Jonathan Watts
Jonathan Watts is a British journalist and the author of When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China Will Save the World - or Destroy It[1] and "The Many Lives of James Lovelock ". He served as president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China from 2008 to 2009[2] and as vice president of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan from 2001 to 2003.[3] [4] He is married to Brazilian journalist Eliane Brum.[5]
Since 1996, he has reported on East Asia for The Guardian , covering the North Korean nuclear crisis, the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, the Sichuan earthquake, the Beijing Olympics, the Copenhagen climate conference, and developments in China's media, society and environment.[6] [7]
In 2012 Watts covered Rio+20 for The Guardian, and as of 2025 is their Global Environment Editor.[8]
In 2018 and 2019, Watts was selected as a winner of the SEAL Environmental Journalism Award.[9] [10]
References
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- ^ "Awards 2007". One World Media Award. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
- ^ "The Winners". One World Media Award. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
- ^ Banzeiro Òkòtó: viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo, Companhia das Letras, 2021, p. 140.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (3 October 2007). "Guardian correspondents". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ Watts, Jonathan (March 2007). "Trying to Commit Journalism in China". China Media Research. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010.
- ^ "Jonathan Watts profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
- ^ "2018 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced". SEAL Awards. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "2019 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced". SEAL Awards. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2023.