Mossberg receives Clurman Award

Walt Mossberg

The Livingston Awards honored Walt Mossberg with the 2018 Richard M. Clurman Award for his commitment to fostering the careers of numerous technology reporters.

Mossberg is the creator of the Personal Technology column in The Wall Street Journal and co-founder of AllThingsD, Recode and the Code Conference

At the Livingston Awards luncheon, Livingston judge Kara Swisher presented the $5,000 award to Mossberg.

In a video tribute, several technology reporters spoke about Mossberg’s influence on their careers.

The Clurman Award honors superb on-the-job mentors who improve journalism by exemplifying excellence in nurturing, critiquing and inspiring young journalists.

Named after the chief of correspondents of the Time-Life Service and architect of the Livingston Awards, the Clurman Award is presented at the Livingston Awards luncheon in June.

Past recipients include Tom Brokaw, Judy Woodruff and Paul Steiger.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.