Livingston Award

Overview

Unlike other prizes in journalism (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.

History

Mollie 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.

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

Main article: List of Livingston Award winners

Richard M. Clurman Award

Since 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.

Richard M. Clurman Award recipients

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• 1996 Charles G. Peters
• 1997 Gordon Manning
• 1998 William F. Buckley Jr.
• 1999:
  • Mary McGrory
  • 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
• 2024 Kevin Merida
• 2025 Norman Pearlstine{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/jill-krementz-photo-journal-the-2025-livingston-awards/|title=Jill Krementz Photo Journal: The 2025 Livingston Awards |date= June 12, 2025|work=New York Social Diary|first=Jill|last=Krementz}}

Notes

References

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7. Eisendrath, Charles. "2023 Special Tribute: Honoring Ken Auletta for his enduring commitment to the Livingston Awards and the careers of young journalists". Wallace House Center for Journalists.