Wallace House and the University of Michigan announced today the 2022 Livingston Awards finalists in local, national, and international reporting. The awards support young journalists and honor the best reporting and storytelling by journalists under the age of 35 across all forms of journalism. The 52 finalist selections were chosen from more than 450 entries for work released in 2021.
This year’s winners will be announced on June 8, 2022, at an in-person awards ceremony hosted by Dean Baquet, long-serving Livingston Award judge and executive editor of The New York Times.
“As the world continues to move through various types of upheaval, it’s encouraging to see younger journalists taking on and tackling important and complex stories,” said Wallace House Director Lynette Clemetson, Wallace House Director.
Celebrating its 41st year, the awards bolster the work of young reporters, create the next generation of journalism leaders and mentors, and advance civic engagement around powerful storytelling. The sponsors include the University of Michigan, Knight Foundation, the Indian Trail Charitable Foundation, the Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation, Christiane Amanpour, the Fred and Judy Wilpon Foundation, and Dr. Gil Omenn and Martha Darling.
The Livingston Awards regional judges read all qualifying entries to select the finalists in local, national and international reporting. The regional judging panel includes Molly Ball, national political correspondent, TIME; Stella Chávez, immigration and demographics reporter, KERA Public Radio (Dallas); Chris Davis, executive editor and Vice-President of Investigative Journalism, Gannett; David Greene, host, “Ukraine Stories,” Fearless Media; Stephen Henderson, host, “Detroit Today,” WDET; Shirley Leung, columnist and associate editor, The Boston Globe; and Amna Nawaz, senior national correspondent, PBS “NewsHour.”
The Livingston Awards national judges review all finalist entries and select the winners. The national judges are Raney Aronson-Rath, executive producer, “FRONTLINE”; Ken Auletta, author and media and communications writer, The New Yorker; John Harris, co-founder, POLITICO; Matt Murray, editor in chief, The Wall Street Journal; Clarence Page, syndicated columnist; Lydia Polgreen, head of content, Gimlet; Anna Quindlen, author; María Elena Salinas, contributor, ABC News; Bret Stephens, op-ed columnist, The New York Times; and Kara Swisher, executive producer, Code Conference and host of the podcasts “Sway” and “Pivot.”
We present the 2022 Livingston Awards finalists and invite you to review their work here.
Local Reporting
- Jessica Bakeman, New York Magazine
- Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald
- Zoë Carpenter, The Nation
- Rebecca Ellis, Oregon Public Broadcasting
- Callie Ferguson, The Bangor Daily News
- Amelia Ferrell Knisely and Molly Born, Mountain State Spotlight and The GroundTruth Project
- Marie J. French, POLITICO
- Amy Julia Harris, The New York Times
- Madison Hopkins and Cecilia Reyes, Better Government Association and the Chicago Tribune
- Cary Junior II, Detroit Free Press
- Mark Keierleber, The 74
- Danae King, The Columbus Dispatch
- Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
- Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
- Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times
- Jessica Miller, Paighten Harkins, Abby Ellis, Taylor Eldridge, Sam Stecklow and Muna Mohamed FRONTLINE in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune
- Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post
- Andrew Seidman, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle
- Evey Wilson Wetherbee, Georgia Public Broadcasting
National Reporting
- Jess Bidgood, The Boston Globe
- Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times
- Tony Briscoe, ProPublica
- Claire Hannah Collins, Los Angeles Times
- Maddy Crowell, The Atavist Magazine
- Jose A. Del Real, The Washington Post
- Hannah Dreyfus, ProPublica
- Katelyn Ferral, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- Maggie Freleng and Julieta Martinelli, Futuro Media/PRX
- Drew Harwell, The Washington Post
- Baxter Holmes, ESPN
- Lauren Leatherby, The New York Times
- Claire McNear, The Ringer
- Laura C. Morel and Mohamed Al Elew, Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
- Cecilia Nowell, New York Magazine’s The Cut
- Rita Omokha, ELLE
- Lizzie Presser, ProPublica
- Roman Stubbs, The Washington Post
- Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr., Gimlet Media
- Kaveh Waddell and Maanvi Singh, Consumer Reports and The Guardian
International Reporting
- Rachael Bale, National Geographic
- Max Bearak, Júlia Ledur and Dylan Moriarty, The Washington Post
- Khalid Bencherif, In These Times
- Olivia Carville, Bloomberg Businessweek
- Gloria Dickie, Scientific American
- Thomas Gibbons-Neff, The New York Times
- Sanket Jain, The Verge (Vox Media)
- May Jeong, New York Magazine
- Olivia Konotey-Ahulu, Bloomberg News
- Erika Lantz and Elin Lantz Lesser, Rococo Punch and iHeartRadio
- Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim, The Washington Post
- David Mora, VICE News