List of Livingston Award winners


The following is a list of Livingston Award winners. The award is given for works published in the previous year.
YearRecipientStoryAward
2019Lindsey Smith34 for Michigan RadioExcellence in Local Reporting
2019Kate Wells31 for Michigan RadioExcellence in Local Reporting
2019Chris Outcalt34 for The Atavist MagazineExcellence in National Reporting
2019Davey Alba31 for BuzzFeed NewsExcellence in International Reporting
2018Riham Feshir for Minnesota Public Radio NewsExcellence in Local Reporting
2018Meg Martin for Minnesota Public Radio NewsExcellence in Local Reporting
2018Tracy Mumford for Minnesota Public Radio NewsExcellence in Local Reporting
2018Ronan Farrow for The New YorkerExcellence in National Reporting
2018Emily Steel for The New York TimesExcellence in National Reporting
2018Michael S. Schmidt for The New York TimesExcellence in National Reporting
2018Christina Goldbaum for The Daily BeastExcellence in International Reporting
2017Claire Galofaro34 for Associated PressExcellence in Local Reporting
2017Brooke Jarvis32 for The California Sunday MagazineExcellence in National Reporting
2017Ben Taub25 for The New YorkerExcellence in International Reporting
2016Lisa Gartner28"Failure Factories" for Tampa Bay TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2016Michael LaForgia32"Failure Factories" for Tampa Bay TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2016Nathaniel Lash24"Failure Factories" for Tampa Bay TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2016Mike Baker31"The Mobile-Home Trap" for The Seattle Times, The Center for Public Integrity and BuzzFeed NewsExcellence in National Reporting
2016Daniel Wagner34"The Mobile-Home Trap" for The Seattle Times, The Center for Public Integrity and BuzzFeed NewsExcellence in National Reporting
2016Adrian Chen31"The Agency" for The New York Times MagazineExcellence in International Reporting
2015Kiera Feldman29"Sexual Assault at God’s Harvard" for The New RepublicExcellence in Local Reporting
2015Shoshana Walter29"Hired Guns" for The Center for Investigative ReportingExcellence in National Reporting
2015Ryan Gabrielson34"Hired Guns" for The Center for Investigative ReportingExcellence in National Reporting
2015Matthieu Aikins30"Whoever Saves a Life" for Matter/MediumExcellence in International Reporting
2014Christopher Baxter28"Private Schools, Hidden Riches" for The Star-LedgerExcellence in Local Reporting
2014Ellen Gabler33"Deadly Delays" for Milwaukee Journal SentinelExcellence in National Reporting
2014Allan James Vestal24"Deadly Delays" for Milwaukee Journal SentinelExcellence in National Reporting
2014Luke Mogelson29"The Dream Boat" for The New York Times MagazineExcellence in International Reporting
2013Alexandra Zayas29"In God’s Name" for Tampa Bay TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2013Rachel Manteuffel28"The Things They Leave Behind" for Washingtonian MagazineExcellence in National Reporting
2013John D. Sutter29"Slavery’s Last Stronghold" for CNN DigitalExcellence in International Reporting
2013Edythe McNamee27"Slavery’s Last Stronghold" for CNN DigitalExcellence in International Reporting
2012Andrew McLemore25 for The Williamson County SunExcellence in Local Reporting
2012Olga Pierce32 for ProPublicaExcellence in National Reporting
2012Jeff Larson30 for ProPublicaExcellence in National Reporting
2012Lois Beckett25 for ProPublicaExcellence in National Reporting
2012Mattathias Schwartz32 for The New YorkerExcellence in International Reporting
2011Sarah Fenske"Mr. Big Stuff" for Phoenix New TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2011John Henion"Rape on the Reservation" for Current TVExcellence in National Reporting
2011Mariana van Zeller"Rape on the Reservation" for Current TVExcellence in National Reporting
2011Matt Katz"Mired in Afghanistan" for The Philadelphia InquirerExcellence in International Reporting
2010Mark Greenblatt"Under Fire: Discrimination and Corruption in the Texas National Guard" for KHOU-TVExcellence in Local Reporting
2010David Nathaniel Philipps"Casualties of War" for The Gazette Excellence in National Reporting
2010Abbie Boudreau"The Killings at the Canal: The Army Tapes" for CNNExcellence in International Reporting
2009John Dickerson"The Doctor is Out" for Phoenix New TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
2009Kate Kelly"Lost Opportunities Haunt Final Days of Bear Stearns" for The Wall Street JournalExcellence in National Reporting
2009Lydia Polgreen"The Spoils" for The New York TimesExcellence in International Reporting
2008Dave Jamieson"Letters From an Arsonist" for Washington City PaperExcellence in Local Reporting
2008Craig Kapitan"The Long Road Home" for The Bryan-College Station EagleExcellence in National Reporting
2008Mark Mazzetti"C.I.A. Destroyed Two Tapes Showing Interrogations" for The New York TimesExcellence in National Reporting
2008Christof Putzel"From Russia With Hate" for Current TVExcellence in International Reporting
2007Joshua Boak"Business as Usual" for The Blade Excellence in Local Reporting
2007Jim Tankersley"Business as Usual" for The Blade Excellence in Local Reporting
2007Stella Chavez"Yolanda's Crossing" for The Dallas Morning NewsExcellence in National Reporting
2007Paul David Meyer"Yolanda's Crossing" for The Dallas Morning NewsExcellence in National Reporting
2007Evan Osnos"The Price We Pay for China's Boom" for The Chicago TribuneExcellence in International Reporting
2006Peter Zuckerman"Scouts Honor" for Post RegisterExcellence in Local Reporting
2006Robin Mejia"Reasonable Doubt: Can Crime Labs Be Trusted?" for CNNExcellence in National Reporting
2006Edward Wong"The Struggle for Iraq" for The New York TimesExcellence in International Reporting
2005Pauline Arrillaga"Doors to Death" for Associated PressExcellence in Local Reporting
2005Reese Dunklin"Runaway Priests: Hiding in Plain Sight" for The Dallas Morning NewsExcellence in National Reporting
2005Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy"Reinventing the Taliban" for Discovery Times ChannelExcellence in International Reporting
2004Cathy Frye"Caught in the Web" for Arkansas Democrat-GazetteExcellence in Local Reporting
2004Nicholas Confessore"G.I. Woe" for Washington MonthlyExcellence in National Reporting
2004Julie Jargon"The War Within", "Honor Rolled", "Take These Wings" for WestwordExcellence in National Reporting
2004T. Christian Miller"Colombia's Children of War", "A Family Undone by War", "A Piece of Boyhood is Stolen" for Los Angeles TimesExcellence in International Reporting
2003Michael Luo"Small Town Justice" for Associated PressExcellence in Local Reporting
2003Alix Spiegel"81 Words: The Story of a Definition" for This American Life, WBEZ, Chicago Public RadioExcellence in National Reporting
2003Philip P. Pan"High Tide of Labor Unrest in China" for The Washington PostExcellence in International Reporting
2002Patrick Healy"Harvard's Quiet Secret" for The Boston GlobeExcellence in Local Reporting
2002Bob Norman"Admitting Terror" for New Times Broward-Palm BeachExcellence in National Reporting
2002Sumana Chatterjee"A Taste of Slavery" for Knight-Ridder News ServiceExcellence in International Reporting
2002Sudarsan Raghavan"A Taste of Slavery" for Knight-Ridder News ServiceExcellence in International Reporting
2001Jennifer Gonnerman"Riker's Island and Life on the Outside" for The Village VoiceExcellence in Local Reporting
2001Edward Pinder"Master Teacher"Excellence in National Reporting
2001Michael Finkel"Desperate Passage" for The New York Times MagazineExcellence in International Reporting
2000Sean Patrick Lyons"A System Padded with Patronage" for Waterbury Republican-AmericanExcellence in Local Reporting
2000Ken Ward Jr."Mountaintop Removal" for The Charleston GazetteExcellence in National Reporting
2000Kevin Heldman"Japanese Prisons: Brutality by Design" for APBnews.comExcellence in International Reporting
1999Jo Becker"Trouble in Pasco County" for St. Petersburg TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
1999Laura Meckler"Organ Transplantation" for Associated PressExcellence in National Reporting
1999Elizabeth Rubin"Our Children Are Killing Us" for The New YorkerExcellence in International Reporting
1998J. R. Moehringer"The Champ" for Los Angeles TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
1998Lindsey Schwartz"Probable Cause" for Dateline, NBC NewsExcellence in National Reporting
1998Patrick Weiland"Probable Cause" for Dateline, NBC NewsExcellence in National Reporting
1998Alan Zarembo"Judgment Day" for Harper's MagazineExcellence in International Reporting
1997Scott Glover"Quick Cash: With Few Questions" for Sun-SentinelExcellence in Local Reporting
1997Evelyn Larrubia"Quick Cash: With Few Questions" for Sun-SentinelExcellence in Local Reporting
1997Charles Sennott"Armed for Profit" for The Boston GlobeExcellence in National Reporting
1997C. J. Chivers"Empty Nets: Atlantic Banks in Peril" for The Providence Journal-BulletinExcellence in International Reporting
1996Chris Adams"Medicaid Madness" for The Times-PicayuneExcellence in Local Reporting
1996Jim Lynch"Angry Patriots" for The Spokesman-ReviewExcellence in National Reporting
1996David S. RohdeBosnia Massacre Coverage for The Christian Science MonitorExcellence in International Reporting
1995Melinda Ruley"Downeast" for The Independent Excellence in Local Reporting
1995Jeanmarie Condon"Turning Point at Waco: The Untold Story" for ABC NewsExcellence in National Reporting
1995Mitchell Zuckoff"Foul Trade" for The Boston GlobeExcellence in International Reporting
1994Mark Flatten"Policing for Profits" for Tribune Newspapers Excellence in Local Reporting
1994Darcy Frey"The Last Shot" for Harper's MagazineExcellence in National Reporting
1994Pamela Burdman"Bitter Voyage" for San Francisco ChronicleExcellence in International Reporting
1993Celia W. Dugger"Abuse Turns Fatal: How the System Failed" for The New York TimesExcellence in Local Reporting
1993Bert Robinson"Endangered Species Act: Showdown in the West" for San Jose Mercury NewsExcellence in National Reporting
1993Scott Thurm"Endangered Species Act: Showdown in the West" for San Jose Mercury NewsExcellence in National Reporting
1993Christiane Amanpour"Siege of Sarajevo" for CNNExcellence in International Reporting