Wallace House Center for Journalists and the University of Michigan announced today the 2024 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 finalist selections were chosen from more than 400 entries for work released in 2023.

This year’s winners will be announced on June 11, 2024, at an in-person awards ceremony hosted by Ken Auletta, media writer for The New Yorker and author.

“In a particularly difficult period of journalism downsizing, it’s an honor to recognize the ambitious work of young reporters,” said Lynette Clemetson, director of the awards and the Wallace House Center for Journalists. “This year’s finalists share a commitment to truth, accountability, nuance and empathy at a moment in which these qualities can often feel in short supply.” 

Celebrating its 43rd 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, the Knight Foundation, the Indian Trail Charitable Foundation, the Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation, Christiane Amanpour, Dr. Gil Omenn and Martha Darling, the Judy and Fred Wilpon Foundation and The Joyce Foundation.

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, senior political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal; Meghna Chakrabarti, host and editor, “On Point” WBUR; Stella Chávez, immigration and demographics reporter, KERA Public Radio (Dallas); Adam Ganucheau, editor in chief, Mississippi Today; David Greene, co-founder, Fearless Media and Host, “Left, Right & Center,” KCRW (Los Angeles); Stephen Henderson, executive editor, BridgeDetroit and host, WDET, public radio Detroit and Detroit Public Television; and Amna Nawaz, co-anchor, 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”; Sally Buzbee, executive editor, The Washington Post; Sewell Chan, editor in chief, The Texas Tribune; Audie Cornish, anchor and correspondent, CNN; Matt Murray, former editor in chief, The Wall Street Journal; Lydia Polgreen, opinion columnist, The New York Times; María Elena Salinas, contributor, ABC News; Bret Stephens, opinion columnist, The New York Times; and Kara Swisher, podcast host, New York Magazine.

We present the 2024 Livingston Awards finalists and invite you to review their work here.

Local Reporting

• Clare Amari, Houston Landing
• Antonia Cereijido, LAist Studios
• Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times
• Shayla Escudero, Albany Democrat-Herald
• Andrea Gallo, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate
• Michael Korsh and Neena Hagen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Jake Bittle and Anita Hofschneider, Grist
• Samantha Hogan, The Maine Monitor
• Daniel Huang, New York Magazine
• Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal
• Chris Marquette, CQ Roll Call 
• Mariam Elba and Paige Pfleger, WPLN Nashville Public Radio and ProPublica
• Nell Salzman, Chicago Tribune
• Ivy Scott, The Boston Globe
• Brenna Smith, The Baltimore Banner 
• Salina Arredondo, Jana Cholakovska, David Leffler and Savanna Strott, Public Health Watch
• Agnel Philip, Mollie Simon and Isabelle Taft, Mississippi Today and ProPublica
• Makenzie Huber and Annie Todd, South Dakota Searchlight and Sioux Falls Argus Leader

 National Reporting

• Akbar Shahid Ahmed, HuffPost
• Ethan Bauer, Deseret Magazine
• Hannah Beckler, Business Insider
• Matt Drange, Business Insider
• Brittany Gibson, Politico
• Allison Behringer and Lila Hassan, KCRW Public Media (Southern California)
• Astead W. Herndon, The New York Times
• Vivian Ho, The Guardian US
• Kenny Jacoby, USA Today
• Ava Kofman, The New Yorker co-published with ProPublica
• Julia Lurie, Mother Jones
• Kirsten Berg, Alex Mierjeski and Brett Murphy, ProPublica
• Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
• Brianna Sacks, The Washington Post
• Lauren Caruba and Ari Sen, The Dallas Morning News in partnership with the San Antonio Express-News
• Richard Sima, The Washington Post
• Talmon Joseph Smith, The New York Times
• Margo Snipe, Capital B

 International Reporting

• Lynzy Billing, Inside Climate News and New Lines Magazine
• Nick Bowlin, The Drift
• Ali Breland, The New Republic
• Renata Brito, The Associated Press
• Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald
• Rachel Fobar, The Guardian US in partnership with The Fuller Project
• Julia Love, Bloomberg Businessweek
• Peter McKenzie, The New York Times
• Kunle Adebajo and Mansir Muhammed, New Lines Magazine and HumAngle
• Zahra Nader, The Fuller Project and The Guardian US in collaboration with Zan Times
• Nicolas Niarchos, The Nation
• Anastacia Galouchka and Siobhan O’Grady, The Washington Post
• Andrei Popoviciu, In These Times
• Cape Diamond and Rebecca Tan, The Washington Post
• Chris Walker, 5280 Magazine
• Jessie Williams, TIME Magazine in partnership with The Fuller Project 

More on the finalists’ work and links to watch, listen and read here.