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Miranda Green is an award-winning investigative journalist, editor and podcast host based in Los Angeles whose work focuses on climate change, politics, corporate power and misinformation. She is the host of Boiling Point, the Los Angeles Times Studios podcast that walks listeners through the climate challenges and solutions facing our natural world. She is the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Read this story on NPR RICHMOND, Calif. — Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky. News spread quickly that day last November, but by word of mouth, says Denny Khamphanthong, a 29-year-old Richmond resident. “We don’t know the full […]
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A months-long investigation by NPR’s David Folkenflik and Floodlight’s Mario Ariza and Miranda Green uncovered just how far two major power companies went to try to make sure their political foes didn’t dampen their profits or hold them accountable. The reporting, building off of an earlier Floodlight investigation with the Orlando Sentinel, found that Alabama […]
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John Weaver used his power to get jobs for young men he allegedly harassed. His colleagues were warned. Alex Johnson was a senior at the University of Texas at Austin, pursuing a career in politics, when he first heard from John Weaver, the legendary Republican operative living nearby. It started with a direct message on […]
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