The Will Lewis Forgiveness Tour

Will Lewis
Lewis, who entered the company by calling for transparency, must now do what so many other media leaders have done in the past—pat his newsroom on the collective head while doing the ugly business of making the numbers work behind the scenes. Photo: Carlotta Cardana/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
June 12, 2024

On Tuesday, about 150 journalists gathered at The Yale Club in Midtown Manhattan for the annual Livingston Awards, one of those very earnest midweek fork-clinking ceremonies where journalists honor other journalists and, in this case, furnish winners with a $10,000 check from the University of Michigan’s Wallace House. Remnick and Amanpour each collected the award decades ago; more recent winners include Ronan Farrow and Emily Steel. Each year, a veteran of the trade is also honored for his mentorship. This year, that honor went to former L.A. Times editor Kevin Merida.