Grist (magazine)

Grist

Type of site	Online magazine
Owner	Grist Magazine, Inc.
Created by	Chip Giller
URL	grist.org
Launched	April 1999

Grist (originally Grist Magazine; also referred to as Grist.org) is an American non-profit online magazine founded in 1999 that publishes environmental news and commentary.^[1] Grist's tagline is "Climate. Justice. Solutions."^[2] Grist is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and has about 50 writers and employees. Its CEO is former editor-in-chief Nikhil Swaminathan.^[3]

Coverage

Grist offers reporting, interviews, opinion pieces, daily news, book reviews, food and agricultural coverage, and green advice. Its stated mission is "show that a just and sustainable future is within reach."^[2]

Regular features include "Ask Umbra," an environmental advice column by Umbra Fisk. Grist also summarizes the day's environmentally related news events in daily and weekly email newsletters.

Main writers previously included David Roberts, Lisa Hymas, and Sarah Goodyear.^[4]

Staff

Chip Giller is the founder and former president of Grist. Giller received the Heinz Award for founding Grist in 2009.^[5] 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.^[6] Giller took first place in the 2001 AlterNet New Media Hero contest for his work on Grist^[7] 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.^[8]

Brady Walkinshaw, a former state representative from Seattle, was hired as Grist's CEO in March 2017. Walkinshaw unsuccessfully campaigned to represent the Washington's 7th congressional district in 2016 on a platform of controlling carbon emissions, among issues.^[9] Swaminathan replaced Walkinshaw in 2022.^[3]

Finances

Grist is registered as a non-profit 501C3 business entity.^[10] For fiscal year 2011, Grist reported revenues of $3,700,490, expenses of $3,022,290, and total assets of $2,028,447.^[11][12]

Acquisitions

Grist owns the assets and digital archives of two defunct publications. In June 2020, Grist bought the Pacific Standard ^[13] and in May 2024 acquired The Counter.^[14]

Awards

• Winner of 2001 AlterNet New Media Hero contest ^[7]
• Winner of 2003 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage^[15]
• Nominated for a 2004 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Selected as "Cool Site of the Day" on November 18, 2004^[16]
• Society of Environmental Journalists named Grist a finalist for outstanding online coverage in the 1st Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment
• Winner of 2005 Webby People's Voice Award for best online magazine
• Winner of 2005 Utne Independent Press Award for online political coverage
• Winner of 2006 Webby People's Voice Award for best online magazine
• Winner of 2006 National Conservation Achievement Award from the National Wildlife Federation
• Silver medal 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). For the book "Wake Up and Smell the Planet"^[17]
• Winner of 2010 "Best of The Web" Award by Seattle Weekly for "Seattle's Best Online Presence - Environment/Green"^[18]
• Winner of 2018 Best Consumer Website by Folio (magazine)^[19]
• Two Grist journalists — Shannon Osaka and Zoya Teirstein — were selected as 2020 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award winners.^[20] SEAL Awards also went to GRIST journalists Nathanael Johnson in 2018, Shannon Osaka again in 2021, and Naveena Sadasivam in 2022.^[21][22][23]
• Winner of 2020 Best Consumer Website by Folio (magazine)^[24]

See also

• Environmental journalism
• List of environmental websites

References

1. Norman, Brett (January 4, 2011). "Grist". News Startups Guide. Columbia Journalism Review.
2. Walkinshaw, Brady Piñero (March 17, 2021). "With a new look, Grist recommits to climate, justice, and solutions". Grist. Retrieved March 18, 2021.
3. "Grist names Nikhil Swaminathan as CEO". Grist. September 20, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
4. "Staff Bios". Grist. Archived from the original on September 7, 2014.
5. "Chip Giller". The Heinz Awards. November 27, 2009. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
6. "Previous Winners". Tides Foundation. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
7. "AlterNet's "New Media Heroes" Usher in Post-Dot-com Era". Alternet. February 21, 2001. Archived from the original on October 17, 2013. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
8. "Chip Giller". Skoll Foundation. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
9. Connelly, Joel (March 8, 2017). "Brady Walkinshaw leaves politics to take on the Grist of journalism". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved March 12, 2017.
10. "Charities: Charitable Solicitations Program Charity Profile Report". Sos.wa.gov. September 30, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
11. "Charity Navigator Rating - GRIST". Charitynavigator.org. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
12. "Grist Magazine - Charity Reports - Give.org". Bbb.org. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
13. "Grist announces acquisition of Pacific Standard". Grist. June 2, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
14. Glickhouse, Rachel (May 14, 2024). "Grist acquires The Counter and launches food and agriculture vertical". Grist. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
15. "Winners of the 2003 Utne Independent Press Awards". Utne.com. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
16. "Still Cool Archive". Cool Site of the Day. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
17. "THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". Independent Publisher. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
18. Zibby Wilder (June 2, 2010). "And the Winners Are... - Page 1 - News - Seattle". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved December 5, 2012.
19. "2018 Eddie and Ozzie Winners".
20. "Twelve Journalists Recognized As 2020 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners". Seal Awards. Jacob Tyler. February 17, 2021. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
21. "2018 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced". SEAL Awards. November 12, 2018. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
22. "Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2021 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners". SEAL Awards. June 21, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
23. "Twelve Journalists Recognized as 2022 SEAL Environmental Journalism Award Winners". SEAL Awards. February 8, 2023. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
24. "2020 Eddie and Ozzie Winners".

Further reading

• Roston, Eric (April 17, 2008). "Grist". The Environment. Time.

External links

• Official website