The Livingston Awards at the University of Michigan are American journalism awards issued to media professionals under the age of 35 for local, national, and international reporting. They are the largest, all-media, general reporting prizes in America. Popularly referred to as the "Pulitzer for the Young",[1] the awards have recognized the early talent of journalists, including Michele Norris, Christiane Amanpour, David Remnick, Ira Glass, J. R. Moehringer, Thomas Friedman, Rick Atkinson, David Isay, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Tom Ashbrook, Nicholas Confessore, C. J. Chivers, Michael S. Schmidt, and Ronan Farrow.[2]
| Livingston Award | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded for | Journalism |
| Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | University of Michigan |
| Hosted by | Board of National Judges |
| Reward(s) | $10,000 |
| First awarded | 1981 |
| Website | wallacehouse.umich.edu/livingston-awards/ |
Overview
editUnlike other prizes in journalism[citation needed] (such as the George Foster Peabody Awards, the George Polk Awards, the National Journalism Awards and the Pulitzer Prizes), the Livingston Awards judge print, broadcast, and online entries against one another.
The winners are selected by the Livingston Board of National Judges. These include Christiane Amanpour, Ken Auletta, Dean Baquet, Charles Gibson, Ellen Goodman, John F. Harris, Clarence Page, and Anna Quindlen. Mike Wallace was one of the national judges for several years.[3]
History
editMollie Parnis Livingston, one of America's first fashion designers known by name, established the Livingston Awards in 1981 to honor her son, Robert, who published the journalism review More.[4]
For thirty years, The Mollie Parnis Livingston Foundation, headed by Livingston's nephew Neal Hochman, sponsored the awards. Recent supporters include the Indian Trail Foundation, Christiane Amanpour, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the University of Michigan.
List of Livingston Award recipients
editRichard M. Clurman Award
editSince 1996, the Livingston Awards ceremony has also included the presentation of the Richard M. Clurman Award, which recognizes exceptional mentors in journalism who excel in nurturing, critiquing, and inspiring young journalists. The award is named in honor of Richard M. Clurman, a former editor at Time and the architect of the Livingston Awards.[5]
Richard M. Clurman Award recipients
edit- Source:[6]
- 1996 Charles G. Peters
- 1997 Gordon Manning
- 1998 William F. Buckley Jr.
- 1999 Mary McGrory
- 1999 Thomas Winship
- 2000 Arthur Gelb
- 2001 Clay Felker
- 2002 Eugene C. Patterson
- 2003 Jim Bellows
- 2004 Bill Kovach
- 2005 John Seigenthaler
- 2006 Eugene L. Roberts, Jr.
- 2007 Judy Woodruff
- 2008 Anna Quindlen
- 2009 John S. Carroll
- 2010 Paul E. Steiger
- 2011 Sandra Mims Rowe
- 2012 Stephen B. Shepard
- 2013 Victor Navasky
- 2014 Steven Brill
- 2015 Tom Brokaw
- 2016 Charles R. Eisendrath
- 2017 Gwen Ifill
- 2018 Walt Mossberg
- 2019 Rob Hiaasen
- 2021 Susan Chira
- 2022 Fred Hiatt
- 2023 Ken Auletta — special award[a]
- 2024 Kevin Merida
See also
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Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ Eisendrath, Charles R. (11 June 2014). "New Livingston Awards Winners to the Fast Track". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "All Winners". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ Auletta, Ken (8 April 2012). "Mike Wallace 1918-2012". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
- ^ Lada, Diana. "Mollie Parnis". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Clurman Award". Livingston Awards. Wallace House Center for Journalists. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ "Past Clurman Award Recipients". Livingston Awards. Wallace House Center for Journalists. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
- ^ Eisendrath, Charles. "Honoring Ken Auletta for his enduring commitment to the Livingston Awards and the careers of young journalists". Livingston Awards. Wallace House Center for Journalists.