Kurtis Alexander, an enterprise reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle with a focus on natural resources and the environment, was named the 2023 recipient of the Water Education Foundation’s Rita Schmidt Sudman Award for Excellence in Water Journalism. Alexander said he was honored to receive the award, which acknowledges outstanding work that illuminates complicated water issues in California and the West. “Recognition from one of the state’s top authorities on water really means something,” Alexander said. “… the Water Education Foundation has long helped promote the work of journalists and others examining water issues as well as offered a wealth of helpful information through its website, newsletters and education programs.”

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