Lisa Sorg

  • Reporter
  • Inside Climate News

Lisa Sorg is the North Carolina reporter for Inside Climate News, a Pulitzer Prize-winning national outlet.

A journalist for 31 years, Sorg has a keen interest not only in the environment, but also the social justice impacts of pollution and corporate malfeasance.

She has won dozens of awards for her news, public service and investigative reporting. In 2025, Sorg’s series “Gaslighting” won a national feature writing award in the small division in the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. The multi-part series chronicled the struggles of people fighting the natural gas buildout in North Carolina.

In 2022, Sorg was a co-winner of the Thomas L. Stokes Award for environmental and energy reporting, presented by the National Press Foundation.

A native of rural Indiana, she lives in Durham.

Sessions

  • Reporting from the Frontlines: Covering Climate Disasters in the Carolinas

    From the raging wildfires to Hurricane Helene, this panel will delve into the challenges of reporting on climate disasters, the impact on communities, and how journalists are navigating the rapidly changing landscape of climate crisis coverage in the Carolinas. Join a conversation with climate reporters as they share their firsthand experiences covering devastating climate events […]

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