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Book SynopsisIn a time of reckoning with wrongdoing in high places, this year’s National Magazine Awards finalists and winners focus on abuse of power in all its forms.
Table of ContentsIntroduction, by Alison Overholt, vice president and editor in chief,
ESPN the Magazine,
espnW, and the ESPYs
Acknowledgments
Abuses of Power
and Weighing the Costs of Speaking Out About Harvey Weinstein
and Harvey Weinstein’s Army of Spies, by Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker: Winner—Public Interest
Why the Harvey Weinstein Sexual-Harassment Allegations Didn’t Come Out Until Now
and Your Reckoning. And Mine.
and This Moment Isn’t (Just) About Sex. It’s Really About Work, by Rebecca Traister,
New York: Winner—Columns and Commentary
The Horizon of Desire
and We’re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy
and The Unforgiving Minute, by Laurie Penny,
Longreads: Finalist—Columns and Commentary
The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth, by Nina Martin and Renee Montagne,
ProPublica with NPR
: Finalist—Public Interest
The Uncounted, by Azmat Khan and Anand Gopal,
New York Times Magazine: Winner—Reporting
How the U.S. Triggered a Massacre in Mexico, by Ginger Thompson,
National Geographic and
ProPublica: Finalist—Reporting
What Ever Happened to the Russian Revolution?, by Ian Frazier,
Smithsonian: Finalist—Essays and Criticism
The Uninhabitable Earth, by David Wallace-Wells,
New York: Finalist—Essays and Criticism
My President Was Black, by Ta-Nehisi Coates,
The Atlantic: Finalist—Feature Writing
Standing Down
and Roger Goodell Has a Jerry Jones Problem, by Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr.,
ESPN the Magazine: Finalist—Reporting
How the Oscar Flub Demonstrates the Limits of Black Graciousness
and How Oprah Got Her Acting Groove Back
and Maria Sharapova’s Rivalry With Serena Williams Is in Her Head, by Bim Adewunmi,
BuzzFeed News: Finalist—Columns and Commentary
The Williams Movement
and Power Play
and How Is This Still a Debate?, by Howard Bryant,
ESPN the Magazine: Finalist—Columns and Commentary
Lola’s Story, by Alex Tizon,
The Atlantic: Winner—Essays and Criticism
Love in the Time of Robots, by Alex Mar,
Wired with
Epic Magazine: Finalist—Feature Writing
Cat Person, by Kristen Roupenian,
The New Yorker: Finalist—ASME Award for Fiction
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