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Bettina Boxall
Bettina Boxall (born 1952) is an American journalist who covered water issues and the environment for the Los Angeles Times. She is a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. She graduated in 1974, with honors, from the University of Maine in Orono. Boxall retired from the Times on May 3, 2022, after 34 years at the paper.
Boxall, who is openly gay, has written about civil rights issues and joined in panel discussions about the role of LGBT journalists and writing about the issues that involve the LGBT community.
When she was growing up, Boxall did not have a deep desire to become a reporter, but in high school she became editor of The Maine Campus which was why she chose journalism as her major in university. At that point, she developed an interest in photojournalism.
She also enjoyed her geology class with Professor Stephen Norton. It was some of that early study that laid the groundwork for her Pulitzer Prize. She explained, "on both the exams and field trips, he demanded that his students think rather than regurgitate information. The facts were just the foundation for critical thinking. That was a valuable lesson to learn as a journalist."
Boxall graduated in 1974, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maine.
Boxall began her journalistic career (1976–1977) as a staff photographer and writer at the San Marcos Daily Record – a small daily paper in Texas, and the Bennington Banner, (1978–1982) in Vermont and a small newspaper in New Jersey.
Boxall began working at the Los Angeles Times in 1987 covering environmental and natural resources, focusing on fire and water issues. In 2009, Boxall and her colleague, Julie Cart, won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (see Awards below). Her work dovetails with her personal efforts to conserve resources, and her views on the environmental issues she reports on. In one 2014 interview, she talked about the pride she has in conserving water saying:
"I'm very proud that I do not have a blade of grass in my property. I have decomposed granite and succulents in my front yard. I put in native California plants. My peak water consumption has gone down by half. During the winter, I'm really not irrigating at all. I have high-efficiency water appliances. There was one water bill last year during the winter when I wasn’t irrigating at all that was down to 25 gallons per day and I went, Yes!"
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Bettina Boxall
Bettina Boxall (born 1952) is an American journalist who covered water issues and the environment for the Los Angeles Times. She is a recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. She graduated in 1974, with honors, from the University of Maine in Orono. Boxall retired from the Times on May 3, 2022, after 34 years at the paper.
Boxall, who is openly gay, has written about civil rights issues and joined in panel discussions about the role of LGBT journalists and writing about the issues that involve the LGBT community.
When she was growing up, Boxall did not have a deep desire to become a reporter, but in high school she became editor of The Maine Campus which was why she chose journalism as her major in university. At that point, she developed an interest in photojournalism.
She also enjoyed her geology class with Professor Stephen Norton. It was some of that early study that laid the groundwork for her Pulitzer Prize. She explained, "on both the exams and field trips, he demanded that his students think rather than regurgitate information. The facts were just the foundation for critical thinking. That was a valuable lesson to learn as a journalist."
Boxall graduated in 1974, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Maine.
Boxall began her journalistic career (1976–1977) as a staff photographer and writer at the San Marcos Daily Record – a small daily paper in Texas, and the Bennington Banner, (1978–1982) in Vermont and a small newspaper in New Jersey.
Boxall began working at the Los Angeles Times in 1987 covering environmental and natural resources, focusing on fire and water issues. In 2009, Boxall and her colleague, Julie Cart, won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (see Awards below). Her work dovetails with her personal efforts to conserve resources, and her views on the environmental issues she reports on. In one 2014 interview, she talked about the pride she has in conserving water saying:
"I'm very proud that I do not have a blade of grass in my property. I have decomposed granite and succulents in my front yard. I put in native California plants. My peak water consumption has gone down by half. During the winter, I'm really not irrigating at all. I have high-efficiency water appliances. There was one water bill last year during the winter when I wasn’t irrigating at all that was down to 25 gallons per day and I went, Yes!"