Allison Levitsky

For my January 2020 cover story in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, "Brain Power."

Shared with the staff of the Silicon Valley Business Journal for our project, "Small Business, Big Mission: The Silicon Valley Story."

Shared with the staff of the Silicon Valley Business Journal for "Small Business, Big Mission: The Silicon Valley Story."

Judge comments: "Incredible project that captures the struggles and successes of businesses during the pandemic. Strong storytelling and critical community reporting."

For my January 2020 cover story in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, "Brain Power."

Judge comments: "This lede took me right inside the classroom and quickly helped me to become interested in where this story was going. What a topic, and what an initiative! I'm sure there was plenty of dry news coverage on this topic, but by 'introducing' readers to the faces of this neuro-diverse initiatives, the reporter really helped draw me in and make me want to learn more about these programs… Show more

For my January 2020 cover story in the Silicon Valley Business Journal, "Brain Power."

Judge comments: "This lede took me right inside the classroom and quickly helped me to become interested in where this story was going. What a topic, and what an initiative! I'm sure there was plenty of dry news coverage on this topic, but by 'introducing' readers to the faces of this neuro-diverse initiatives, the reporter really helped draw me in and make me want to learn more about these programs and the people involved. The subjects in these stories represent people that don't usually show up in the news, and I appreciated getting to know them and the ways in which they're helping to shape the future. I think this article not only gave both a broad view and an inside look into this program, but it also provided other communities and employers with a toolkit to replicate the endeavor." Show less

For my January 2019 story in the Palo Alto Daily Post, "Midpen open space district to spend $50 million on new offices."

For my June 2019 story in the Palo Alto Daily Post, "Local twins are doing their own version of the Letterman show from their garage."

For my Silicon Valley Business Journal cover story on Google CEO Sundar Pichai, "What a Leadership Change Spells for Alphabet," published in December 2019.

For my August 2018 story in the Palo Alto Daily Post, "School district fails to keep settlement out of the public eye," about the Palo Alto Unified School District's attempt to keep a family who sued the district from disclosing a $150,000 legal payout to the press.

For Emily Mibach's and my coverage in the Palo Alto Daily Post of retired Redwood City police Officer James McGee's 17-hour domestic violence standoff with police in August 2018.

For my February 2018 story in the Palo Alto Daily Post, "Gentle, artistic man died violently," about the life and death of Jose Jairo Ospina Jaramillo, a deaf, mute homeless man who was beaten to death in Mountain View in November 2017.

For my June 2018 story in the Palo Alto Daily Post about the sale of the President Hotel Apartments, "City met privately with hotel buyers before sale, tenants face eviction."

For my 2018 coverage of the $65 million sale of the President Hotel Apartments, a controversial deal that resulted in the eviction of dozens of tenants so that out-of-state developers could turn the historic building back into a hotel.

For my 2018 coverage in the Palo Alto Daily Post (with Dave Price) of Palo Alto resident Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault accusation against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Established in 2009, the $2,000 Cawcroft Fellowship recognizes a promising young journalist who serves as a reporter on the staff of the Chautauquan Daily, the newspaper of the Chautauqua Institution in western New York.