Tony Briscoe

About

Tony Briscoe is an environmental reporter at the Los Angeles Times whose coverage focuses on the intersection of air quality and environmental health. Briscoe has extensively written about California’s precedent-setting climate and clean air rules. He has chronicled the dangers of pollution tied to the state’s sprawling dairy farms, aging landfills and renowned car culture. His reporting revealed how California’s largest and most expensive environmental cleanup failed to remove high levels of lead contamination from homes near a former battery recycler in Southeast Los Angeles County, leading state officials to overhaul several aspects of the project. Briscoe previously worked at ProPublica’s Midwest bureau where he delved deeply into matters of racial inequity and government neglect. Briscoe also worked at The Chicago Tribune, writing extensively about issues facing the Great Lakes and the impacts of climate change in the Midwest. Briscoe was a finalist for the 2022 Livingston Award, which recognizes the best reporting by journalists under 35. He placed second in the environmental writing category at the 86th National Headliner Awards. He was the recipient of the 2019 and 2020 Peter Lisagor Award for best science and environmental reporting in Chicago. A graduate of Michigan State University, Briscoe began his career as a breaking news reporter at The Detroit News.