Elizabeth McGowan

Elizabeth H. McGowan (born April 15, 1961) is an American journalist and author. With David Hasemyer and Lisa Song, McGowan won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for their report on the Kalamazoo River oil spill.

She has worked as a freelance reporter and her work has been published by numerous newspapers, digital-outlets, and magazines such as, ''Grist magazine; Yale Environment 360;'' ''E/The Environmental Magazine''; ''Washingtonian'' magazine; ''Intelligent Utility'' magazine; ''Outdoor America'' (magazine of the Izaak Walton League); the journal ''Appalachia;'' ''Capital Community News;'' the ''Gulf of Maine Times''; ''Mizzou'', the alumni magazine for the University of Missouri; ''Lore'', the magazine of the Milwaukee Public Museum; and ''Nature Conservancy'' magazine.

McGowan met her husband, Don Looney, in 1991, when she decided to hike the entire Appalachian Trail after one of many cancer treatments; they married in 1997. Both of them are active volunteers. Provided by Wikipedia