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Description
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of journalists under the age of 35.
Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national and international reporting. Winners are selected by our panel of judges, who share a long-time commitment to our program and are highly respected for their achievements in journalism.
The Livingston Awards invites print, online, video, audio and data visualization entries.
Winning the award helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences and new career opportunities. The distinguished names of past winners include David Remnick, Christiane Amanpour, Ira Glass, Michelle Norris and Steve Coll.
In addition, the Richard M. Clurman Award honors superb on-the-job mentors who improve journalism by exemplifying excellence in nurturing, critiquing and inspiring young journalists. The Clurman Award is presented alongside the annual Livingston Awards winners.
Awards are traditionally presented at a luncheon event in New York City. Leading media figures and the winners’ families and colleagues attend to honor the winners and acknowledge their role in the future of American journalism. This year’s Livingston Award winners were introduced in a video tribute.
The deadline to enter 2020 work for the 2021 Livingston Awards is February 2, 2021.
Eligibilities
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work is eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media are not eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
Benefits
Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories: local, national and international reporting.
Program Venue
USA
Eligible Regions
USA
Eligible Countries
USA
Application Process
Deadline
- The deadline for entering work published in 2020 is February 1, 2021.
- Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021 and announced later that month. Announcement of winners will take place in June.
Entry Information
You will be asked to enter the media organization and the title of the piece you are entering, the medium in which it appeared and the region of your entry. Select your region according to the city/state of the media organization that published/aired your entry. For example, if you live in California and your entry was published by a media organization based in Washington D.C., your region is Mid-Atlantic. To find your region, click here.
Summary of Entry
You will be asked to summarize the entry piece or series in less than 50 words. The summary will not be part of the judging. Rather this is to provide the program administration and the judges a quick, succinct summary of the entry story.
Entry Uploads and URL Links
You will be asked to upload your entry work.
One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces from either a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same media organization.
Print, Online, and Data Visualization entry uploads
To ensure the judges can read your entry online and a print out of your entry, please follow these requirements.
-
- A PDF of the material is required. Each complete article should be uploaded as one PDF. Your PDF upload can be multiple pages.
- Label each PDF upload with the entrant’s last name and the article’s date of publication. Example for upload label: Smith 9-26-20.pdf.
- Submit a PDF no larger than 8.5” x 11” with 10 point or larger type size. Do not upload PDFs in spread formats.
- The PDF can be a text version of the online story.
- If your PDF file is larger than 2 MB, upload a reduced file size.
- All clips must show the name of the media organization, story headline, byline and date of publication.
- Here is an example of an acceptable PDF.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
- In addition to the required PDF upload, a working URL must be provided.
Video and Audio entry uploads
- Upload a transcript.
- Label the transcript with the last name(s) of the entrant(s).
- The transcript must indicate the total running time and airdate or online date.
-
- If your entry involves the work of others over the age of 34, please include their name(s) and age(s) in the Video and/or Audio Contribution Breakdown field along with a detailed description of the work responsibilities, breakdown and percentage of work each team member contributed to the project. Our objective is to recognize outstanding journalists under the age of 35. To ensure this, the preponderance of the work in the entry submitted should be the efforts of journalists under the age of 35. Team members under the age of 35 should be entered in the entry information fields provided.
- Include a working URL in the field provided.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
Cover letters are not required and are not passed on to the judges.
However there is a field available to upload cover letters for entrants choosing to submit one.
Contact Information
You will be asked to enter the contact information of the entrant, editor (print, online and data visualization entries) or senior producer (video and audio entries), and contest coordinator (if applicable).
If the entry has multiple bylines, all entrants must meet the age criteria.
Proof of Age
You will be asked to confirm that as of December 31, 2020, the entrant(s) is younger than 35 years of age. Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021. At that time, a copy of a current U.S. driver’s license, birth certificate or passport identification page will be required.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
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Opportunity Type
Awards
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Description
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of journalists under the age of 35.
Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national and international reporting. Winners are selected by our panel of judges, who share a long-time commitment to our program and are highly respected for their achievements in journalism.
The Livingston Awards invites print, online, video, audio and data visualization entries.
Winning the award helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences and new career opportunities. The distinguished names of past winners include David Remnick, Christiane Amanpour, Ira Glass, Michelle Norris and Steve Coll.
In addition, the Richard M. Clurman Award honors superb on-the-job mentors who improve journalism by exemplifying excellence in nurturing, critiquing and inspiring young journalists. The Clurman Award is presented alongside the annual Livingston Awards winners.
Awards are traditionally presented at a luncheon event in New York City. Leading media figures and the winners’ families and colleagues attend to honor the winners and acknowledge their role in the future of American journalism. This year’s Livingston Award winners were introduced in a video tribute.
The deadline to enter 2020 work for the 2021 Livingston Awards is February 2, 2021.
Eligibilities
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work is eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media are not eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
Benefits
Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories: local, national and international reporting.
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
Eligible Countries
USA
Application Process
Deadline
- The deadline for entering work published in 2020 is February 1, 2021.
- Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021 and announced later that month. Announcement of winners will take place in June.
Entry Information
You will be asked to enter the media organization and the title of the piece you are entering, the medium in which it appeared and the region of your entry. Select your region according to the city/state of the media organization that published/aired your entry. For example, if you live in California and your entry was published by a media organization based in Washington D.C., your region is Mid-Atlantic. To find your region, click here.
Summary of Entry
You will be asked to summarize the entry piece or series in less than 50 words. The summary will not be part of the judging. Rather this is to provide the program administration and the judges a quick, succinct summary of the entry story.
Entry Uploads and URL Links
You will be asked to upload your entry work.
One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces from either a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same media organization.
Print, Online, and Data Visualization entry uploads
To ensure the judges can read your entry online and a print out of your entry, please follow these requirements.
-
- A PDF of the material is required. Each complete article should be uploaded as one PDF. Your PDF upload can be multiple pages.
- Label each PDF upload with the entrant’s last name and the article’s date of publication. Example for upload label: Smith 9-26-20.pdf.
- Submit a PDF no larger than 8.5” x 11” with 10 point or larger type size. Do not upload PDFs in spread formats.
- The PDF can be a text version of the online story.
- If your PDF file is larger than 2 MB, upload a reduced file size.
- All clips must show the name of the media organization, story headline, byline and date of publication.
- Here is an example of an acceptable PDF.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
- In addition to the required PDF upload, a working URL must be provided.
Video and Audio entry uploads
- Upload a transcript.
- Label the transcript with the last name(s) of the entrant(s).
- The transcript must indicate the total running time and airdate or online date.
-
- If your entry involves the work of others over the age of 34, please include their name(s) and age(s) in the Video and/or Audio Contribution Breakdown field along with a detailed description of the work responsibilities, breakdown and percentage of work each team member contributed to the project. Our objective is to recognize outstanding journalists under the age of 35. To ensure this, the preponderance of the work in the entry submitted should be the efforts of journalists under the age of 35. Team members under the age of 35 should be entered in the entry information fields provided.
- Include a working URL in the field provided.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
Cover letters are not required and are not passed on to the judges.
However there is a field available to upload cover letters for entrants choosing to submit one.
Contact Information
You will be asked to enter the contact information of the entrant, editor (print, online and data visualization entries) or senior producer (video and audio entries), and contest coordinator (if applicable).
If the entry has multiple bylines, all entrants must meet the age criteria.
Proof of Age
You will be asked to confirm that as of December 31, 2020, the entrant(s) is younger than 35 years of age. Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021. At that time, a copy of a current U.S. driver’s license, birth certificate or passport identification page will be required.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
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Opportunity Type
Awards
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Description
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of journalists under the age of 35.
Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national and international reporting. Winners are selected by our panel of judges, who share a long-time commitment to our program and are highly respected for their achievements in journalism.
The Livingston Awards invites print, online, video, audio and data visualization entries.
Winning the award helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences and new career opportunities. The distinguished names of past winners include David Remnick, Christiane Amanpour, Ira Glass, Michelle Norris and Steve Coll.
In addition, the Richard M. Clurman Award honors superb on-the-job mentors who improve journalism by exemplifying excellence in nurturing, critiquing and inspiring young journalists. The Clurman Award is presented alongside the annual Livingston Awards winners.
Awards are traditionally presented at a luncheon event in New York City. Leading media figures and the winners’ families and colleagues attend to honor the winners and acknowledge their role in the future of American journalism. This year’s Livingston Award winners were introduced in a video tribute.
The deadline to enter 2020 work for the 2021 Livingston Awards is February 2, 2021.
Eligibilities
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work is eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media are not eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
Benefits
Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories: local, national and international reporting.
Program Venue
Eligible Regions
Eligible Countries
USA
Application Process
Deadline
- The deadline for entering work published in 2020 is February 1, 2021.
- Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021 and announced later that month. Announcement of winners will take place in June.
Entry Information
You will be asked to enter the media organization and the title of the piece you are entering, the medium in which it appeared and the region of your entry. Select your region according to the city/state of the media organization that published/aired your entry. For example, if you live in California and your entry was published by a media organization based in Washington D.C., your region is Mid-Atlantic. To find your region, click here.
Summary of Entry
You will be asked to summarize the entry piece or series in less than 50 words. The summary will not be part of the judging. Rather this is to provide the program administration and the judges a quick, succinct summary of the entry story.
Entry Uploads and URL Links
You will be asked to upload your entry work.
One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces from either a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same media organization.
Print, Online, and Data Visualization entry uploads
To ensure the judges can read your entry online and a print out of your entry, please follow these requirements.
-
- A PDF of the material is required. Each complete article should be uploaded as one PDF. Your PDF upload can be multiple pages.
- Label each PDF upload with the entrant’s last name and the article’s date of publication. Example for upload label: Smith 9-26-20.pdf.
- Submit a PDF no larger than 8.5” x 11” with 10 point or larger type size. Do not upload PDFs in spread formats.
- The PDF can be a text version of the online story.
- If your PDF file is larger than 2 MB, upload a reduced file size.
- All clips must show the name of the media organization, story headline, byline and date of publication.
- Here is an example of an acceptable PDF.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
- In addition to the required PDF upload, a working URL must be provided.
Video and Audio entry uploads
- Upload a transcript.
- Label the transcript with the last name(s) of the entrant(s).
- The transcript must indicate the total running time and airdate or online date.
-
- If your entry involves the work of others over the age of 34, please include their name(s) and age(s) in the Video and/or Audio Contribution Breakdown field along with a detailed description of the work responsibilities, breakdown and percentage of work each team member contributed to the project. Our objective is to recognize outstanding journalists under the age of 35. To ensure this, the preponderance of the work in the entry submitted should be the efforts of journalists under the age of 35. Team members under the age of 35 should be entered in the entry information fields provided.
- Include a working URL in the field provided.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
Cover letters are not required and are not passed on to the judges.
However there is a field available to upload cover letters for entrants choosing to submit one.
Contact Information
You will be asked to enter the contact information of the entrant, editor (print, online and data visualization entries) or senior producer (video and audio entries), and contest coordinator (if applicable).
If the entry has multiple bylines, all entrants must meet the age criteria.
Proof of Age
You will be asked to confirm that as of December 31, 2020, the entrant(s) is younger than 35 years of age. Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021. At that time, a copy of a current U.S. driver’s license, birth certificate or passport identification page will be required.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists
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Description
The Livingston Awards for Young Journalists were established in 1981 to recognize outstanding reporting and bolster the careers of journalists under the age of 35.
Each year, prizes of $10,000 each are presented in local, national and international reporting. Winners are selected by our panel of judges, who share a long-time commitment to our program and are highly respected for their achievements in journalism.
The Livingston Awards invites print, online, video, audio and data visualization entries.
Winning the award helps talented young reporters develop the confidence and the institutional backing to continue producing ambitious projects. National recognition leads winners to new stories, new audiences and new career opportunities. The distinguished names of past winners include David Remnick, Christiane Amanpour, Ira Glass, Michelle Norris and Steve Coll.
In addition, the Richard M. Clurman Award honors superb on-the-job mentors who improve journalism by exemplifying excellence in nurturing, critiquing and inspiring young journalists. The Clurman Award is presented alongside the annual Livingston Awards winners.
Awards are traditionally presented at a luncheon event in New York City. Leading media figures and the winners’ families and colleagues attend to honor the winners and acknowledge their role in the future of American journalism. This year’s Livingston Award winners were introduced in a video tribute.
The deadline to enter 2020 work for the 2021 Livingston Awards is February 2, 2021.
BENIFITS
Prizes of $10,000 will be presented in three categories: local, national and international reporting.
Eligibilities
- Entrants must be 34 years of age or younger as of December 31, 2020.
- Multiple bylines are eligible, but all must meet the age criteria.
- One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces either from a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same organization.
- There is no limit to the number of entries that a media organization can submit, provided that they enter only one entry per reporter.
- Individuals may apply on their own, or be entered by their organization.
- Print, online, video, audio and data visualization work is eligible. Still photography is not eligible.
- The work must appear in U.S. controlled media. Entrants are not required to be U.S. citizens.
- Entries must be directly related to current events or include new information about old events. Features and commentary are eligible.
- Submissions must consist of materials prepared in the ordinary course of the journalist’s professional production. Materials prepared by journalists specifically for submission to the Livingston Awards do not qualify.
- Student media are not eligible.
- Competition is limited to work published or appearing during the calendar year ending December 31, 2020.
- Winners will participate in an outreach event arranged by the Livingston Awards.
For Further Queries:
email Melissa Riley at livawards@umich.edu
Eligible Regions:
Program Venue:
APPLICATION PROCESS
Deadline
- The deadline for entering work published in 2020 is February 1, 2021.
- Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021 and announced later that month. Announcement of winners will take place in June.
Entry Information
You will be asked to enter the media organization and the title of the piece you are entering, the medium in which it appeared and the region of your entry. Select your region according to the city/state of the media organization that published/aired your entry. For example, if you live in California and your entry was published by a media organization based in Washington D.C., your region is Mid-Atlantic. To find your region, click here.
Summary of Entry
You will be asked to summarize the entry piece or series in less than 50 words. The summary will not be part of the judging. Rather this is to provide the program administration and the judges a quick, succinct summary of the entry story.
Entry Uploads and URL Links
You will be asked to upload your entry work.
One entry per individual is accepted. One entry can be a single piece or a maximum of three pieces from either a published series, an original piece and its follow-up developments or three pieces clearly tied together in a beat. All pieces of the series must be published by the same media organization.
Print, Online, and Data Visualization entry uploads
To ensure the judges can read your entry online and a print out of your entry, please follow these requirements.
-
- A PDF of the material is required. Each complete article should be uploaded as one PDF. Your PDF upload can be multiple pages.
- Label each PDF upload with the entrant’s last name and the article’s date of publication. Example for upload label: Smith 9-26-20.pdf.
- Submit a PDF no larger than 8.5” x 11” with 10 point or larger type size. Do not upload PDFs in spread formats.
- The PDF can be a text version of the online story.
- If your PDF file is larger than 2 MB, upload a reduced file size.
- All clips must show the name of the media organization, story headline, byline and date of publication.
- Here is an example of an acceptable PDF.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
- In addition to the required PDF upload, a working URL must be provided.
Video and Audio entry uploads
- Upload a transcript.
- Label the transcript with the last name(s) of the entrant(s).
- The transcript must indicate the total running time and airdate or online date.
-
- If your entry involves the work of others over the age of 34, please include their name(s) and age(s) in the Video and/or Audio Contribution Breakdown field along with a detailed description of the work responsibilities, breakdown and percentage of work each team member contributed to the project. Our objective is to recognize outstanding journalists under the age of 35. To ensure this, the preponderance of the work in the entry submitted should be the efforts of journalists under the age of 35. Team members under the age of 35 should be entered in the entry information fields provided.
- Include a working URL in the field provided.
- If the entry piece is not in English, include an English translation of the submission.
Cover letters are not required and are not passed on to the judges.
However there is a field available to upload cover letters for entrants choosing to submit one.
Contact Information
You will be asked to enter the contact information of the entrant, editor (print, online and data visualization entries) or senior producer (video and audio entries), and contest coordinator (if applicable).
If the entry has multiple bylines, all entrants must meet the age criteria.
Proof of Age
You will be asked to confirm that as of December 31, 2020, the entrant(s) is younger than 35 years of age. Finalists will be notified by April 1, 2021. At that time, a copy of a current U.S. driver’s license, birth certificate or passport identification page will be required.
