{"id":341146,"date":"2025-05-03T17:23:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T21:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=341146"},"modified":"2025-05-04T13:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T17:16:58","slug":"dominica-born-antigua-based-journalist-wins-climate-journalist-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/dominica-born-antigua-based-journalist-wins-climate-journalist-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominica-born Antigua-based journalist wins climate journalist award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_341147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341147\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-341147 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image-2-e1746307245182-642x937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"934\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-341147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elesha-George<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elesha George\u2019s groundbreaking work, particularly her in-depth report titled \u201cEnergy Independence or Extinction: Antigua and Barbuda at a Crossroads,\u201d has earned her the prestigious Best Multimedia Climate Storytelling award at the Climate Tracker awards, in partnership with Open Society Foundations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her contributions highlight Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s remarkable journey toward renewable energy and the realization of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">George, originally from Dominica but who practices journalism in Antigua and Barbuda, expressed pride in representing the Eastern Caribbean, sharing that her passion for the environment stems from her upbringing in Dominica, often referred to as the &#8220;nature island of the Caribbean.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reflecting on her childhood, she stated, \u201cI grew up around natural things, ran around barefoot, and appreciated the animals and creatures in my environment. When I see these wonders threatened, something inside me goes into gear. That\u2019s when I said we need to focus on environmental news.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have heard people saying that they don\u2019t care about the environment because we are going to die anyway. But would you prefer to live 40 years with good quality air or 40 terrible years? The quality of life is what we have to invest in\u201d, she added<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite facing challenges from limited newsroom resources in the Caribbean, George is optimistic about prioritizing environmental reporting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her accolades extend beyond this award; she is also an alumna of the Young Leaders of America Initiative (YLAI), won the \u2018Best Journalist\u2019 award at the Antigua Barbuda Gospel Music &amp; Media Awards in 2021, and received the Junior Chamber International \u2018Media Trailblazer Award\u2019 in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elesha George\u2019s groundbreaking work, particularly her in-depth report titled \u201cEnergy Independence or Extinction: Antigua and Barbuda at a Crossroads,\u201d has earned her the prestigious Best Multimedia Climate Storytelling award at the Climate Tracker awards, in partnership with Open Society Foundations&#8230;.","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":341147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[22,235,9,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-341146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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