roanoke Times
Elizabeth Grossman, Freelance Journalist
Thomas B. Henry, Environmental Writer/Columnist
Hannah Hoag, Science Journalist, Public Relations & Communications, McGill University Health Centre
Jude Isabella, Managing Editor
Jane Kay, Environment Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
Stuart Leavenworth,* Associate Editor, The Sacramento Bee
Randy L. Loftis,* Environmental Writer, The Dallas Morning News
Alma Martinez, Reporter, Radio Bilingue
John Dudley Miller,* Freelance Journalist
Laurel A. Neme PhD, Freelance Writer
Mark Neuzil, Professor, Dept of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of St Thomas
Dan Noyes, ABC 7 News, KGO-TV
Robert Ourlian, Washington Bureau, Los Angeles Times
Tom Palmer, Senior Reporter, The Ledger
Liz Roldan,* Managing Editor, WTVJ NBC 6 Miami
Kerry Sanders, NBC News Correspondent
Debra A. Schwartz PhD,* Freelance Reporter/Editor
Simran Sethi, Freelance Environmental Journalist
Deborah Sherman, Investigative Reporter, KUSA Denver News 9
Samuel A. Vigil, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University
W. Roger Witherspoon,* Contributing Editor, US Black Engineer and Information Technology Magazine
Cheryl Wittenauer, Reporter, The Associated Press
Geri Zeldes,* Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, Michigan State University

* Judging panel chair


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