Pratt Prize for Environmental Journalism
Pratt Prize for Environmental Journalism
Pratt Prize for Environmental Journalism
The Pratt Prize for Environmental Journalism, funded by the Pratt Foundation, is awarded annually to cutting-edge environmental reporting at the national, local, and community levels. The prize encourages and awards quality journalism which enlarges the public's understanding of sustainability issues, and the link between social, economic and ecological concerns.
In Memory of Richard Pratt, z''l,
The founder of the The Pratt Foundation, Mr. Richard Pratt, z''l, passed away at his home in Melbourne at the age of 74.
We are honored to have witnessed his amazing legacy and achievements, both in the business world and through the work of The Pratt Foundation in Australia and Israel. He will be remembered as a great philanthropist and visionary.
Pratt Prize for Environmental Journalism 2010 Awards
The 8th annual Pratt Prizes for Environmental Journalism were presented at a conference co-sponsored with the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. The event, which drew a crowd of some 200 attendees, was held on Earth Day and included a panel discussion on Green Trends in Business: Greenwash and the Limits of Advertising.
The Pratt Prizes were awarded to individuals working in four fields: Local Media, Online Media, Student/Community Media, and National Media. A special appreciation prize for environmentalism in literary works went to leading columnist and best-selling Israeli author, Meir Shalev.
The prize winners were Gilad Morag, a journalist from the Yedioth Rishon and Yedioth Rehovot newspapers and the internet website MYNET, for his exposé on an abandoned army base that has become a major environmental hazard; Aviv Lavi, veteran journalist from the Ma'ariv daily, for his years of aggressive reporting on environmental issues, often overcoming editorial opposition; Amir Carmel, for his "Blogger Yarok" (The Green Blogger), praised by the judges for "translating the global climate crisis to the sidewalks of Tel Aviv;" and Radio Tichon (High School Radio), for their "Eshel Ha'Nasi" environmental radio program, worthy, in the judges' opinion, of a professional, big-league radio station.
Nitzan Horowitz, M.K.
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As a journalist, lawyer and social activist, I have come to know the Heschel Center’s wide-ranging activities and to view its role as center to environmental activity in Israel. My involvement in the Media Project inspired me to participate in the high-quality Environmental Fellows Program, which has already made a name for itself as the most successful program for nurturing environmental leadership. – Nitzan Horowitz Also see our Environmental Fellows Program |
Nitzan Horowitz, International Affairs Correspondent for Channel 10 News has placed global warming on the Israeli media agenda. His news reports and regular appearances on the popular current affairs program, “London and Kirschenbaum,” led a television critic to describe him as “the unstoppable environmental warrior” and his reports as the height of “inspiration and originality.” (Ehud Asheri, Haaretznewspaper, July 3, 2007).|
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