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Andrew C. Revkin, The New York Times' environmental reporter and a native Rhode Islander, is one of two winners this week of the 2008 John Chancellor Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

The award includes a $25,000 prize.

The other award winner is Jane Mayer, a staff writer for The New Yorker who was recognized for her coverage of the Bush administration's war on terror.

Revkin grew up in Warwick and East Greenwich and graduated from Brown University. He now lives in the Hudson River Valley with his wife and two children. He has traveled around the world covering the many dimensions of climate change.

Revkin was recognized for his "decades-long coverage of the science and politics of climate change."

"Revkin uses multiple platforms to report about the climate and development," wrote the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, which administers the program. "He blogs on his popular Times blog Dot Earth, podcasts, and shoots photographs and video from around the world, including the sea ice around the North Pole."

Revkin's most recent book, The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils at the Top of the World, informs readers of all ages about the impacts of climate change on the Arctic.

The awards are to be presented at a dinner Wednesday at Columbia's Low Library in New York.

-- Journal environmental writer Peter Lord

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