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Livingston Awards Program Announces Finalists: 2007

New York, May 1, 2008 — Finalists for the 2007 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 4, 2008.

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

• Ryan Blitstein, San Jose Mercury News
• Christopher Booker, Chicago Tribune
• Jerry Brewer, The Seattle Times
• Michael Brick, The New York Times
• Scott Carney, Wired
• Damien Cave, The New York Times
• Alfred de Montesquiou, The Associated Press
• Gadi Dechter, Baltimore Sun
• John Dickerson, Phoenix New Times
• Rachel Dissell, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH)
• Wayne Drehs, ESPN.com
• Megan Feldman, Dallas Observer
• Reid Forgrave, The Des Moines Register
• Sydney Freedberg, Jr., National Journal
• Vanessa Gezari, St. Petersburg Times
• Mark Greenblatt, KHOU-TV (Houston, TX)
• David Greene, NPR
• Erika Hayasaki, Los Angeles Times
• Claudia Hickey, WGBA-TV (Green Bay/Appleton, WI)
• Jesse Hyde, Dallas Observer
• Dave Jamieson, Washington City Paper
• Peter Jamison, Valley News (White River Junction, VT)
• Craig Kapitan, The Bryan-College Station Eagle
• Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker
• Gina Kim, The Sacramento Bee
• Christina Larson, The Washington Monthly
• Ed Lavandera, CNN
• Jori Lewis, “The World,” PRI
• Jason Margolis, “The World,” PRI
• Konrad Marshall, The Florida Times-Union
• Colleen Mastony, Chicago Tribune
• Mark Mazzetti, The New York Times
• Paul Meyer, The Dallas Morning News
• Brody Mullins, The Wall Street Journal
• Jarrett Murphy, City Limits
• Brad Parks, The Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ)
• Ariana Pekary, “The Bob Edwards Show,” XM Radio
• Monica Polanco, The Hartford Courant
• Satcha Pretto, Univision Network
• Christof Putzel, Current TV
• Guy Raz, NPR
• Jessica Reaves, Chicago Tribune
• Jennifer Smith Richards, The Columbus Dispatch
• Lisa Rosetta, The Salt Lake Tribune
• Eli Saslow, The Washington Post
• Benjamin Shors, The Spokesman-Review
• Megan Stack, Los Angeles Times
• Laura Sullivan, NPR
• Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
• Jocelyn Wiener, The Sacramento Bee
• Nicholas Zamiska, The Wall Street Journal

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