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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Melinda Ruley

Senior Staff Writer, The Independent (Durham, N.C.)
Current Assignment: Writer, Freelance
1995 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Nicole Sadek

Investigative reporter, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
2025 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Michael S. Schmidt

Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
Current Assignment: Investigative reporter, The New York Times
2018 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Mattathias Schwartz

Reporter, The New Yorker
Current Assignment: Legal Affairs Correspondent , The New York Times
2012 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Lindsey Schwartz

Associate Producer
Current Assignment: Editorial producer, ABC News
1998 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Jonathan Schwartz

Producer, NPR
Current Assignment: Filmmaker and Director, The New York Times
1988 | Co-Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Eric Scigliano

Staff Reporter, The Seattle Weekly
Current Assignment: Fromer contributing Editor, Crosscut.com
1982 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Charles Sennott

Reporter, The Boston Globe
Current Assignment: Founding CEO and chairman, GroundTruth Media Partners
1997 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Joshua Sharpe

Criminal Justice Reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Current Assignment: Independent journalist
2021 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Barry Siegel

National Correspondent, Los Angeles Times
Current Assignment: Professor of English and Director, Literary Journalism Program, University of California, Irvine; Director of UCI Center for Storytelling
1984 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Lindsey Smith

Investigative reporter, Michigan Radio
Current Assignment: Amplify Team Leader, Michigan Public, NPR afflilate
2019 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Alix Spiegel

Reporter
Current Assignment: Co-founder, “Invisibilia” and "This American Life," NPR
2003 | Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Emily Steel

Business Journalist, The New York Times
Current Assignment: Investigative reporter covering business, The New York Times
2018 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting

Vasilisa Stepanenko

Video journalist, The Associated Press
2023 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Alex Stuckey

Investigative reporter, Houston Chronicle
Current Assignment: Investigative reporter, The Arc of Texas
2022 | Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

* Jim Sutherland

Producer and Writer, WTSP-TV (St. Petersburg)
Current Assignment: Executive Producer, Last Assignment: Jim Sutherland Media
1983 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

John D. Sutter

Reporter, CNN Digital
Current Assignment: Contributor; Independent journalist and filmmaker, CNN
2013 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Jim Tankersley

Reporter, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
Current Assignment: White House Correspondent, The New York Times
2007 | Co-Winner | Excellence in Local Reporting

Ben Taub

Staff Writer, The New Yorker
2017 | Winner | Excellence in International Reporting

Scott Thurm

Washington Bureau Correspondent, San Jose Mercury News
Current Assignment: Senior Editor, The Information
1993 | Co-Winner | Excellence in National Reporting


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