The National Magazine Awards honor print and digital

publications that consistently demonstrate superior execution

of editorial objectives, innovative techniques, noteworthy

enterprise and imaginative design. Originally limited to print

magazines, the awards now recognize magazine-quality

journalism published in any medium. Founded in 1966, the awards

are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors

in association with the Columbia University Graduate School

of Journalism and are administered by ASME. Awards are

presented in 23 categories. The winner in each category

receives an “Ellie,” modeled on the symbol of the awards,

Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant Walking.”

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Named for the former Newsweek editor and

Columbia dean, the scholarship is awarded to students who

intend to pursue careers in magazine journalism.

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ELLIE AWARDS

REPORTING

1843 Rosie Blau, Editor“‘If I Speak Out, They Will Torture My Family’: Voices ofUyghurs in Exile,” by John Phipps

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in ChiefTwo articles by Barton Gellman: “The Election That Could Break America” and “How Trump Could Attempt a Coup”

THE INTERCEPTBetsy Reed, Editor in Chief“The CIA’s Afghan Death Squads,” by Andrew Quilty

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINEJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief“The Children in the Shadows,” by Samantha M. Shapiro

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, EditorThree articles by Peter Hessler: “Life on Lockdown,” “How China Controlled the Virus” and “The Sealed City”

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“The Plague Year,” by Lawrence Wright

SLATEJared Hohlt, Editor in Chief“The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd,” by Aymann Ismail

DIGITAL STORYTELLING

THE BELIEVER Joshua Wolf Shenk, Editor in Chief“The Vine and the Fish,” by Leise Hook

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICSusan Goldberg, Editor in Chief“Your Climate, Changed”

OUTSIDE Christopher Keyes, Editor in Chief“This Is Every Cyclist Who Was Killed by a Driver in 2020”

PROPUBLICA AND HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISERStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief, ProPublicaMarsha McFadden, Managing Editor, News, Honolulu Star-Advertiser“Hawaii’s Beaches Are Disappearing,” by Ash Ngu, ProPublica, and Sophie Cocke, Honolulu Star-Advertiser

TEXAS MONTHLYDan Goodgame, Editor in Chief“All 144 Willie Nelson Albums, Ranked,” by David Courtney, Michael Hall, Rich Kienzle, Max Marshall, Joe Nick Patoski, John Spong and Christian Wallace

PERSONAL SERVICE

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEKJoel Weber, Editor“Working From Home: The Ultimate Guide to Staying Productive—and Sane,” by the staff of Bloomberg Businessweek with Arianne Cohen

MARIE CLAIRESally Holmes, Editor in Chief“Invasion of Privacy: Marie Claire’s Guide to Protecting Yourself Online,” edited by Megan DiTrolio

THE MARSHALL PROJECT Susan Chira, Editor in Chief“COVID-19: A Survival Guide for Incarcerated People,” by Lawrence Bartley, Brie Williams, M.D., M.S., and Leah Rorvig, M.D., M.S., and “Coronavirus Transforming Jails Across the Country,” by Cary Aspinwall, Keri Blakinger, Abbie Vansickle and Christie Thompson

PARENTS Julia Edelstein, Editor in Chief“Kindness in 2020,” by Meredith Bryan, Megan-Braden Perry, Juno Demelo, Alice Oglethorpe, Ingela Ratledge Amundson and Carla Bruce-Eddings

SELF Carolyn Kylstra, Editor in Chief“Black Mental Health,” by Zahra Barnes, Candace Bond-Theriault, Patia Braithwaite, Rozalynn S. Frazier, C.P.T., and Tonya Russell

DESIGN

BON APPÉTITAdam Rapoport, Editor in ChiefMichele Outland, Creative Director

FAST COMPANYStephanie Mehta, Editor in Chief

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Susan Goldberg, Editor in ChiefMarianne Seregi, Design Director

NEW YORKDavid Haskell, Editor in ChiefThomas Alberty, Design Director

WIRED Nicholas Thompson, Editor in ChiefMaili Holiman, Creative DirectorAnna Alexander, Director of Photography

GENERAL EXCELLENCENews, Sports and Entertainment

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief

THE MARSHALL PROJECTSusan Chira, Editor in Chief

NEW YORKDavid Haskell, Editor in Chief

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINEJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor

PUBLIC INTEREST

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in ChiefThree articles by Ed Yong: “How the Pandemic Will End,” “Long-Haulers Are Redefining COVID-19” and “Anatomy of an American Failure”

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS WITH THE PULITZER CENTER ANDFUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISMBrian Calvert, Editor in Chief, High Country News“Land-Grab Universities,” by Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, Editor“Punishment by Pandemic,” by Rachel Aviv

PROPUBLICAStephen Engelberg, Editor in ChiefTwo articles by Lizzie Presser: “The Black American AmputationEpidemic” and “Tethered to the Machine”

REVEAL FROM THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGMatt Thompson, Editor in Chief“The Disappeared,” by Aura Bogado, and “U.S. Detained MigrantChildren for Far Longer Than Previously Known,” co-published withLos Angeles Times, by Aura Bogado and Melissa Lewis

PODCASTING

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in ChiefThree episodes of “Floodlines,” hosted by Vann R. Newkirk II: “Part 1: Antediluvian,” “Part 3: Through the Looking Glass” and “Part VIII: The Wake”

C13ORIGINALS Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer, Cadence13; Creator and Executive Producer, C13OriginalsThree episodes of “Gangster Capitalism: The NRA,” hosted by Andrew Jenks: “The Big Game,” “A Hostile Takeover” and “Down to the Studs”

THE INTERCEPT, INVISIBLE INSTITUTE AND TOPIC STUDIOSBetsy Reed, Editor in Chief, The InterceptThree episodes of “Somebody,” hosted by Shapearl Wells: “Who Shot Courtney Copeland?,” “The Nurse” and “The Police”

REVEAL FROM THE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTINGMatt Thompson, Editor in ChiefThree episodes of: “American Rehab,” hosted by Al Letson: “A Desperate Call,” “A Venomous Snake” and “Shadow Workforce”

UNBOTHERED BY REFINERY29Simone Oliver, Global Editor in ChiefThree episodes of “Go Off, Sis,” hosted by Danielle Cadet, Stephanie Long, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Chelsea Sanders: “Ally Is Spelled L.O.U.D.,” “Keep That Same Energy” and “Black Women Are Essential”

COLUMNS AND COMMENTARY

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in ChiefThree columns by Anne Applebaum: “This Is How Reaganism and Thatcherism End,” “Venezuela Is the Eerie Endgame of Modern Politics” and “The Coronavirus Called America’s Bluff"

THE ECONOMISTZanny Minton Beddoes, Editor in ChiefThree columns from “Obituary” by Ann Wroe: “The Man Who Knew:Li Wenliang Died on February 7th,” “Diva Dissenter: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Died on September 18th” and “The Watchful Scribbler: John le Carré Died on December 12th”

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, EditorThree columns by Jelani Cobb: “The Death of George Floyd, in Context,” “How Freedom Came” and “Violent Winds”

THE PARIS REVIEWEmily Nemens, EditorThree columns from “Detroit Archives” by Aisha Sabatini Sloan: “Ladies of the Good Dead,” “On Immolation” and “On Doulas”

TEXAS HIGHWAYSEmily Roberts Stone, Editor in ChiefThree articles from “Open Road”: “In the Valley of Mirrors,” by Antonio Ruiz-Camacho, “A Place Before Words,” by ire’nelara silva, and “The Desert Reclaims Everything,” by Roberto José Andrade Franco

SOCIAL MEDIA

GOLF DIGESTMax Adler, Editorial Director@golfdigest on Instagram and Twitter

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICSusan Goldberg, Editor in Chief“Everest: Journey to the Roof of the World”@ngm on Facebook@natgeo on Instagram and Twitter

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, Editor“April 15, 2020”@newyorkermag on Instagram@newyorker on Twitter

PROPUBLICAStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief“Grace: A Failure in Michigan’s Juvenile Justice System”@propublica on Instagram and Twitter@jodiscohen on Twitter

SELFCarolyn Kylstra, Editor in Chief“Self-Care”SELF on Snapchat@selfmagazine on Instagram and TikTok

GENERAL EXCELLENCELiterature, Science and Politics

APERTUREMichael Famighetti, Editor

THE BELIEVERJoshua Wolf Shenk, Editor in Chief

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWGideon Lichfield, Editor in Chief

STRANGER’S GUIDEKira Brunner Don, Editor in Chief

VIRGINIA QUARTERLY REVIEWPaul Reyes, Editor

SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE

BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEKJoel Weber, Editor“The Lost Year”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Susan Goldberg, Editor in Chief“Earth Day 50th Anniversary”

PUBLIC BOOKS AND NYU CITIES COLLABORATIVECaitlin Zaloom and Nicholas Dames, Co-Editors in Chief, Public Books“Preexisting Conditions: What 2020 Reveals About Our Urban Future”

TEXAS MONTHLYDan Goodgame, Editor in Chief“Willie”

VANITY FAIR Radhika Jones, Editor in Chief“The Great Fire: A Special Issue,” guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates

LEISURE INTERESTS

BON APPÉTITAdam Rapoport, Editor in Chief“The Basically Guide to Better Baking”

NEW YORK David Haskell, Editor in ChiefThree articles from “Biography of a Building” by Matthew Sedacca: “Graham Court: The Gilded Age Rental,” “One Fifth: The DowntownCo-op of All Downtown Co-ops” and “Villa Charlotte Brontë: A Cliffside Co-op in the Bronx”

PARENTSJulia Edelstein, Editor in Chief“Read Together, Be Together,” by Catherine Hong, Molly Ness, Ph.D.,and Virginia Sole Smith

POLYGONChristopher Plante, Editor in Chief“Animal Crossing: New Horizons Guides,” by Julia Lee, Russ Frushtick, Patricia Hernandez, Nicole Carpenter, Cass Marshall, Dave Tachand Michael McWhertor

TEXAS MONTHLYDan Goodgame, Editor in Chief“The Year of the Taco,” by José R. Ralat

ESSAYS AND CRITICISM

THE ATLANTIC Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief“The Collaborators,” by Anne Applebaum

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief“The Kitchen Is Closed,” by Gabrielle Hamilton

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“The Trayvon Generation,” by Elizabeth Alexander

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“Homecoming,” by Hilton Als

VANITY FAIRRadhika Jones, Editor in Chief“Witness and Respair,” by Jesmyn Ward

COMMUNITY JOURNALISM

5280Geoff Van Dyke, Editorial DirectorDaniel Brogan, Chief Executive Officer and Editor in Chief“The Block,” by Robert Sanchez

THE MARSHALL PROJECT AND SLATE Susan Chira, Editor in Chief, The Marshall Project“What Do We Really Know About the Politics of People Behind Bars?,”by Nicole Lewis, Aviva Shen and Anna Flagg, “Millennials, Meth andMass Incarceration,” by Aviva Shen and Katie Park, and “What 2,392 Incarcerated People Think About #DefundThePolice,” by Nicole Lewis,Anna Flagg and Aviva Shen

MOTHER JONESClara Jeffery, Editor in Chief“Whose Streets?,” by Samantha Michaels, “How Black OaklandersFinally Expelled the School Police,” by Edwin Rios, and “Carroll FifeIs in the House. Now She Wants to Burn It Down,” by Jamilah King

PROPUBLICA AND ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWSStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief, ProPublicaDavid Hulen, Editor, Anchorage Daily News“Unheard,” by Adriana Gallardo, Nadia Sussman and Agnes Chang, ProPublica, and Kyle Hopkins and Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

THE TRACE WITH CODE SWITCH FROM NPR James Burnett, Editorial Director, The Trace“In a Year of Racial and Political Turmoil, This Black Gun Group Is Booming,” by Lakeidra Chavis and Agya K. Aning, and “Black and Up in Arms,” hosted by Gene Demby and Shereen Marisol Meraji with Lakeidra Chavis and Alain Stephens

Sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors, the ASME NEXT Awards were established in 2016 to support the development of print

and digital media by recognizing young journalists of extraordinary promise. The ASME NEXT Awards 2021 recipients are:

Maxine BuilderDeputy Editor, The Strategist, New York

Nominated by Alexis Swerdloff,Editor, The Strategist, New York

Mamadi DoumbouyaPhotographer, The New York Times Magazine

Nominated by Jake Silverstein,Editor in Chief, The New York Times Magazine

Andrea González-RamírezSenior Writer, GEN

Nominated by Brendan Vaughan,Editor in Chief, GEN

Morgan JerkinsSenior Editor, ZORA

Nominated by Vanessa De Luca,Editor in Chief, ZORA

Robinson MeyerStaff Writer, The Atlantic

Nominated by Jeffrey Goldberg,Editor in Chief, The Atlantic

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY

THE CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MAGAZINEDouglas McGray, Editor in Chief“Our Border,” photographs by Carolyn Drake and Andres Gonzales

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINEJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief“America at Hunger’s Edge,” photographs by Brenda Ann Kenneally

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, Editor“A City Nurse,” photographs by Karen Cunningham

THE NEW YORKERDavid Remnick, Editor“Whose Streets,” photographs by Isaac Scott

TIMEEdward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and Chief Executive Officer“Faces of Protest,” photographs by Adam Ferguson

FEATURE DESIGN

THE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief“Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming”

BON APPÉTITAdam Rapoport, Editor in Chief“Taco Nation”

HERE Ally Betker, Creative Director, Content“Natural Wonder”

SMITHSONIANMaria Keehan, Creative Director“The Charlatan Will See You Now”

VANITY FAIRRadhika Jones, Editor in Chief“Let the Great World Spin”

WINNER

HARPER’S MAGAZINEChristopher Beha, Editor

“The Whale Mother,” by Susan Choi, “Terrace Story,” by Hilary Leichter,and “New Poets,” by Michael Deagler

F INAL I S T S

AMERICAN SHORT FICTIONRebecca Markovits and Adeena Reitberger, Co-Editors

“The Electric Slide,” by Ted Thompson, “The Last Days of Rodney,” by Tracey Rose Peyton,and “Spare the Rod,” by Rickey Fayne

CONJUNCTIONSBradford Morrow, Editor

“Yonder Shines the Big Red Moon Over the Devil’s Lost Playground,” by Brandon Hobson,“The Owl Count,” by Elizabeth Hand, and “The Moon Fairy,” by Sofia Samatar

OXFORD AMERICANEliza Borné, Editor

“Cane Creek,” by Ben Fountain, “A Search,” by Jayne Anne Phillips,and “Bitch Baby,” by Halle Hill

THE PARIS REVIEWEmily Nemens, Editor

“Let’s Play Dead,” by Senaa Ahmad, “Good Boy,” by Eloghosa Osundeand “Violets,” by Bud Smith

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS • JUNE 10, 2021

VIDEO

FOOD & WINEHunter Lewis, Editor in ChiefThree episodes of “Tasting Home” with Kwame Onwuachi: “Travels With Papa,” directed by Jen Lomeli, “Following the Thread,” directed by Zoë Engongoro, and “In Her Footsteps,” directed by Zoë Engongoro and Jen Lomeli

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“Quiet No More,” directed by Eléonore Hamelin

POP-UP MAGAZINEDouglas McGray, Editor in Chief“Mama's Babies,” directed by Adrian L. Burrell

T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINEHanya Yanagihara, Editor in Chief“Long Island's Enduring Black Beachfront Community,” directed by Joshua Kissi

TIME AND THE MARSHALL PROJECTEdward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and Chief Executive Officer, TIME“Anatomy of Hate,” directed by Emily Kassie

GENERAL EXCELLENCESpecial Interest

AUDUBONJennifer Bogo, Editor in Chief

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEWAdi Ignatius, Editor in Chief

KAZOOErin Bried, Editor in Chief

SCIENTIFIC AMERICANCurtis Brainard, Acting Editor in Chief, for JuneLaura Helmuth, Editor in Chief, for July and October

TEXAS MONTHLYDan Goodgame, Editor in Chief

ASME AWARD FOR COVERAGEOF RACE IN AMERICATHE AMERICAN SCHOLARRobert Wilson, Editor“The Patriot Slave,” by Farah Peterson

ESPN.COMAlison Overholt, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytelling and JournalismThree articles by Howard Bryant: “Why It Matters That Roger Goodell Didn’t Say Colin Kaepernick’s Name,” “The Exile of Oakland A’s Bruce Maxwell and the Birth of MLB's Black Player Movement” and “The Realityof Black Pain Is Breaking American Sports’ Status Quo”

PROPUBLICAStephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief"How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men,”by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin, and “Black Men Have the Shortest Lifespans of Any Americans. This Theory Helps Explain Why,”produced by Nadia Sussman and Joe Singer

TIMEEdward Felsenthal, Editor in Chief and CEO“Is This a Model for Reparations in the U.S.?,” by Victor Luckerson

VANITY FAIRRadhika Jones, Editor in Chief“The Great Fire: A Special Issue,” guest edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates

PHOTOGRAPHYTHE ATLANTICJeffrey Goldberg, Editor in ChiefPeter Mendelsund, Creative Director

GQ Will Welch, Editor in Chief

NEW YORKDavid Haskell, Editor in ChiefJody Quon, Photography Director

STRANGER’S GUIDE Kira Brunner Don, Editor in Chief

WSJ. MAGAZINEKristina O’Neill, Editor in ChiefMagnus Berger, Creative DirectorJennifer Pastore, Executive Photo Director

GENERAL EXCELLENCEService and Lifestyle

EPICURIOUSDawn Davis, Editor in Chief

SELF Carolyn Kylstra, Editor in Chief

T: THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE Hanya Yanagihara, Editor in Chief

VOGUE Anna Wintour, Global Editorial Director, Vogue, and Chief Content Officer, Condé Nast

WSJ. MAGAZINE Kristina O’Neill, Editor in Chief

PROFILE WRITING

ESPN.COM Alison Overholt, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytellingand Journalism“The Remarkable Life (and Near Death) of Boxer Christy Martin,”by Allison Glock

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief“It’s a Weird, Weird, Weird, Weird World,” by Sam Anderson

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“Skin in the Game,” by Emily Nussbaum

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“Survival Story,” by Jennifer Gonnerman

PHILADELPHIAKate Dailey, Editor“Remnants on a South Philly Stoop,” by Jason Sheehan

FEATURE WRITING

THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR Robert Wilson, Editor“Slow Blues” by Tamara Dean

THE CALIFORNIA SUNDAY MAGAZINEDouglas McGray, Editor in Chief“What Happened in Room 10?,” by Katie Engelhart

ESPN.COMAlison Overholt, Senior Vice President, Multiplatform Storytellingand Journalism“Michael Jordan: A History of Flight,” by Wright Thompson

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINEJake Silverstein, Editor in Chief“The Accusation,” by Sarah Viren

THE NEW YORKER David Remnick, Editor“Thirty-Six Thousand Feet Under the Sea,” by Ben Taub

RUNNER’S WORLDBill Strickland, Enthusiast Group Editorial Director“Twelve Minutes and a Life,” by Mitchell S. Jackson

TEXAS MONTHLYDan Goodgame, Editor in Chief“The Aftermath” by Robert Draper

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2021 PRESENTATIONDesign by John DeFrancesco“Elephant” photographed by Bobby Doherty“ASME Typewriter” directed by Fred Woodward; videography by Gordon von SteinerProduced by the Overland Entertainment Company

ASME BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Jonathan Dorn Vice President and General Manager, Outside | President

Janice Min Contributing Editor, TIME | Vice President

Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones | Treasurer

Joe Brown Group Editorial Director, Hearst Autos

Edward Felsenthal Editor in Chief and Chief Executive Officer, TIME

Anna Holmes Executive Vice President, Higher Ground Productions

Amanda Kludt Editor in Chief, Eater

Alison Overholt General Manager, Oprah Daily

Julia Turner Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times

Charles Whitaker Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Christopher Keyes Editor in Chief, Outside | ex officio

NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS BOARD

Joe Brown Group Editorial Director, Hearst Autos

Steve Coll Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Jonathan Dorn Vice President and General Manager, Outside

Mark Jannot Editor at Large, Hearst Magazines

Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones

Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair

Cindi Leive Co-Founder, The Meteor

Janice Min Contributing Editor, TIME

Alison Overholt General Manager, Oprah Daily

Charles Whitaker Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Abi Wright Executive Director, Columbia Journalism School

Sidney Holt Executive Director, American Society of Magazine Editors | ex officio

INFORMATION ABOUT FINALISTS AND WINNERSAll publication dates are 2020 unless otherwise indicated. Digital content was chiefly created in 2020 but may have been updated since submission. Editors whose names appear in finalist citations held those positions or were listed on the masthead when the content was published. Other editors may now be in those positions. To view an extended list of the 2021 finalists, please visit ellieawards.org.

ELLIES 2021 JUDGING LEADERS

Joe Brown Group Editorial Director, Hearst Autos

Richard Dorment Editor in Chief, Men’s Health

Jonathan Dorn Vice President and General Manager, Outside

Ben Goldberger Executive Editor, TIME

D.D. Guttenplan Editor, The Nation

Anna Holmes Executive Vice President, Higher Ground Productions

Adi Ignatius Editor in Chief, Harvard Business Review Group

Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones

Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair

Lauren Kern Editor in Chief, Apple News

Amanda Kludt Editor in Chief, Eater

Ellen Kunes Editorial Director, Print, Consumer Reports

Cindi Leive Co-Founder, The Meteor

Stephanie Mehta Editor in Chief, Fast Company

Janice Min Contributing Editor, TIME

Alison Overholt General Manager, Oprah Daily

Puja Patel Editor in Chief, Pitchfork

Jessica Pels Editor in Chief, Cosmopolitan

Jessie Price Editor in Chief, EatingWell

Paul Reyes Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review

Debra Adams Simmons Executive Editor, Culture and History, National Geographic

Julia Turner Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times

Geoff Van Dyke Editorial Director, 5280

Dan Wakeford Editor in Chief, PEOPLE

Charles Whitaker Dean, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University

Titles and affiliations listed were at time of judging. Complete list of judges posted on ellieawards.org after presentation of awards.

Sidney Holt Executive DirectorNina Fortuna Director of Operations

Steve Coll Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of JournalismAbi Wright Executive Director