Elizabeth McGowan

Elizabeth H. McGowan (born 1961) is an American journalist. With David Hasemyer and Lisa Song, McGowan won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their report on the Kalamazoo River oil spill.

Elizabeth McGowan
Born1961 (age 58–59)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
EducationBJ, 1983, Missouri School of Journalism
OccupationJournalist
Awards2013, Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

Biography

McGowan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1961.[1] She earned her Bachelor of Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1983.[2]

After graduating, McGowan worked as a journalist at several newspapers in Wisconsin and Vermont, during which she was diagnosed with melanoma. McGowan would later write a book on her experience with cancer titled Outpedaling the Big C: My Healing Cycle Across America.[1] One of her journalistic reports during this time, H-2B: A Question of Labor, received the 2007 Cleveland Press Club's Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.[3]

In 2010, McGowan joined the staff of InsideClimate News, a non-profit news organization, as their Washington, D.C. correspondent.[2] During her tenure with InsideClimate, she won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting with David Hasemyer and Lisa Song for their report on the Kalamazoo River oil spill.[4] As well, her book on the same topic received the Rachel Carson Environment Book Award.[5]

Awards

References
  1. McGowan, Elizabeth (2020). Outpedaling the Big C: My Healing Cycle Across America. Bancroft Press. ISBN 9781610885140. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  2. Gwen Girsdansky (May 6, 2013). "Missouri Journalism Alumna Elizabeth McGowan Wins Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting". journalism.missouri.edu. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  3. "Division Report 2007" (PDF). pressclubcleveland.com. 2007. p. 27. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  4. "The 2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner in National Reporting". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  5. "InsideClimate News Reporters Win SEJ Rachel Carson Environment Book Award". insideclimatenews.org. August 8, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2020.


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