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PUBLIC INTEREST
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of national importance
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WINNER
The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
“Hidden Files Bare Military Failures in Deadly Strikes,” December 19 on Page One of The New York Times, and “The Human Toll of America’s Air Wars,” January 2, 2022, by Azmat Khan
Judges' Citation
Azmat Khan’s years-long project for The New York Times Magazine examined the cavalier
use of aerial bombardment by the United States, illuminating the human cost
of this nation’s wars in the Middle East.
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The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
“Delta Is Driving a Wedge Through Missouri,” July 16, “How the Pandemic Now Ends,” August 12, and “We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic,” September 29, by Ed Yong at theatlantic.com
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Bloomberg Green With Bloomberg Businessweek
Aaron Rutkoff, Editor, Bloomberg Green
Joel Weber, Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
“The Methane Hunters,” by Zachary R. Mider, August 20, “An Empire of Dying Wells,” by Zachary R. Mider and Rachel Adams-Heard, October 12, and “Turkmenistan’s Dirty Secret,” by Aaron Clark and Matthew Campbell, October 19
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BuzzFeed News
Mark Schoofs, Editor in Chief
“Beyond Britney: Abuse, Exploitation, and Death Inside America’s Guardianship Industry,” September 17, “They Both Fought to Break Free From Guardianship. Only One Escaped,” September 19, and “‘My Human Rights Are Being Violated’: Fighting a Family Conservatorship,” September 20, by Heidi Blake and Katie J.M. Baker
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The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
“Storm Chasers,” by Sarah Stillman, November 8
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ProPublica
Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief
“Poison in the Air,” by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, November 2, “The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S.,” by Al Shaw and Lylla Younes, November 2, and “The Dirty Secret of America’s Clean Dishes,” by Max Blau and Lylla Younes, December 20
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Virginia Quarterly Review
Paul Reyes, Editor
“Cold War, Hot Mess,” by Lois Parshley, Fall
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