NOTUS Senior Editor Dave Levinthal has won a 2026 Folio Award in the category of government accountability reporting for his series of revelatory articles about President Donald Trump’s rush to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
Levinthal combined shoe-leather reporting with government records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act to tell narrative tales about how government officials withheld information about the “Gulf of America” renaming process from the public and press, grappled with a public relations crisis, managed administration infighting and rushed to pressure federal agencies and private companies alike to adopt the name change.
The Fair Media Council, which sponsors the Folio Awards, presented Levinthal with his award Thursday at a ceremony in New York.