From 1989-2015 he was the environmental writer for The Dallas Morning News. Before joining The News he covered the environment for The Miami Herald and held a variety of reporting and editing jobs at The Anderson (S.C.) Independent. He is a past winner of the Edward J. Meeman Award for environmental reporting and the Worth Bingham Prize for investigative reporting, and was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for investigative reporting. Loftis was a member of SEJ's founding board of directors and returned to the board in 2015. He chaired or co-chaired SEJ's annual conferences in Tucson (1997), Austin (2005) and Lubbock (2012). Loftis holds a BA from the University of Georgia and an MA from the University of North Texas, where he also teaches journalism. Board member since 2015. Current term: 2015 - 2018. Contact Randy. [19]