Ames Alexander is co-winner of the National Press Foundation’s Thomas L. Stokes Award for Best Energy and Environment Writing.

Alexander, an investigative reporter for The Charlotte Observer, has examined the less-than-charitable behavior of nonprofit hospitals, the mistreatment of injured poultry workers and many other subjects. His stories have won dozens of state and national awards, including the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the IRE Award and the Gerald Loeb Award. He was a key member of two reporting teams named finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.