Rob Ford, 1969–2016
An obituary for Toronto’s notorious former mayor.
Showing 25 articles matching national magazine awards.
An obituary for Toronto’s notorious former mayor.
Richard Warnica National Post Mar 2016 20min Permalink
In the late 1990s, a serial killer found his victims in Yosemite National Park.
Joshua Hammer Outside Nov 1999 20min Permalink
The story of a national obsession.
Sam Knight The Guardian Nov 2017 25min Permalink
It’s a made-up label.
Elizabeth Kolbert National Geographic Mar 2018 10min Permalink
“Rats are our shadow selves.”
Emma Marris National Geographic Mar 2019 20min Permalink
James Verini is a contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine and National Geographic. His new book is They Will Have to Die Now: Mosul and the Fall of the Caliphate.
“War is mostly down time. War is mostly waiting around for something to happen.”
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Nov 2019 Permalink
Seventeen years after taking the iconic “Afghan Girl” photograph for National Geographic, Steve McCurry went back to find her.
Cathy Newman National Geographic Apr 2002 Permalink
Caitlin Dickerson is a staff writer for The Atlantic covering immigration. Her latest article, on the secret history of U.S. government’s family-separation policy, is ”An American Catastrophe.”
“I think the line that gets drawn around immigration coverage — which, a lot of times you're just talking about a business story or an education story or a national security story — but when you call it an immigration story, it does feel like it is about this other thing, about other people who aren't us.”
Aug 2022 Permalink
Hannah Dreier is a reporter at The Washington Post and the winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
“You can’t come up with a good story idea in the office. I’ve never had a good idea that I just came up with out of thin air. It always comes from being on the ground.”
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Feb 2020 Permalink
Christine Kenneally has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Monthly. Her 2018 Buzzfeed article, “The Ghosts of the Orphanage,” was nominated for a National Magazine Award.
"I understood that the abuse was a big part of the story. But the thing that really hooked me and disturbed me and I wouldn’t forget was the depersonalization that went on in these places. It wasn’t just that the records had been lost along the way. It became really clear that the information was intentionally withheld, and it was all part of just this extraordinary depersonalization that happened to these kids.”
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May 2019 Permalink
Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung are investigative reporters at ProPublica. They won the George Polk Award for Health Reporting for their coverage of the meatpacking industry's response to the pandemic, including their feature "The Battle for Waterloo."
This is final part of a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Apr 2021 Permalink
Robin Marantz Henig, the author of nine books, writes about science and medicine for The New York Times Magazine.
“I have my moments of thinking, ‘Well, why is this still so hard? Why do I still have to prove myself after all this time?’ If I were in a different field, or if I were even on a staff, I’d have a title that gave me more respect. I still have to wait just as long as any other writer to get any kind of response to a pitch. I still have to pitch. Nothing is automatic, even after all these years of working at this.”
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May 2016 Permalink
Ryan Mac and Craig Silverman are reporters at BuzzFeed News. Together they won this year's George Polk Award for Business Reporting for their coverage of Facebook's handling of disinformation on its platform.
This is the second in a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Apr 2021 Permalink
Helen Branswell is an infectious disease and global health reporter for STAT. She won this year's George Polk Award for Public Service for her coverage of the pandemic.
This is the third in a week-long series of conversations with winners of this year's George Polk Awards in Journalism.
Apr 2021 Permalink
A profile of driver A.J. Foyt on the eve of what was supposed to be his final Indy 500.
Ed Hinton The National Sports Daily May 1991 Permalink
How the China National Tobacco Corp., which manufactures 2.5 trillion cigarettes per year, came to make more money than Apple.
Andrew Martin Businessweek Dec 2014 15min Permalink
The late governor’s most enduring speech.
Mario Cuomo Democratic National Convention Jan 1984 15min Permalink
In the deep ocean, a swimming sea-worm called a “green bomber” can throw sacs of light when attacked.
Olivia Judson National Geographic Mar 2015 10min Permalink
“Quebec is the Saudi Arabia of maple syrup,” and it has the authoritarian regulatory regime to prove it.
Peter Kuitenbrouwer National Post Apr 2015 15min Permalink
A former Ohio National Guardsman recalls being dunked on by LeBron James as a teenager — and how the James helped get him through the Iraq War.
Hugh Martin Grantland Jun 2014 15min Permalink
Since 9/11, the United States has spent $1 trillion on national security. An investigation into whether it has worked.
Steven Brill The Atlantic Aug 2016 1h10min Permalink
What happened to the National Enquirer after it went all in for Trump.
Simon van Zuylen-Wood Columbia Journalism Review Nov 2019 25min Permalink
How a state that was never in doubt became a “national embarrassment.”
Tim Alberta Politico Nov 2020 30min Permalink
The theft of a deeply personal painting by René Magritte from a Belgian museum was a national tragedy. Now, an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.
Joshua Hunt Vanity Fair May 2021 20min Permalink
“Turns out your laptop—or camera or gaming system or gold necklace—may have a smidgen of Congo’s pain somewhere in it.”
Jeffrey Gettleman National Geographic Oct 2013 10min Permalink