List of Livingston Award winners

The following is a list of Livingston Award winners.[1][2] The award is given for works published in the previous year.

Year Recipient(s) Recipient Age Story Award
2024 Samantha Hogan 30 "Maine's Part-Time Court" for The Maine Monitor Excellence in Local Reporting
Alison Behringer 33 "Bodies" for KCRW Excellence in National Reporting
Lila Hassan 28
Renata Brito 31 "Adrift/36 Days" for the Associated Press Excellence in International Reporting
2023 Caitlin Dickerson 33 "We Need to Take Away Children: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Family-Separation Policy" for The Atlantic Excellence in National Reporting
Vasilisa Stepanenko 22 "A Year of War: Adversity Taps Into Deep Skills of Young Ukrainian Journalist" for the Associated Press Excellence in International Reporting
Anna Wolfe 28 "The Backchannel: Mississippi’s Welfare Scandal" for Mississippi Today Excellence in Local Reporting
2022 Erika Lantz "The Turning: The Sisters Who Left" for Rococo Punch Excellence in International Reporting
Elin Lantz Lesser
Jose A. Del Real "Truth, Trust, and Conspiracy Theories in America" for The Washington Post Excellence in National Reporting
Alex Stuckey "In Crisis" for Houston Chronicle Excellence in Local Reporting
2021 Chao Deng "On the Front Lines in Wuhan" for The Wall Street Journal Excellence in International Reporting
Hannah Dreier "Trust and Consequences" for The Washington Post Excellence in National Reporting
Joshua Sharpe "The Imperfect Alibi: The forgotten suspect, the DNA and the church murders that haunted a detective" for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Excellence in Local Reporting
2020 Assia Boundaoui "The Feeling of Being Watched" for PBS's POV Excellence in National Reporting
Caroline Chen "Heartless Hospital" for ProPublica Excellence in Local Reporting
Brett Murphy "Show of Force" for USA Today Excellence in International Reporting
2019 Lindsey Smith 34 "Believed" for Michigan Radio Excellence in Local Reporting
Kate Wells 31
Chris Outcalt 34 "Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies" for The Atavist Magazine Excellence in National Reporting
Davey Alba 31 "How Duterte Used Facebook to Fuel the Philippine Drug War" for BuzzFeed News Excellence in International Reporting
2018 Riham Feshir "74 Seconds," for Minnesota Public Radio News Excellence in Local Reporting
Meg Martin
Tracy Mumford
Ronan Farrow 31 "Ronan Farrow’s Investigation of Harvey Weinstein" for The New Yorker Excellence in National Reporting
Emily Steel "O’Reilly Thrives, Then Falls, as Settlements Add Up" for The New York Times
Michael S. Schmidt 35
Christina Goldbaum "Strong Evidence that U.S. Special Operations Forces Massacred Civilians in Somalia" for The Daily Beast Excellence in International Reporting
2017 Claire Galofaro 34 "Surviving Appalachia" for Associated Press Excellence in Local Reporting
Brooke Jarvis 32 "Unclaimed" for The California Sunday Magazine Excellence in National Reporting
Ben Taub 25 "The Assad Files" for The New Yorker Excellence in International Reporting
2016 Lisa Gartner 28 "Failure Factories" for Tampa Bay Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Michael LaForgia 32
Nathaniel Lash 24
Mike Baker 31 "The Mobile-Home Trap" for The Seattle Times, The Center for Public Integrity and BuzzFeed News Excellence in National Reporting
Daniel Wagner 34
Adrian Chen 31 "The Agency" for The New York Times Magazine Excellence in International Reporting
2015 Kiera Feldman 29 "Sexual Assault at God’s Harvard" for The New Republic Excellence in Local Reporting
Shoshana Walter 29 "Hired Guns" for The Center for Investigative Reporting Excellence in National Reporting
Ryan Gabrielson 34
Matthieu Aikins 30 "Whoever Saves a Life" for Matter/Medium Excellence in International Reporting
2014 Christopher Baxter 28 "Private Schools, Hidden Riches" for The Star-Ledger Excellence in Local Reporting
Ellen Gabler 33 "Deadly Delays" for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Excellence in National Reporting
Allan James Vestal 24
Luke Mogelson 29 "The Dream Boat" for The New York Times Magazine Excellence in International Reporting
2013 Alexandra Zayas 29 "In God’s Name" for Tampa Bay Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Rachel Manteuffel 28 "The Things They Leave Behind" for Washingtonian Magazine Excellence in National Reporting
John D. Sutter 29 "Slavery’s Last Stronghold" for CNN Digital Excellence in International Reporting
Edythe McNamee 27
2012 Andrew McLemore 25 "Until Proven Innocent" for The Williamson County Sun Excellence in Local Reporting
Olga Pierce 32 "Redistricting: How Powerful Hands Are Drawing You Out of A Vote" for ProPublica Excellence in National Reporting
Jeff Larson 30
Lois Beckett 25
Mattathias Schwartz 32 "A Massacre in Jamaica" for The New Yorker Excellence in International Reporting
2011 Sarah Fenske "Mr. Big Stuff" for Phoenix New Times Excellence in Local Reporting
John Henion "Rape on the Reservation" for Current TV Excellence in National Reporting
Mariana van Zeller 35
Matt Katz 33 "Mired in Afghanistan" for The Philadelphia Inquirer Excellence in International Reporting
2010 Mark Greenblatt "Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard" for KHOU-TV Excellence in Local Reporting
David Nathaniel Philipps 33 "Casualties of War" for The Gazette (Colorado Springs) Excellence in National Reporting
Abbie Boudreau 32 "The Killings at the Canal: The Army Tapes" for CNN Excellence in International Reporting
2009 John Dickerson 27 "The Doctor is Out" for Phoenix New Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Kate Kelly 34 "Lost Opportunities Haunt Final Days of Bear Stearns" for The Wall Street Journal Excellence in National Reporting
Lydia Polgreen 34 "The Spoils" for The New York Times Excellence in International Reporting
2008 Dave Jamieson "Letters From an Arsonist" for Washington City Paper Excellence in Local Reporting
Craig Kapitan "The Long Road Home" for The Bryan-College Station Eagle Excellence in National Reporting
Mark Mazzetti 34 "C.I.A. Destroyed Two Tapes Showing Interrogations" for The New York Times Excellence in National Reporting
Christof Putzel "From Russia With Hate" for Current TV Excellence in International Reporting
2007 Joshua Boak 28 "Business as Usual" for The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) Excellence in Local Reporting
Jim Tankersley 29
Stella Chavez 34 "Yolanda's Crossing" for The Dallas Morning News Excellence in National Reporting
Paul David Meyer 29
Evan Osnos 31 "The Price We Pay for China's Boom" for The Chicago Tribune Excellence in International Reporting
2006 Peter Zuckerman 27 "Scouts Honor" for Post Register Excellence in Local Reporting
Robin Mejia 32 "Reasonable Doubt: Can Crime Labs Be Trusted?" for CNN Excellence in National Reporting
Edward Wong 34 "The Struggle for Iraq" for The New York Times Excellence in International Reporting
2005 Pauline Arrillaga 34 "Doors to Death" for Associated Press Excellence in Local Reporting
Reese Dunklin 31 "Runaway Priests: Hiding in Plain Sight" for The Dallas Morning News Excellence in National Reporting
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy 27 "Reinventing the Taliban" for Discovery Times Channel Excellence in International Reporting
2004 Cathy Frye 34 "Caught in the Web" for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Excellence in Local Reporting
Nicholas Confessore 28[3] "G.I. Woe" for Washington Monthly Excellence in National Reporting
Julie Jargon 29 "The War Within" (series), "Honor Rolled", "Take These Wings" for Westword
T. Christian Miller 34 "Colombia's Children of War" (series), "A Family Undone by War", "A Piece of Boyhood is Stolen" for Los Angeles Times Excellence in International Reporting
2003 Michael Luo 26 "Small Town Justice" for Associated Press Excellence in Local Reporting
Alix Spiegel 31 "81 Words: The Story of a Definition" for This American Life, WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio Excellence in National Reporting
Philip P. Pan 31 "High Tide of Labor Unrest in China" for The Washington Post Excellence in International Reporting
2002 Patrick Healy 30 "Harvard's Quiet Secret" (series) for The Boston Globe Excellence in Local Reporting
Bob Norman 33 "Admitting Terror" for New Times Broward-Palm Beach Excellence in National Reporting
Sumana Chatterjee 30 "A Taste of Slavery" for Knight-Ridder News Service Excellence in International Reporting
Sudarsan Raghavan 34
2001 Jennifer Gonnerman 29 "Riker's Island and Life on the Outside" for The Village Voice Excellence in Local Reporting
Edward Pinder 30 "Master Teacher" Excellence in National Reporting
Michael Finkel 32 "Desperate Passage" for The New York Times Magazine Excellence in International Reporting
2000 Sean Patrick Lyons 28 "A System Padded with Patronage" for Waterbury Republican-American Excellence in Local Reporting
Ken Ward Jr. 32 "Mountaintop Removal" for The Charleston Gazette Excellence in National Reporting
Kevin Heldman 34 "Japanese Prisons: Brutality by Design" for APBnews.com Excellence in International Reporting
1999 Jo Becker 31 "Trouble in Pasco County" for St. Petersburg Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Laura Meckler 30 "Organ Transplantation" (series) for Associated Press Excellence in National Reporting
Elizabeth Rubin 33 "Our Children Are Killing Us" for The New Yorker Excellence in International Reporting
1998 J. R. Moehringer 33 "The Champ" for Los Angeles Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Lindsey Schwartz 26 "Probable Cause" for Dateline, NBC News Excellence in National Reporting
Patrick Weiland 34
Alan Zarembo 26 "Judgment Day" for Harper's Magazine Excellence in International Reporting
1997 Scott Glover 30 "Quick Cash: With Few Questions" for Sun-Sentinel Excellence in Local Reporting
Evelyn Larrubia 27
Charles Sennott 34 "Armed for Profit" for The Boston Globe Excellence in National Reporting
C. J. Chivers 33 "Empty Nets: Atlantic Banks in Peril" (series) for The Providence Journal-Bulletin Excellence in International Reporting
1996 Chris Adams 30 "Medicaid Madness" for The Times-Picayune Excellence in Local Reporting
Jim Lynch 34 "Angry Patriots" (series) for The Spokesman-Review Excellence in National Reporting
David S. Rohde 28 Bosnia Massacre Coverage for The Christian Science Monitor Excellence in International Reporting
1995 Melinda Ruley 33 "Downeast" (series) for The Independent (Durham N.C.) Excellence in Local Reporting
Jeanmarie Condon 32 "Turning Point at Waco: The Untold Story" for ABC News Excellence in National Reporting
Mitchell Zuckoff 32 "Foul Trade" (series) for The Boston Globe Excellence in International Reporting
1994 Mark Flatten 34 "Policing for Profits" (series) for Tribune Newspapers (Ariz.) Excellence in Local Reporting
Darcy Frey 32 "The Last Shot" for Harper's Magazine Excellence in National Reporting
Pamela Burdman 31 "Bitter Voyage" for San Francisco Chronicle Excellence in International Reporting
1993 Celia W. Dugger 34 "When Abuse Turns Fatal" for The New York Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Bert Robinson 31 "Showdown in the West: The Endangered Species Act" for the San Jose Mercury News Excellence in National Reporting
Scott Thurm 34
Christiane Amanpour 34 "Siege of Sarajevo" for CNN Excellence in International Reporting
1992 Thomas French 34 "South of Heaven" for the St. Petersburg Times Excellence in Local Reporting
Leda Zimmerman "Hard Lessons at Chelsea High" for WGBH-TV Excellence in National Reporting
Steve Coll 34 "Crisis and Change in South Asia" for The Washington Post Excellence in International Reporting
Eason Jordan 31 Coverage of the Gulf War, the Soviet crisis, and the African famine Special Citation for Outstanding Enterprise
1991 David Isay 25 "Tossing Away the Keys" for NPR Excellence in Local Reporting
Jack Hitt 33 "Terminal Delinquents" for Esquire Excellence in National Reporting
Paul Tough 23
David Remnick 32 "Millions of Soviet Lives Pervaded by Poverty" for The Washington Post Excellence in International Reporting
1990 Michele Norris 29 "Six-Year-Old's Maryland Home was a Modern-Day Opium Den" for The Washington Post Excellence in Local Reporting[4]
Tom Ashbrook 34 "A View From the East" for The Boston Globe Excellence in National Reporting
Peter Gumbel 31 "Gorbachev's Broken Economy" for The Wall Street Journal Excellence in International Reporting
Todd Smith 28 Reporter, The Tampa Tribune Special Posthumous Citation
1989 Bonita Brodt 32 "Chicago Schools: Worst in America" for the Chicago Tribune Excellence in Local Reporting
David Von Drehle 28 "The Death Penalty: A Failure of Execution" for the Miami Herald Excellence in National Reporting
Anne Nelson 35 "In the Grotto of the Pink Sisters" for Mother Jones Excellence in International Reporting
1988 Kevin Cullen 29 "Bad Boys" for The Boston Globe Excellence in Local Reporting
Deborah Blum 34 "California: The Weapons Master" for The Sacramento Bee Excellence in National Reporting
Ira Glass 28 "Radio in Vietnam" for NPR Excellence in International Reporting
Alexis Muellner 25
Jonathan Schwartz 31
1987 Benjamin L. Weiser 32 "No Exit: Juvenile Justice in Washington" for The Washington Post Excellence in Local Reporting
Max Zieman 25 "Dirty Grain" for The Kansas City Star Excellence in National Reporting
Barbara Fischkin 32 "A Chronicle of Hope" for Newsday Excellence in International Reporting
1986 Charles Ely 34 "Tulsa's Golden Missionary" for KTUL Excellence in Local Reporting
Jim Lyons
Gregg Easterbrook 32 "Making Sense of Agriculture" for The Atlantic Excellence in National Reporting
Blaine Harden 33 "Notes of a Famine Watcher" for The Washington Post Excellence in International Reporting
1985 Tom Hallman 29 "Valsetz 1919–84" for The Oregonian Excellence in Local Reporting
Susan Milstein 27 "Lazy Justice" for The American Lawyer Excellence in National Reporting
Larry Tye 30 "America's Shame" for The Courier-Journal Excellence in International Reporting
1984 Daniel Biddle 30 "Above the Law" for The Philadelphia Inquirer Excellence in Local Reporting
Barry Siegel 34 "El Nino: The World Turns Topsy-Turvy" for the Los Angeles Times Excellence in National Reporting
Rick Atkinson 31 "The Hunger Games: Our Wasted Foreign Aid" for the Kansas City Times Excellence in International Reporting
1983 Mark Feldstein 26 "Prisoners of the Harvest" for WTSP-TV Excellence in Local Reporting
Jim Sutherland 26
Edward Zuckerman 34 "How Would the U.S. Survive a Nuclear War?" for Esquire Excellence in National Reporting
Thomas Friedman 30 "The Beirut Massacre: The Four Days" for The New York Times Excellence in International Reporting
1982 Eric Scigliano 28 "The Aleuts' Last Stand" for the Seattle Weekly Excellence in Local Reporting
H. G. (Buzz) Bissinger 28 "The Plane That Fell From the Sky" for the St. Paul Pioneer Press Excellence in National Reporting
Steven Erlanger 30 "Envy of the West Vies with Pride in Nation" for The Boston Globe Excellence in International Reporting

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References

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  1. ^ "Past Winners". Recognizing Young Journalists. Livingston Awards: University of Michigan. 2024. pp. 26–41.
  2. ^ "Past Winners - Wallace House". 18 November 2019.
  3. ^ "2003 Winners". The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists. Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
  4. ^ "Reporter Honored for Articles On Child's Life in Crack House". Washington Post. June 7, 1990. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
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