Past Winners

Established in 1981, the Livingston Awards honor journalists under the age of 35 for excellence in local, national and international reporting.

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Chris Adams

Medical and Finance Reporter, The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune
Current Assignment: Director of Training and Content, National Press Foundation
1996 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Matthieu Aikins

Freelance, Matter/Medium
Current Assignment: Fellow, Contributing Writer, Type Media Center, The New York Times Magazine
2015 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Davey Alba

Reporter, BuzzFeed News
Current Assignment: Tech reporter, Bloomberg News
2019 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Christiane Amanpour, CBE

International Correspondent, CNN
Current Assignment: "Amanpour & Co," PBS, Chief International Anchor, "Amanpour," CNN
1993 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Pauline Arrillaga

Reporter, The Associated Press
Current Assignment: Executive Editor, Carnegie-Knight News21 at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
2005 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Tom Ashbrook

Foreign Editor, The Boston Globe
Current Assignment: Host, "Conversations with Tom Ashbrook"
1990 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Rick Atkinson

Washington Correspondent, The Kansas City Times
Current Assignment: Author, Freelance
1984 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Mike Baker

Reporter, The Seattle Times, The Center for Public Integrity and BuzzFeed News
Current Assignment: Seattle Bureau Cheif, The New York Times
2016 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Christopher Baxter

Reporter, The Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
Current Assignment: CEO and President, Spotlight PA
2014 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Jo Becker

Suburban Government Reporter, St. Petersburg Times
Current Assignment: Reporter, The New York Times
1999 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Lois Beckett

Reporter, ProPublica
Current Assignment: Senior reporter, The Guardian
2012 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Daniel Biddle

Investigative Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Current Assignment: Instructor, University of Delaware
1984 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

H. G. Bissinger

Staff Reporter, St. Paul Pioneer Press
Current Assignment: Author
1982 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Deborah Leigh Blum

National Science Writer, The Sacramento Bee
Current Assignment: Director of Knight Science Journalism Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1988 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Joshua Boak

Reporter, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Current Assignment: White House, politics and economics writer, The Associated Press
2007 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Abbie Boudreau

Correspondent, CNN
Current Assignment: Correspondent, ABC News (Los Angeles)
2010 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Assia Boundaoui

Documentary filmmaker, PBS's POV
Current Assignment: Documentary filmmaker and investigative journalist
2020 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Renata Brito

International migration beat leader, The Associated Press
2024 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Bonita Brodt

Reporter and Features Writer, Chicago Tribune
Current Assignment: Vice President of Communications and Engagement Strategies, University of Vermont Health Network
1989 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Pamela Burdman

Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Current Assignment: Executive Director, Just Equations
1994 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting


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