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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Sumana Chatterjee

Reporter, Knight-Ridder News Service
Current Assignment: Senior Director of Development, Georgetown University
2002 | Co-Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Stella Chavez

Reporter, The Dallas Morning News
Current Assignment: Independent journalist
2007 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Adrian Chen

Reporter, The New York Times Magazine
Current Assignment: Independent Writer
2016 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Caroline Chen

Reporter, ProPublica co-published with NJ Advance Media and WNYC
Current Assignment: Investigative journalist
2020 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy

Reporter, Discovery Times Channel
Current Assignment: Creative Director, Sharmeen Obaid Productions
2005 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

C. J. Chivers

Reporter, The Providence Journal-Bulletin
Current Assignment: Senior Writer, The New York Times Magazine
1997 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Steve Coll

Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: Editor, The Economist
1992 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Jeanmarie Condon

Producer, "Turning Point," ABC News
Current Assignment: Senior Executive Producer for Content and Development, ABC News
1995 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Nicholas Confessore

Reporter, Washington Monthly
Current Assignment: investigative reporter, The New York Times; writer-at-large, The New York Times Magazine, political analyst, MSNBC
2004 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Kevin Cullen

Staff Reporter, The Boston Globe
Current Assignment: Author
1988 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Jose A. Del Real

National reporter, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: National enterprise reporter, The Washington Post
2022 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Chao Deng

China Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Current Assignment: Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
2021 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

John Dickerson

Reporter, Phoenix New Times
Current Assignment: Author
2009 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Caitlin Dickerson

Investigative reporter and feature writer, The Atlantic
2023 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Hannah Dreier

National Enterprise Reporter, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: Investigative reporter, The New York Times
2021 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Celia Dugger

Reporter, The New York Times
Current Assignment: Health and Sciences Editor, The New York Times
1993 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Reese Dunklin

Reporter, The Dallas Morning News
Current Assignment: Investigative Reporter, The Associated Press
2005 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Gregg Easterbrook

National Correspondent, The Atlantic Monthly
Current Assignment: Author
1986 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Charles Ely

News Anchor, KTUL-TV (Tulsa)
Current Assignment: Former news anchor (retired), KTUL-TV (Tulsa)
1986 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Steve Erlanger

Foreign Correspondent, The Boston Globe
Current Assignment: Chief Diplomatic Correspondent, Europe, The New York Times
1982 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting


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