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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Ronan Farrow

Contributing Writer, The New Yorker
Current Assignment: Investigative reporter, The New Yorker
2018 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Kiera Feldman

Reporter, The New Republic and The Investigative Fund
Current Assignment: Investigative Reporter, Los Angeles Times
2015 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Mark Feldstein

Producer and Writer, WTSP-TV (St. Petersburg)
Current Assignment: Richard Eaton Chair of Broadcast Journalism, University of Maryland
1983 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Sarah Fenske

Reporter, Phoenix New Times
Current Assignment: Executive Editor, St. Louis Magazine
2011 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Riham Feshir

Reporter, Minnesota Public Radio News
Current Assignment: Senior manager of communications, RBC Wealth Management
2018 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Michael Finkel

Reporter, The New York Times Magazine
Current Assignment: Author, Freelance
2001 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Barbara Fischkin

Reporter, Newsday (Long Island, N.Y.)
Current Assignment: Author, Freelance
1987 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Mark Flatten

Reporter, Tribune Newspapers (Ariz.)
Current Assignment: Senior Communications Specialist and corporate writer, Freeport-McMoRan
1994 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Thomas French

Reporter, St. Petersburg Times
Current Assignment: Professor, Indiana Media School
1992 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Darcy Frey

Freelance, Harper's Magazine
Current Assignment: Author, Pantheon Books; Director, Creative Writing Program, Harvard University
1994 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Thomas Friedman

Beirut Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Current Assignment: Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
1983 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Cathy Frye

Reporter, Arkansas (Little Rock) Democrat-Gazette
Current Assignment: Author
2004 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Ellen Gabler

Reporter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Current Assignment: Investigative Reporter, The New York Times
2014 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Ryan Gabrielson

Reporter, The Center for Investigative Reporting
Current Assignment: Investigations editor, San Francisco Chronicle
2015 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Claire Galofaro

Correspondent, The Associated Press
Current Assignment: National writer, The Associated Press
2017 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Lisa Gartner

Reporter, Tampa Bay Times
Current Assignment: Investigations editor, The Washington Post
2016 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Ira Glass

Producer, NPR
Current Assignment: Creator and Host, "This American Life", WBEZ Chicago Public Media
1988 | Co-Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Scott Glover

Reporter, Sun-Sentinel (South Florida)
Current Assignment: Investigative Reporter, CNN
1997 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Christina Goldbaum

Independent Journalist, The Daily Beast
Current Assignment: Afghanistan and Pakistan Bureau Chief, The New York Times
2018 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Jennifer Gonnerman

Reporter, Village Voice
Current Assignment: Staff Writer, The New Yorker
2001 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting


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