Miranda Green is an investigative journalist based in Los Angeles who focuses on politics and climate change for national audiences. She is the author of Atmos Magazine’s weekly newsletter, The Understory, and publishes her own climate focused Substack: Evergreen. Previously she was the National Investigative Reporter at Huffpost and the Director of Investigations at Floodlight […]

The award-winning journalist investigates the people, choices, and backstories behind today’s climate headlines. On the heels of last year’s presidential election, an invigorated Donald Trump promised to enact sweeping industry deregulation and roll back hard-won climate initiatives. In response, Atmos conceived of a new newsletter that would contextualize climate policy under the incoming administration with insights to […]

Floodlight earned the Arthur E. Rowse Award for Examining the News Media for their investigation of how energy companies are quietly purchasing local news outlets and employing out-of-work journalists to lend legitimacy to industry messaging — a “news mirage” that masquerades as real journalism, often without readers’ awareness. Floodlight’s Media Manipulation in America was praised […]

First Place: Miranda Green and David Folkenflik, NPR, Floodlight, “Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told” (Link) Judges’ comment: This story stood out because it wasn’t just about disinformation — it was about the structures that enable it. By exposing a fake local news site created by a powerful corporation, it offered something […]

Miranda Green received an honorable mention from the judges for her work published in the media outlet Floodlight. Green’s work examined how Alabama’s largest electric utility infiltrated local media by financing a news service and buying an African-American newspaper, thereby limiting critical news coverage. She also reported how oil major Chevron controlled the news in Richmond, Calif., by owning the city’s […]