[Updates with addition of some authors' names, links, and mention of article in Outside magazine.]
National Geographic led the list of National Magazine Award finalists with seven nominations, the American Society of Magazine Editors announced today. Wired received three nominations and Scientific American was awarded two.
That put science journalism in a leading position among the 62 finalists in 23 categories. (The language is a bit confusing. "Finalists" are the nominees among which a winner will be chosen in each category at a dinner in New York on May 2.)
National Geographic received its honors in the categories of general excellence in print and digital media, and photography, and for its website. Wired is up against National Geographic for general excellence, and two of Wired's articles were nominated. Scientific American is competing with National Geographic for the website award, and it is a finalist in the category of special-interest magazines.
Women's Health was a finalist in the category of service and fashion magazines, and Technology Review got the nod for literary, political, and professional magazines. (I'm beginning to see why sportswriters have trouble finding enough verbs when they are rounding up the weekend's games.)
Some of the nominated articles were also science- or tech-related, such as Fast Company's special issue "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies," Los Angeles magazine's articles on plastic surgery, and Time's Hurricane Sandy coverage. And Outside was recognized for an article by Florence Williams on the soothing and healing effects of exposure to nature.
Congratulations to all. It's really quite a stunning recognition of science journalism by the nation's magazine editors.
-Paul Raeburn
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