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The Great Lakes Local News Fellowship supports journalists in rebuilding local news in the region

Meet our inaugural fellows, Elizabeth Jensen and Irene Romulo

Supported by Song Foundation and @joycefdn.bsky.social
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🌍 Join Livingston Award winner Nicole Sadek for a conversation on turning a global investigation into human-centered storytelling.

This is a must-attend for anyone seeking to add narrative depth and emotional clarity to large-scale investigations.

#IRE2025
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Former CT Mirror reporter Jessika Harkay wins Livingston Award Harkay, CT Mirror's former education reporter, won for her story about a Hartford public schools graduate who never learned to read or write.

Harkay, CT Mirror’s former education reporter, won for her story about a Hartford public schools graduate who never learned to read or write.

Seattle Times reporter wins prestigious Livingston Award for ‘Lost Patients’ podcast The Livingston Awards honor journalists under 35. Times reporter Sydney Brownstone and former Times reporter Esmy Jimenez won for their podcast "Lost Patients."

The Livingston Awards honor journalists under 35. Times reporter Sydney Brownstone and former Times reporter Esmy Jimenez won for their podcast "Lost Patients."

Congratulations to Nicole Sadek of @icij.org, 2025 Livingston Award winner for International Reporting.

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#LivingstonAwards #internationalreporting

Congratulations to Jessika Harkay‬ of ‪@ctmirror.org‬, 2025 Livingston Award winner for Local Reporting on her three-party story of Hartford Public High School graduate Aleysha Ortiz.

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#LivingstonAwards #internationalreportingf

Congratulations to Esmy Jimenez and Sydney Brownstone of The Seattle Times and KUOW Public Radio, our 2025 Livingston Award winners for National Reporting for the podcast “Lost Patients.”

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#LivingstonAwards #nationalreporting

Truly ecstatic to be named among this group of exceptionally talented journalists

Such an honor each year to guide and encourage a new cohort Knight-Wallace Fellows. Join me in welcoming them!

Meet 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellows They will spend an academic year tackling individual journalism projects and pursuing solutions to help newsrooms respond to today's challenges. Meet the Fellows and read about their journalism projec...

Oh hey bluesky. Are we still doing "personal news"? I am so, so thrilled and honored to be a Knight-Wallace Fellow at the University of Michigan this year. It is a gift to have this kind of time and support to do meaningful work.

@umwallacehouse.bsky.social

wallacehouse.umich.edu/knight-walla...

I'm so excited and honored to be part of this group (!!!!!) and learn in new ways (fun) about our broken housing market (depressing). Send me your best Ann Arbor recs!

Welcome our ✨ 2025-2026 Knight-Wallace Fellows ✨ — 18 journalists from eight countries and across the U.S. are headed to Ann Arbor! 📰

Get to know the newest cohort of the Knight-Wallace family 👉 loom.ly/3I1EsSM

Stand Up for Press Freedom Baktygul Chynybaeva a Knight-Wallace Fellow and former correspondent for Radio Free Europe, writes about the importance of independent media for her home country of Kyrgyzstan and the fight for press ...

"On that mountain, with a crackling radio in my grandfather’s hands, my journey for freedom of speech and my fight for freedom began." Kyrgyz journalist Baktygul Chynybaeva tells her story, which includes a fellowship at the @umwallacehouse.bsky.social. I'm proud to have been a fellow there, too.

Stand Up for Press Freedom Baktygul Chynybaeva a Knight-Wallace Fellow and former correspondent for Radio Free Europe, writes about the importance of independent media for her home country of Kyrgyzstan and the fight for press ...

Read her story loom.ly/O9eVA4o.

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Across the former Soviet countries of Central Asia and Russia, journalists are being jailed simply for reporting the truth.

Former Radio Free Europe correspondent, Baktygul Chynybaeva, shares how she found a refuge and a new mission through the support of Wallace House.

#WorldPressFreedomDay

🚨Happening Tuesday!

Join Knight-Wallace Fellow Laura Santhanam for an engaging panel discussion titled "Disappearing Federal Data: Implications and Preservation Efforts," hosted by the Institute for Social Research.

Tuesday, April 29 at noon

Zoom link: myumi.ch/z9w1V

#knight-wallacefellow

Congratulations @bychipbrownlee.com!

I'm so, so honored to be named a 2025 Livingston Award finalist for “As Corporate Landlords Spread, a Mold Epidemic Takes Root” in @inthesetimes.com.

I spent 6+ months on this investigation, interviewing New Haven tenants who developed respiratory conditions thanks to landlord neglect. Read below!

PERSONAL: Belated post to say I’m delighted to have been named as a Livingston Award finalist for my New Lines Magazine piece on Nato funding for a Georgian government troll division:

newlinesmag.com/reportage/na...

Very honored to be a Livingston finalist with @kelseyturner.bsky.social!

PennLive reporter a finalist for national award based on Dauphin County investigations The Livingston Award has been the preeminent award for young journalists in the U.S. for the past 44 years. Juliette Rihl's work exposed questionable contracts in Dauphin County.

Very excited to announce I’m a 2025 Livingston Awards finalist for my reporting on Dauphin County’s shady dealings.

Grateful to @umwallacehouse.bsky.social for this honor and my colleagues @pennlive.com for their unwavering support! 🙏🏻

www.pennlive.com/news/2025/04...

I'm honored to be named a a Livingston finalist with @hannahbeckler.bsky.social for our series exposing how the Eighth Amendment has been gutted for this nation's prisoners. These were tough stories to report, and I'm grateful to be recognized alongside such a stellar group of journalists.

HONORED to receive this recognition with the fabulous @esmyjimenez.bsky.social!!!

We think @julietterihl.bsky.social is amazing and are thrilled that her work is being recognized by @umwallacehouse.bsky.social. Congratulations, Juliette!

It’s a huge honor to be named a Livingston award finalist for my series on executions in Alabama. Grateful to everyone — especially Keith Gavin and Alan Miller — who trusted me with their stories.

@maricohen.bsky.social, @willneal.bsky.social

📣 Announcing the 2025 Livingston Awards Finalists in International Reporting!

The Livingston Awards honor the best in journalism by professionals under 35. Championing ambitious, impactful journalism for over four decades.

Explore their work: loom.ly/LAVASEQ

#YoungJournalists

@dmoritzrabson.bsky.social, @sydbrownstone.bsky.social,

@hannahbeckler.bsky.social, @nickbowlin.bsky.social, @bychipbrownlee.com, @chabeli.bsky.social, @wcraft.bsky.social, @nicoleeinbinder.bsky.social, @levfacher.bsky.social, @laurengill.bsky.social, @georgejoseph94.bsky.social, @josh-kaplan.bsky.social, @josephvlee.bsky.social