Mark Schleifstein

Mark Schleifstein is an environment reporter for The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate, and co-author of the 2018 special section, “The Drowning Coast,” which appeared in both The New York Times and The Times-Picayune. His reports on Hurricane Katrina were among Times-Picayune stories awarded 2006 Pulitzer Prizes for public service and breaking news reporting. He is co-author of the 2006 book "Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms," about Katrina. He also co-authored the 2002 series, "Washing Away," which warned that New Orleans could be flooded by hurricane storm surges, as well as the 1996 series, "Oceans of Trouble: Are the World's Fisheries Doomed?", which won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for public service.