Jonathan Watts

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Jonathan Watts
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Watts in 2010 with his book When a Billion Chinese Jump
Occupation Journalist
Language English
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Subject Environmentalism
Employer The Guardian
Notable awards SEAL Awards for Environmental Journalism (2018, 2019)
Spouse Eliane Brum

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

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Past Presidents". FCCC. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Awards 2007". One World Media Award. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Winners". One World Media Award. Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  5. ↑ Banzeiro Òkòtó: viagem à Amazônia Centro do Mundo, Companhia das Letras, 2021, p. 140.
  6. ↑ Watts, Jonathan (3 October 2007). "Guardian correspondents". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  7. ↑ Watts, Jonathan (March 2007). "Trying to Commit Journalism in China". China Media Research. Archived from the original on 17 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Jonathan Watts profile". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "2018 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced". SEAL Awards. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "2019 Environmental Journalism Award Winners Announced". SEAL Awards. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
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