Justin Gillis is a reporter covering environmental science and policy for The New York Times since April 2010, with a particular focus on global climate change. Mr. Gillis is a native of Georgia and a 1982 graduate, in journalism, of the University of Georgia. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for an article on hidden land dealings by the top county government official in Miami, and he has won numerous other journalism awards.