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Tim Thornton, a former higher education reporter here and now at the Roanoke Times, won the Phillip D. Reed Memorial Award for Outstanding Writing on the Southern Environment from the Southern Environmental Law Center for his series about mountaintop removal coal mining, "Moving the Mountains."
Tim's series was an in-depth investigation into the practice of mountaintop removal coal mining in Southwest Virginia. Janisse Ray, a Reed judge, says: "This is a thorough investigation into the greatest tragedy of the American landscape today. I read it greedily, filled with equal parts of bottomless sadness and amazement at the people who, despite the odds, have found the courage and enlightenment to fight it. Very impressive."
Thanks for the tip, Jeri.
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Just imagine, John. It just shows what can actually be done when reporters stop being propagandists and apologists for inept, corrupt idiots and actually get out and do something. For instance, we all are awaiting somebody from the N&R to come forward and do a piece on race hysteria and it's effect on government and it's would-be press defenders.
How long must we wait?
Posted on April 2, 2008 9:44 AM