NatGeo Wins Big at Magazine Awards
The Ellie is the National Magazine Awards version of the Oscar, and last night Editor in Chief Chris Johns picked up three for National Geographic magazine -- more than any other publication. National Geographic magazine (NGM) won the top award, General Excellence, for a publication with over 2,000,000 circulation. It also won the Best Reporting award for Peter Hessler's "China's Instant Cities," in the June 2007 NGM, and the Best Photojournalism award for John Stanmeyer's images in the July 2007 article "Bedlam in the Blood: Malaria."
The "Ellie" awards, presented during a ceremony at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center, are the industry's most prestigious honor. The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) judged the nominees and had this to say about Geographic:
While remaining true to traditions known to generations of readers, the magazine continues to inspire and amaze—with photography that reveals wondrous, and often threatened, corners of our planet, and reporting that is both intrepid and tough-minded. Its mission has never been more vital.
In their commendation of NGM's reportage, and Hessler's work, the judges said:
In 'China’s Instant Cities,' reporter Peter Hessler recreates the entrepreneurial frenzy behind China’s dramatic economic growth. He combines exhaustive on-the-ground reporting with meticulous research and analysis to tell a story that is sweeping in its reach, authentically engaging and dramatic on multiple levels, from the personal lives of the factory workers and bosses to the macro-economic forces transforming this province with cranes, highways, factories and dams almost overnight.
National Geographic Online (www.ngm.com) was a finalist in the Interactive Feature category, which "recognizes
an outstanding interactive section of the website, featuring news,
entertainment and other subjects that do not offer practical
instruction or advice. The category honors a site’s creative use of
multimedia technology, user involvement and community tools, and/or
exceptional work in the blog form."
Congratulations to our colleagues! A list of all the awards, winners and nominees appears on the ASME site here.
Photo: Mark Leong
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