Contact: Candice Liepa, 734-998-7575

Livingston Awards finalists, who include print, broadcast and online journalists are:

• Esmeralda Bermudez, The Oregonian
• Amy Biegelsen, Style Weekly
• Michael Blanding, Boston Magazine
• Jill Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor
• Kathleen Carroll, The Record (Bergen County, N.J.)
• Kelley L. Carter, Detroit Free Press
• Allison Brophy Champion, Culpeper Star Exponent (Culpeper, VA)
• Christopher Collins, The Merced Sun-Star
• Pamela Colloff, Texas Monthly
• Sharon Coolidge, The Cincinnati Enquirer
• Oscar Jose Corral, The Miami Herald
• Amanda Crawford, The Arizona Republic
• Benning DeLaMater, The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA)
• Jeff Eisenberg, The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, CA)
• Andrea Elliott, The New York Times
• Gady Epstein and Stephanie Desmon, The Baltimore Sun
• Will Evans, Salon.com
• Sarah Fenske, Phoenix New Times
• Carlos Frias, The Palm Beach Post
• McKenzie Funk, Mother Jones
• Vanessa Gezari, St. Petersburg Times
• Gregory Gilderman, Philadelphia Magazine
• Michael Grabell, The Dallas Morning News
• Eliza Griswold, Harper's Magazine
• Jason Grotto, The Miami Herald
• K. Oanh Ha, San Jose Mercury News
• James Hagengruber, The Spokesman-Review
• Jesse Hamilton, The Hartford Courant
• Eric Hand, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Shane Harris, National Journal
• Chris Hawley, The Arizona Republic
• Brian Hendrickson, Vancouver Columbian
• Claire Hoffman, West Magazine (Los Angeles Times)
• Ian James, The Associated Press
• April Jimenez, Long Island Press
• Sam Kennedy, The Morning Call
• Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Matthew LaPlante, The Salt Lake Tribune
• Jared Jacang Maher, Westword
• Abraham McLaughlin, The Christian Science Monitor
• Paul Meyer and Stella Chavez, The Dallas Morning News
• David Morton, The New Republic
• Brian Newsome, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Yoshiaki Nohara, The Daily Herald (Everett, WA)
• Evan Osnos, Chicago Tribune
• Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times
• Nathaniel Popper, Forward
• Matthew Power, Harper's Magazine
• Charles Michael Ray, South Dakota Public Broadcasting
• Guy Raz, National Public Radio
• Bill Reiter, Kansas City Star
• Brian Rokus, CNN
• Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe
• Mara Shalhoup, Creative Loafing
• Jeff Sharlet, Harper's Magazine
• Kara Spak and Tara Malone, Paddock Publications/Daily Herald
• Todd Spivak, Houston Press
• Laura Sullivan, National Public Radio
• Jim Tankersley and Joshua Boak, The Blade (Toledo, OH)
• Kevin Whitelaw, US News and World Report
• Emily Witt, Miami New Times

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