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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Luke Mogelson

Reporter, The New York Times Magazine
Current Assignment: Contributing Writer, The New Yorker
2014 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Alexis Muellner

Producer, NPR
Current Assignment: Editor-in-Chief, Tampa Bay Business Journal
1988 | Co-Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Tracy Mumford

Podcast Developer Producer, Minnesota Public Radio News
Current Assignment: Supervising Producer, The New York Times
2018 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Brett Murphy

Reporter, USA Today Network
Current Assignment: National reporter, ProPublica
2020 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Anne Nelson

Freelance, Mother Jones
Current Assignment: Research Scholar, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs
1989 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Bob Norman

Staff Writer, New Times Broward (Palm Beach)
Current Assignment: Senior Editor; Contributing Write, Florida Trident; Columbia Journalism Review
2002 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Michele Norris

Staff Writer, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: Senior Contributing Editor, MSNBC
1990 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Evan Osnos

Beijing Bureau Chief, The Chicago Tribune
Current Assignment: Staff Writer, The New Yorker
2007 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Chris Outcalt

Reporter, The Atavist Magazine
Current Assignment: Independent journalist and senior science writer, Colorado State University
2019 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Philip P. Pan

Foreign Correspondent, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: International Editor, The New York Times
2003 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

David Nathaniel Philipps

Reporter, The (Colorado Springs) Gazette
Current Assignment: National Correspondent, The New York Times
2010 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Olga Pierce

Reporter, ProPublica
Current Assignment: Data editor, The Trace
2012 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Edward Pinder

Producer
2001 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Lydia Polgreen

Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times
Current Assignment: Opinion columnist, The New York Times
2009 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Christof Putzel

Reporter, Current TV
Current Assignment: Documentary filmmaker , HBO
2008 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Sudarsan Raghavan

Africa Correspondent, Knight-Ridder News Service
Current Assignment: Senior Middle East correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
2002 | Co-Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

David Remnick

Moscow Correspondent, The Washington Post
Current Assignment: Editor, The New Yorker
1991 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Bert Robinson

Washington Bureau Correspondent, San Jose Mercury News
Current Assignment: News Content Director, Orlando Sentinel
1993 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

David Rohde

East Europe Correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor
Current Assignment: Senior Executive Editor, NBC News
1996 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Elizabeth Rubin

Freelance, The New Yorker
Current Assignment: Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
1999 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting


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