Katie Surma
VerifiedAwards
Society of Environmental Journalists Award
2022 - Outstanding Beat Reporting, Small
Third Place "Rights of Nature Beat Reporting" by Katie Surma for Inside Climate News Judges' comments: "Katie Surma's provocative entry, focusing on 'rights of nature,' delivers a globe-spanning survey of new laws, U.N. declarations and ongoing policy discussions centered on concepts that ecosystems, endangered species and Indigenous communities have inherent rights to critical habitat protections. From nuanced coverage of conference presentations marking the 50th anniversary of the U.N.'s Stockholm Declaration to her first-person reporting on a 1,000-mile Amazon River trip by a Brazilian judge, lawyers and activists, surveying village concerns, Surma challenges readers to broaden their view of environmental activism through emblematic examples."
Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing
2020 - Projects and collaborations
Winner – The Arizona Republic; Nationwide Insurance bought one of the state’s most valuable parcels of land in Scottsdale. It also got a great deal Katie Surma, Anne Mickey, Jamie Fields
Overseas Press Club
2024 - THE WHITMAN BASSOW AWARD
The Whitman Bassow Award is presented by the Overseas Press Club to recognize the best reporting in any medium on international environmental issues