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Congratulation to @ninaelkadi.com for winning a 2026 CCNow Journalism Award for her @sentientmedia.org story on the impact of alfalfa in Arizona. "Elkadi’s narrative is “accessible, engaging, and rich in detail,” judges said, and it represents an outstanding public service." 👏 (link to the story 👇)

The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the clim...

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Congrats to Nina Elkadi, a CLF Food Systems and Public Health Fellow in Journalism, for her 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism award! Nina reported on Arizona families struggling to ration water used for alfalfa farms. @ninaelkadi.com coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the climate story. The winners hail from around the world, from outlets big and small, and, together, their work represents a model for journalists [...]Read More... from The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards

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Wondering how long it took for this to get from the idea phase to publication? Spoiler: a long time. I wrote a little inside baseball about it:

The Story Behind the Story

The pre-pre-reporting behind my award-winning story.

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Sentient@sentientmedia.org · 4w ago

Big news! 🚨 @ninaelkadi.com’s Sentient feature, “In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm,” is the recipient of the Food and Agriculture Multimedia Journalism Award from @coveringclimatenow.org.

Big news! 🚨 @ninaelkadi.com’s Sentient feature, “In the Arizona Desert, Where Your Neighbor Is an Alfalfa Farm,” is the recipient of the Food and Agriculture Multimedia Journalism Award from @coveringclimatenow.org.

"Elkadi’s narrative is “accessible, engaging, and rich in detail,” judges said, and it represents an outstanding public service. Three months after the story published, the state moved to bring La Paz’s groundwater under regulation." Yay, biggest thanks goes to the sources, always.

The 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its sixth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the clim...

coveringclimatenow.org

Covering Climate Now@coveringclimatenow.org · 4w ago

Climate change is taking a harsh toll on the world’s food systems. And across the world, communities are changing their food production and consumption habits. 🏆️ @ninaelkadi.com | @sentientmedia.org 🏆️ Breech Asher Harani | @financialtimes.com (UK) 🏆️ Radia Cheraibi | #ARIJ (Jordan)