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Kenneth R. Weiss

Kenneth R. Weiss (born May 28, 1957) is an investigative journalist for the Los Angeles Times.[1]

Weiss was born in Covina, California, and he graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1981 with a B.A. in Folklore.[2] There he was editor-in-chief for the college newspaper, The Daily Californian, during his senior year.[2]


Weiss, reporter Usha Lee McFarling, and photographer Rick Loomis of the L.A. Times shared the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2007, citing "their richly portrayed reports on the world's distressed oceans, telling the story in print and online, and stirring reaction among readers and officials."[2]

2006

George Polk Award

2007 [2][3]

Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting

2007 Grantham Prize Winner

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2007

Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science

The Los Angeles Times, KENNETH R WEISS, 9 December 2002

"Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea"

The Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2006

"Bush to Protect Island Waters "

The Los Angeles Times, KENNETH R WEISS, 18 August 2003

"Cruise Line Pollution Prompts Legislation"

The New Internationalist, January 2007, Issue 397

"The rise of slime"

"Five Part Series on Challenges Posed by Rising World Population] The Los Angeles Times, KENNETH R WEISS, 22 July 2012

"Beyond 7 billion"

USCAnnenberg, November 13, 2007

"How Journalists Work with Ken Weiss and John Vande Wege"

(2007) at University of California, Santa Barbara

Pulitzer Winner Ken Weiss at UCSB