2009 LIVINGSTON AWARDS PROGRAM ANNOUNCES FINALISTS

New York, May 1, 2010 — Finalists for the 2009 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists have been announced. The Livingstons, the nation’s largest all-media, general reporting prizes, award three $10,000 prizes for Local, National, and International Reporting to journalists under the age of 35. The winners will be announced on June 2, 2010.

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

  • Shashank Bengali, McClatchy Newspapers
  • Kelly Bennett and Will Carless, Voice of San Diego.org
  • Abbie Boudreau, CNN
  • Mark Boxley, The Daily Times
  • Kristiania Clark, American Radio Works
  • Elizabeth Dwoskin, Village Voice
  • Steve Eder and George Chen, Reuters
  • Adam Ellick, The New York Times
  • Jaclyn Galluci, Long Island Press
  • Dan Gearino, The Columbus Dispatch
  • Caitlin Gibson, The Washington Post
  • Michael Grabell, ProPublica
  • Mark Greenblatt, KHOU-TV
  • Nathanial Gronewold, Greenwire/E&E Publishing
  • Gary Harki, The Charleston Gazette
  • Shane Harris, National Journal
  • Tim Higgins,Detroit Free Press
  • Shirin Jaafari, Global Post
  • Chana Joffe-Walt, NPR
  • Nadia Kounang, CNN
  • Christopher Leonard, Associated Press
  • Arielle Levin Becker, Hartford Courant
  • Jori Lewis, PRI's The World
  • Konrad Marshall, The Indianapolis Star
  • Lygia Navarro, The Virginia Quarterly Review
  • Sara Neufeld, The Baltimore Sun
  • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, PBS/Frontline/World
  • Zach Patberg, Asbury Park Press
  • Dave Philipps, Colorado Springs Gazette
  • Ben Poston, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Keli Rabon, WREG-TV
  • Evan Ratliff, Wired Magazine
  • Erin Richards, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • Jaimee Rose, The Arizona Republic
  • Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica
  • Blake Sifton, Shira Bick, Ian Bickis, Krysia Collyer, Allison Cross, Heba Elasaad, Dan Haves, Dörthe Keilholz, Jodie Martinson and Leslie Young, PBS/Frontline/World
  • Jason Song, Los Angeles Times
  • Gabriel Spitzer, Chicago Public Radio, WBEZ-FM
  • Lauren Spuhler, Knoxville News Sentinel
  • Francis Storrs, Boston Magazine
  • Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
  • Mariana van Zeller and Cerissa Tanner, Vanguard/Current TV
  • Chris Vogel, Houston Press
  • Mary Wiltenburg, Christian Science Monitor
  • Isaac Wolf, Scripps Howard News Service
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