Adam Mahoney, the national climate and environment reporter at Capital B News, a local-national nonprofit news organization focused on the Black experience, was previously an environmental justice reporter at Grist and reported on the police for the Chicago Sun-Times and The Guardian. Mahoney received the Peter Lisagor Award for best reporting on race and diversity in Illinois in 2021 and was a 2022 national finalist for best community-centered journalism from the Online News Association.