Initially joining CNN in 2009, John Sutter, an Emory graduate, dominated the world of broadcasting. He mainly focuses on the investigative unit, which comprises of climate change, social justice issues, and crowd-sourced reporting projects. Sutter created "2 degrees", which scrutinizes the topic of climate change to the viewers. He guided the award-winning CNN Digital series "Vanishing", which focused on the global extinction crisis, to be ultimately awarded for Editor and Publishers EPPY Award for best online investigative/enterprise feature story. Over the years, Sutter has cemented his place in CNN greatness, winning countless prestigious awards crediting his work. In 2015, a collection of Sutter's work for CNN Digital won the Batten Medal for public service journalism from the American Society of News Editors. In 2012, his online documentary on modern slavery in Mauritania won the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists. In 2014, he obtained the Al Neuharth Award for alteration in investigative reporting within an online series on LGBT life in Mississippi. In 2011, he was part of a squad that acheived a Peabody Award for coverage of the Gulf oil spill.