Mollie Parnis Livingston, one of America's first fashion designers known by name, established the Livingston Awards in 1981 to honor her son, Robert, who published the journalism review More.[4]
Since 1996, the Livingston Awards ceremony has also included the presentation of the Richard M. Clurman Award, which recognizes exceptional mentors in journalism who excel in nurturing, critiquing, and inspiring young journalists. The award is named in honor of Richard M. Clurman, a former editor at Time and the architect of the Livingston Awards.[5]
^Since Auletta was instrumental in the creation of the Clurman Award itself, he was instead given a "special tribute" rather than an actual Clurman Award.[7]