Kenneth R. Weiss (born May 28, 1957) is an investigative journalist for the ''

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''. Weiss was born in

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, and he graduated from

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in 1981 with a B.A. in Folklore. There he was editor-in-chief for the college newspaper, ''The Daily Californian'', during his senior year. Weiss, reporter Usha Lee McFarling, and photographer

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of the ''L.A. Times'' shared the

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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."

Awards

*2006

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*2007

*2007 Grantham Prize Winner *2007 Carl Sagan Award for Public Understanding of Science

Selected works

"Fish Farms Become Feedlots of the Sea"
''The Los Angeles Times'', KENNETH R WEISS, 9 December 2002
"Bush to Protect Island Waters "
''The Los Angeles Times'', June 15, 2006

''The Los Angeles Times'', KENNETH R WEISS, 18 August 2003
"The rise of slime"
''The New Internationalist'', January 2007, Issue 397
"Beyond 7 billion"
Five Part Series on Challenges Posed by Rising World Population] ''The Los Angeles Times'', KENNETH R WEISS, 22 July 2012

References

External links

"How Journalists Work with Ken Weiss and John Vande Wege"
''USCAnnenberg'', November 13, 2007
Pulitzer Winner Ken Weiss at UCSB
(2007) at

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