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 liberal non-profit online magazine that has been publishing environmental news and commentary with a wry twist since 1999. Grist's taglines are "Gloom and doom with a sense of humor" and "A beacon in the smog". Grist is headquartered in Seattle

Seattle, Washington

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, Washington.
This is not to be confused with the 1960s poetry magazine Grist by John Fowler, that included works by Charles Plymell (an editor on Grist), Robert Branaman and possibly the first published art by Steve "S. Clay" Wilson and his Checkered Demon's first appearance.

Time

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 magazine referred to Grist as, "The Colbert Report of climate change, The Daily Show

The Daily Show

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 of deforestation, the Oprah

Oprah Winfrey

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 of oil dependency -- except with real reporting and analytical journalism

Analytic journalism

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." This highlights the delicate balance Grist maintains bringing together humor and serious environmental journalism. Grist won the Webby

Webby Awards

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 People's Voice Award for Best Magazine in both 2005 and 2006 as well as the 2010 Webby

Webby Awards

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 for Best Political Blog. In 2010, Grist also won a Telly Award and a People's Telly Award.
Chip Giller

Chip Giller

Chip Giller is an American journalist and environmentalist. He is best known as the founder and editor of Grist.org, an environmental web magazine...

 is president and founder of Grist. Giller received the Heinz Award for founding Grist in 2009. In 2004, he received the Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy, from the Tides Foundation in recognition of the role Grist is playing in increasing environmental awareness. Giller took first place in the 2001 AlterNet

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 New Media Hero contest for his work on Grist and was one of five finalists for the Environmental Grantmakers Association's 2002 "Environmental Messenger of the Year Award." Giller was previously the editor of Greenwire, the first environmental news daily, and a reporter for High Country News

High Country News

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, a biweekly newspaper covering Western environmental issues.

Content and coverage

Grist offers reporting, interviews, opinion pieces, daily news, book reviews, food and agricultural coverage, and green advice. Its mission is "to inform, entertain, provoke, and encourage its readers to think creatively about environmental problems and solutions."

Regular features include "Ask Umbra," an environmental advice column by Umbra Fisk, the "Grist List," covering green celebrities and pop culture, as well as "Victual Reality," Tom Philpott's column on food and agricultural issues. Grist also summarizes the day's environmentally related news events in daily and weekly email newsletters.

Grist covers a wide range of green tops including food and agriculture, climate and energy, sustainable living, green building, urban planning, public transportation, business, politics and other related topics.
Main writers include David Roberts (@drgrist), Lisa Hymas (@lisahymas), and Sarah Goodyear (@buttermilk1).
Grist has published special issues on biofuel

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s; religion and the environment; poverty and the environment; the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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; Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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; and the controversy surrounding an essay by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus called "The Death of Environmentalism." They also started a campaign called "Screw Earth Day"; encouraging people to act on environmental issues all year long.

Voice

Grist takes serious and often difficult to digest environmental news and makes it manageable and entertaining using humor and a well-developed voice. Articles range from light to dark green environmental issues but tend to focus on relevant and serious topics. Grists "About Me" discusses their take on environmental journalism. "You know how some people make lemonade out of lemons? At "Grist", we're making lemonade out of looming climate apocalypse." Their voice takes a role in holding together each article, video, writer and comment to create a succinct publication.

Awards and Accolades

• Winner of 2010 People's Telly Award
• Winner of 2010 Telly Award
• Winner of 2010 Webby
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   Award for Best Political Blog
• Winner of 2010 "Best of The Web" Award by Seattle Weekly
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• Chip Giller, recipient of a 2009 Heinz Award
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• Silver medal for Outstanding Book of the Year, Wake Up and Smell the Planet, 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs)
• Winner of 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation
  National Wildlife Federation
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• Winner of 2006 Webby
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   People's Voice Award for best online magazine
• Winner of 2005 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Winner of 2005 Webby
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   People's Voice Award for best online magazine
• Chip Giller and Amanda Griscom Little awarded the 2004 Jane Bagley Lehman Award for Excellence in Public Advocacy by the Tides Foundation in recognition of the vital role Grist is playing in increasing environmental awareness
• Named "outstanding website" in the 2005 WebAward Competition
• Nominated for a 2004 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Winner of 2003 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Grist and Chip Giller won first place (by popular vote) in the 2001 AlterNet
  AlterNet
  AlterNet, a project of the non-profit Independent Media Institute, is a progressive/liberal activist news service. Launched in 1998, AlterNet now claims a readership of over 3 million visitors per month .AlterNet publishes original content as well as journalism from a wide variety of other sources...
  
   New Media Hero contest
• Nominated for a 2002 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Society of Environmental Journalists
  Society of Environmental Journalists
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   named Grist a finalist for outstanding online coverage in the 1st Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
• Selected as "Cool Site of the Day" in November 2004
• Named "Favorite Beacon in the Smog" by GoodThings.com

Staff and Board

• Chip Giller, President and CEO
• Rebecca Farwell, General Manager

Editorial

• Wade Fasano, Design Intern
• Sarah Goodyear, Cities Editor
• Lisa Hymas, Senior Editor
• Amanda Little, Contributing Writer
• Christopher Mims, News Editor
• Tom Philpott, Senior Writer, Food and Agriculture
• Bonnie Azab Powell, Food Editor
• Jennifer Prediger, Writer/Video Producer
• David Roberts, Staff Writer
• Darby Minow Smith, Assistant Editor
• Dan Watson, Editorial Intern

Technology

• Sarah K. Burkhalter, Project Coordinator
• Darcy Christ, Web Developer
• Nathan Letsinger, Web Developer
• Matt Perry, Web Technology Manager

Marketing/Business Development

• Gerald McLean, Director, Sales and Sponsorships
• Theo Stewart, Account Manager
• Libby Waldo, Senior Marketing Manager
• Evan Ward, Business Development Intern
• Elena Zuyok, Marketing Intern

Development/Finance/Administration

• Erika Croxton, Development Director
• Jeff Giza-Martin, Office Intern
• Wentina Hurtado, Director of Finance
• Jennifer Mac Donald, Membership and Annual Support Manager
• Sonja Waters, Office Manager
• Hanna Welch, Special Projects Coordinator
• Katharine Wroth, Foundation Relations Manager

Board of Directors

• Chair Susan L. Kaufman
• Treasurer Rachel Morello-Frosch
• Clerk Benjamin Strauss
• John Alderman
• Gino Borland
• Tony Conrad
• Laura DeBonis
• Chip Giller
• Kristen Grimm
• Daniel Katz
• Bill McKibben
• Matt Mullenweg
• Wendy Schmidt
• Kelsey Wirth

External links

• Official website
• Grist Netvibes Universe
• Grist on Twitter
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• "Grist" on Facebook
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