He has twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award for journalists under 35.

The Livingston Awards are American journalism awards issued to media professionals under the age of 35 for local, national, and international reporting.

Largely as a result, the Livingston Awards are assumed to be among the most competitive and prestigious reporting prizes in American journalism.

Lipton was also a finalist for the Livingston Award for young journalists.

In 2009, he was named winner of the $10,000 Livingston Award for Young Journalists.

Three young reporters got the Livingston Award in New York yesterday.

At the age of 28, he won the 2003 Livingston Award for national reporting.

In May 2008, one of her investigative reports was among the finalists for the Livingston Awards for journalists under 35.

In 1990, he received the Livingston Award for national coverage.

Philipps also won the 2009 Livingston Award for his reporting on violence in infantry troops returning from Iraq.