Tony Bartelme
Born
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Occupation(s)Journalist, Author

Tony Bartelme, an American journalist and author, is the senior projects reporter for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina.[1] He has been a finalist for four Pulitzer Prizes.[2]

Biography

Bartelme was born in 1963, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Joe Bartelme, was an executive with NBC News until his death in 1991.[3] Bartelme's mother, Margaret, is a teacher. Bartelme's son, Luke, played the character "TJ" on Lifetime's drama "Army Wives" for four seasons.[4]

Bartelme began his journalism career at The Greenville (South Carolina) News-Piedmont after earning a bachelor of science degree in 1984 from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.[5][6] He has been with The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina, since 1990.[6]

While with The Post and Courier, Bartelme was recognized for combining investigative reporting with magazine-style narratives on complex issues ranging from pension abuse[7] to toxic algae blooms.[8] In 2018, judges for the Society of Environmental Journalists award for beat reporting, said his “skill is evident as he dives deep time and again to deliver deftly-crafted, enterprising features on serious topics.”[9]

Awards

  • In 2021, Columbia Journalism School awarded Bartelme its John Chancellor Award for Journalism Excellence, an honor presented to a journalist for his or her cumulative accomplishments.[10] Judges cited a career of ground-breaking environmental and investigative stories that stretched the limits of what local newspapers offer their readers.[11]
  • In 2020, Bartelme was part of a team of reporters that was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize for a climate change project called Rising Waters.[12]
  • In 2019, Bartelme won the inaugural Victor K. McElheny Knight Science Journalism Award for a story about climate change and the Gulf Stream.[13]
  • In 2018, Bartelme won the Gerald Loeb Award for Feature business journalism[14] and American Society of News Editors Deborah Howell Award for a story about the demise of the Piggly Wiggly Carolina grocery chain.[7]
  • In 2017, the American Geophysical Union awarded Bartelme its Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism for "Every Other Breath," a series about climate change issues.[15][16]
  • In 2017, the National Press Foundation awarded its Technology in Journalism Award for "Chasing Carbon," a story that was part of the "Every Other Breath" series.[17]
  • In 2016, Bartelme was part of a reporting team that won a Scripps Howard Foundation award for community journalism about an investigation into police shootings in South Carolina.[18]
  • In 2016, Bartelme was a member of a reporting team that was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the breaking news reporting category for stories about the fatal shooting of Walter Scott.[19]
  • In 2013, Bartelme's series about high insurance rates was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in explanatory writing and winner of the Sigma Delta Chi Award for non-deadline reporting for papers with circulations between 50,000 and 150,000.[20][21]
  • In 2011, Bartelme was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for in Feature Writing, for his series about a neurosurgeon's work to teach brain surgery in Tanzania.[22]
  • In 2011, Bartelme was awarded a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University.[23]
  • In 2009, Bartelme won the National Press Association's Stokes Award for Best Energy Writing.[24]
  • In 2008, Bartelme won the Gerald Loeb Award for Small Newspapers for a story about the effect of China's growth on local economies.[25][26]
  • Bartelme won the 2007 Associated Press Managing Editors award for international perspective for newspapers under 150,000 circulation.[27] Bartelme has won more than 50 South Carolina Press Association Awards, including Journalist of the Year.[28]

Author

Bartelme has written or co-written four books:

  • A Surgeon in the Village: An American Doctor Teaches Brain Surgery in Africa, 2017, Beacon Press. Title in Canada: Send Forth the Healing Sun: The Unexpected True Story About Teaching Brain Surgery in the African Bush, 2016, HarperCollins/Canada.[29]
  • Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story, 2013.[30]
  • The Bridge Builders and Charleston's Grand New Span, with Jessica VanEgeren, 2005.
  • Into the Wind: The story of the world's longest race, with Brian Hicks, 1999.[31]

He wrote the screenplay for Born to the Wind, a documentary narrated by Peter Fonda on the 1998-1999 Around Alone sailing race.[32] The documentary won a Telly and Moscow Festival Special Award.[33]

References

  1. ↑ "Tony Bartelme". Pulitzer Center. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. ↑ Courier, Post and. "User". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. ↑ "Joe Bartelme, 61, Dies; Ex-NBC News Official". The New York Times. 1991-09-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  4. ↑ "Luke Bartelme". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  5. ↑ "Writers - Tony Bartelme". Showcase. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  6. 1 2 "Three-Time Pulitzer Prize Finalist Tony Bartelme Mar. 24 "A Surgeon in the Village"". BBB Author Series. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  7. 1 2 "NLA". members.newsleaders.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  8. ↑ Montgomery, David R. (2018-07-04). "Winners: SEJ 17th Annual Awards for Reporting on the Environment". SEJ. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  9. ↑ "P&C reporter wins national award for stories about algae, flooding and power company abuses". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  10. ↑ "Tony Bartelme, the Post and Courier Senior Projects Reporter, Wins Prestigious 2021 John Chancellor Award | Columbia Journalism School".
  11. ↑ "Tony Bartelme (BSJ84) – Medill Magazine".
  12. ↑ "Post and Courier staff named Pulitzer Prize finalist for series on flooding". Post and Courier.
  13. ↑ "Gulf Stream series wins Knight Science Journalism Program's Inaugural Victor K. McElheny Award". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  14. ↑ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2018 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". PR Newswire. June 25, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  15. ↑ "AGU honors journalists Rich Monastersky, Tony Bartelme and Courtney Humphries". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  16. ↑ "Saga - Post and Courier". data.postandcourier.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  17. ↑ "Best of 2017: Award-Winning Journalism Worthy of Your Time". National Press Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  18. ↑ "2015 Scripps Howard Award winners announced". Scripps. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  19. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes. "The 2016 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  20. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes. "2013 Pulitzer Prizes Journalism". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  21. ↑ "Sigma Delta Chi Awards - Society of Professional Journalists". www.spj.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  22. ↑ The Pulitzer Prizes. "2011 Pulitzer Prizes Journalism". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  23. ↑ "Nieman Foundation For Journalism At Harvard Announces 2011 Nieman Fellows". Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  24. ↑ "Tony Bartelme". National Press Foundation. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  25. ↑ N.Y. Times wins 3 Loeb Awards; Sloan gets his 7th, by Joseph Altman, Associated Press, Jun 30, 2008
  26. ↑ "2008 Gerald Loeb Award Winners Announced by UCLA Anderson School of Management". Fast Company. October 28, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  27. ↑ "Washington Post, Birmingham News among newspaper award winners - APME - Associated Press Media Editors". www.apme.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  28. ↑ "Charleston.net - Special Reports - the China Effect". Archived from the original on 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  29. ↑ "Send Forth The Healing Sun - Tony Bartelme - Paperback". HarperCollins Canada. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  30. ↑ Evening Post Books. "Second Chance: The Mark Sanford Story".
  31. ↑ Evening Post Books. "Into the Wind: Around Alone: The Story of The World's Longest Race".
  32. ↑ Born to the Wind (TV Movie 1999) - IMDb, retrieved 2020-10-02
  33. ↑ www.paladventurevideos.com Archived 2008-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
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