GENERAL EXCELLENCE under 100,000 circulation
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Presenter Cindi Leive, Glamour, said: Six decades after its founding by a group of physicists, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists remains steadfast in its clarion call that the world has not yet tamed the nuclear beast. The Bulletin remains relevant today because of its persuasive insight into the range of causes for our eroding global security. Its iconic atomic clock now ticks more urgently than ever.
REVIEWS and CRITICISM
The Nation
Presenter Kevin Bacon, Actor, said: Stuart Klawans brings a fans passion and a far-ranging intellect to his witty writing about film. From high culture to low, his reviews place what we see in contextand make us excited about the movies all over again.
PUBLIC INTEREST
Vanity Fair
Presenter Ann Curry, The Today Show, said: With brutal precision, moral clarity and tremendous literary force, William Langeswiesche reconstructs the events leading up to a massacre of Iraqi civilians at the hands of battle-scarred U.S. Marines. By creating a microcosm of the American occupation, he helps us understand not just what happened at Haditha, but what it tells us about the war and why the occupation has gone so disastrously wrong.
FEATURE WRITING
GQ
Presenter Ira Glass, The American Life, said: Andrew Corsello offers a harrowing portrait of a country, Zimbabwe, torn apart by a madman, and of two men a white farmer and a fiery black priest who resist the hatred around them. Transformed by their faith, they overcome their own prejudices and achieve a forgiveness that is a model of goodness.
GENL EXCELLENCE 100,000 to 250,000 circulation
Foreign Policy
Presenter Evan Smith, Texas Monthly, said: Foreign Policy deftly wrestles today's dilemmas onto the page with confidence, originality and style. With its groundbreaking reporting, think-again take on global politics, and easy-to-absorb infographics, the magazine offers readers an informed perspective on the grand and grave issues of our time. Always authoritative but never heavy-handed, Foreign Policy delivers on its mission to take readers beyond the facts to understand how the world works.
LEISURE INTERESTS
O, The Oprah Magazine
Presenter Ugly Betty (America Ferrara), said: There are collectors of books. There are fans of authors. But true love is reserved for readingthe actual act, the process, feel, sounds, and journey of words on a page. O perfectly captures the magic of that affair, stirring new passions and rekindling old flames for an audience that relies on the magazine to inspire them to seek the sublime joys of life. Beginning with a letter from Harper Lee, Reading: A Love Story had us at Hello.
COLUMNS and COMMENTARY
Vanity Fair
Presenter Edie Falco, Actress, said: Whether describing terrors inflicted on Ugandan children, bearing witness to the lingering effects of Agent Orange, or noting the passing of a great political interviewer, Christopher Hitchens incisive eloquence and expansive intellect puts his controversial subjects into context and reveals their larger meaning.
GENL EXCELLENCE 250,000 to 500,000 circulation
New York Magazine
Presenter Martha Nelson, The People Group, said: From probing the tortured negotiations behind the citys 9/11 memorial and the embattled nerve center of The New York Times, to the buzzy, reconfigured Intelligencer and the innovative Strategist service sections, New York revels in the diversity, sexiness and intensity of the city it covers. It is nothing less than a redefinition of the city magazine.
REPORTING
Esquire
Presenter, Michael Weiskopf, Journalist, said: In The School, C. J. Chivers recounts, in astonishing and chilling detail, the progress of the three-day siege by Chechen terrorists at School No. 1 in the Russian town of Beslan. Told with economy yet packed with detail, The School presents scenes and images that compel the readers attention, and may haunt them for decades to come.
PHOTOJOURNALISM
The Paris Review
Presenter, Michael Weiskopf, Journalist, said: In Kibera, a documentary of life in a Nairobi slum, photographer Jonas Bendiksen comes close to capturing the entire city in all of its decrepitude and humanity. Bendiksens evocative, painterly pictures exquisitely framed, shrouded in shadow and dim deep color move from broad landscapes to more discreet intimate moments, to tell a complex story that simply stuns.
FICTION
McSweeneys
Presenter Kurt Andersen, Columnist, said: From two children at loose ends on the streets of San Juan, to a make-believe medic playing a chilling game of doctor in a Southern strip mall, to a feral child being civilized in 18th century France, McSweeneys exotic tales grab hold of the reader with an unabashed love of storytelling that at once charms and chastens.
DESIGN
New York Magazine
Presenter Milton Glaser, Graphic Designer, said: New Yorks design is not about the grid, the typography, or the photography as much as it is an essential component of its editorial voice. Every aspect of the design, every element on every page, brings an integral part of the magazines content forward for its readers. Week after week it reflects the energies and experiences of New York in all its complexity and diversity.
GENL EXCELLENCE 500,000 to 1,000,000 circulation
Wired
Presenter Martha Nelson, The People Group, said: Wired brings depth and delight to any topic, from clever gadgets to world-changing ideas. At a time when technology is more pervasive than ever, the magazine guides its readers with a friendly voice, an engaging design, and a free-ranging intelligence.
INTERACTIVE FEATURE
nymag.com Show & Talk
Presenter Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia, said: In its editors own words, nymag.com covered fashion week as if it were a presidential election. Focused around a constantly updated acerbic blog, Show & Talk provided readers with wall-to-wall coverage of the shows, including commentary videos, personalized photo albums, and compelling interactive features, such as The Fashion Week Approval Matrix. Show & Talk took its readers into the heart of fashion week, without having to leave their desks, and established nymag.com as a leader during this frenzied bi-annual media event.
INTERACTIVE SERVICE
BusinessWeek.com B-School Channel
Presenter Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia, said: Building on BusinessWeek magazines annual rankings, BusinessWeek.coms B Schools is a deeply rich and satisfying environment that really makes the gradecombining authoritative information with a treasure trove of resources and a highly engaged community. Through its multilayered rankings, school searches allowing instant access to articles and profiles, student blogs giving would-be B-schoolers unique insights, and its Best Places to Launch a Career table, B-Schools is interactive service at its best.
GENERAL EXCELLENCE ONLINE
Beliefnet.com
Presenter Mark Whitaker, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, said: Beliefnet.com is remarkable in both its focus on spirituality, inspiration and faith, and its ability to unite a diverse audience under one digital roof. Its strong content and web-friendly presentation feel rich and satisfying. Packed with provocative commentary, unique blogs, user-generated material, original videos and inspirational talks, the site soothes and amuses in features as far-ranging as Preachers and Teachers, coverage of the DaVinci Code, the Jovialities and The Virtual Talmud. The site is one of a kind.
PERSONAL SERVICE
Glamour
Presenter Aisha Tyler, Actress, said: In this balanced and meticulously reported account of the very serious health risks of breast implant surgery, Liz Welch follows the patient from consult to the surgical procedure, giving the reader a graphic account of what to expect. Including a wealth of practical information and sound guidance, the article helps young women make an informed decision about one of todays most common cosmetic surgeries.
SINGLE-TOPIC ISSUE
Departures
Presenter Anthony Bourdain, Author and Chef, said: From cover to cover, the Latin issue of Departures gift wraps a continent and delivers it as the best present a discerning traveler could ever want. With imagination and flair, the editors set a new standard for single-topic issue. Ay, caramba!
MAGAZINE SECTION
New York Magazine
Presenter Anthony Bourdain, Author and Chef, said: The Strategista frisky blend of old devices reinvented and fresh formats newly minteddelivers savvy, useful advice to getting the most out of life in the city. Service information has never been so much funor so eagerly anticipated by both newcomers and native New Yorkers alike.
GENL EXCELLENCE 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 circulation
Rolling Stone
Presenter Mark Whitaker, Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, said: In its 1000th-issue year, Rolling Stone remains as forward-looking as ever. Whether its a scathing critique of George W. Bush, a pop-culture profile of Nick Lachey, or a music or movie review, the magazine is uniformly smart, deeply reported and beautifully written. With its iconic photography and arresting editorial voice, Rolling Stone is above all original and bold.
PHOTOGRAPHY
National Geographic
Presenter John Waters, Filmmaker, said: After a century, National Geographic managed to do the unthinkable and elevate the level of its own wondrous brand of photography. Never has the magazines imagery been more relevant and brilliantly used to tell the epic story of our planet. The various chapters of that story include everything from James Nachtweys inspiring and heartbreaking photographs of medical personnel in Iraq to Maria Stenzels breathtaking images of penguins in the South Sandwich Islands.
PHOTO PORTFOLIO
City Magazine
Presenter John Waters, Filmmaker, said: When it comes to creative photography, CITY magazine competes on another level, and in White Heat, Horacio Salinas plays with the very idea of what a fashion shoot can be. A series of clever contrastsblack and white, industrial and delicate, iconic and etherealturn a few items of clothing into a simple, graceful and fully realized artistic vision.
PROFILE WRITING
New York Magazine
Presenter Carrie Fisher, Actress, said: With sparkling, elegant prose, Vanessa Grigoriadis creates a revealing portrait of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld and the rarified world he inhabits, that is, by turns, comic and surprisingly poignant. Amidst a field of accomplished finalists, this gem stands out for its innovative structure and impressively economical use of detail. As Lagerfeld himself might say, It's dee-vine.
ESSAYS
The Georgia Review
Presenter Carrie Fisher, Actress, said: A Brooklyn man rescues a box of papers from his landladys home after she dies. Inside he finds her late husbands letters, drawings, and other scraps, from which he pieces together a stunning portrait of the mans desires, dreams and disappointments. We all die twice, author Michael Donahue says, first in body and second when no one remains alive who knew us. In this extraordinary essay, two ordinary people come heartbreakingly back to life.
GENL EXCELLENCE over 2,000,000 circulation
National Geographic
Presenter Evan Smith, Texas Monthly, said: Biblical intrigue. Frostbitten toes. Royal renovations. Deadly seals. National Geographics mix of broad, relevant, quietly passionate and gloriously presented editorial delivers on its promise to encourage readers to know and care about and for the world.
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