Best Single Article/Story

Jane Mayer

• "Trump TV"

  The New Yorker

Judges said

• "Excellently sourced with good observations, and well written. The story is excellent material."

Best Profile

Molly Langmuir

• "What's Next For New Yorker Reporter Jane Mayer?"

  Elle

Judges said

• "Molly Langmuir does an excellent job of telling [Mayer’s] backstory, from her family history to her dognapping escapades. There's enough reporting around the core interview to flesh her out as a character and illuminate her technique."

Best Commentary

Jenni Monet

• "The crisis in covering Indian Country"

  Columbia Journalism Review and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project

Judges said

• "This is true commentary bolstered by facts, figures and anecdotes; a very powerful essay."

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Molly Webster

Bethel Habte

• "Right to be Forgotten"

  Radiolab/WNYC Studios

Judges said

• "This is such an important topic and such a powerfully told story… an outstanding illustration of the power of the digital press."

Best Story on Media Coverage of the Trump Impeachment

Margaret Sullivan

• "The two big flaws of the media’s impeachment coverage — and what went right"

  The Washington Post

Judges said

• "Good reporting, solid writing, great perspective… fine column making important points, uniquely in her voice."

Best Story on the Future of Journalism

Brent Cunningham

• "Losing the News"

  Pacific Standard

Judges said

• "[Cunningham] does a great job of capturing a sense of place as well as a problem many newspapers face and will face in the future… smoothly written, entertaining."

Best Single Article/Story

• "Face the Racist Nation"

  WNYC Radio & Guardian US

Best Profile

• "James O’Keefe Can’t Get No Respect"

  Politico

Best Commentary

• "The great remove"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Story on Journalists or Journalism in Peril

• "How Duterte Used Facebook To Fuel the Philippine Drug War"

  BuzzFeed News

Best Story on Social Media in the Crosshairs

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

• "As Leslie Moonves Negotiates His Exit from CBS, Six Women Raise New Assault and Harassment Claims"

  The New Yorker

• "Trouble at the Top"

  The New Yorker

Best Profile

Lois Parshley

• "Editor in Exile"

  Pacific Standard

Best Single Article/Story

Jim Rutenberg

• "RT, Sputnik & Russia’s New Theory of War"

  The New York Times Magazine

Best Commentary

Jack Shafer

Tucker Doherty

• "The Media Bubble Is Worse Than You Think"

  Politico

Best Story on Fake News

Amanda Robb

• "Pizzagate: A Slice of Fake News"

  Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting in partnership with The Investigative Fund

• "Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal"

  Rolling Stone in partnership with The Investigative Fund

Best Story on Sexual Misconduct
in the Media Industry

Irin Carmon

Amy Brittain

• "Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls"

  The Washington Post

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

The New York Times

Jodi Kantor
Megan Twohey
Rachel Abrams
Ellen Gabler
Susan Dominus
Jim Rutenberg
Steve Eder

Ronan Farrow

Best Profile

Sarah Esther Maslin

• "A light in the underworld"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Single Article / Story

Soraya Chemaly

Catherine Buni

• "The secret rules of the internet"

  The Verge

Best Commentary

Eric Alterman

• "How False Equivalence Is Distorting the 2016 Election Coverage"

  The Nation

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Gabriel Sherman

• "The Revenge of Roger’s Angels"

  New York Magazine

• "Former Fox News Booker Says She Was Sexually Harassed and ‘Psychologically Tortured’ by Roger Ailes for More Than 20 Years"

  New York Magazine

• "Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her"

  New York Magazine

Best Single Article –
Traditional/Legacy Media

Peter Elkind

• "Inside the Hack of the Century"

  Fortune

Best Single Story – Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

Matthew Billy

• "I Want My MTV"

  Between the Liner Notes

Best Single Article –
Digital Media

Celeste LeCompte

• "Automation in the Newsroom"

  Nieman Reports

Best Profile

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

• "Anchorman: The Legend of Don Lemon"

  GQ

Best Commentary

Frank Rich

• "A Dumb Job"

  New York magazine

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Jonathan Mahler

• "What Do We Really Know About Osama bin Laden’s Death?"

  The New York Times Magazine

Best Commentary

Yang Xiao

• "Moral Hazard"

  Nieman Reports

Best Profile

Benjamin Wallace

• "Kara Swisher Is Silicon Valley’s Most Feared and Well-Liked Journalist. How Does That Work?"

  New York magazine

Best Single Article - Digital Media

Anna Griffin

• "Where Are the Women? Why we need more female newsroom leaders"

  Nieman Reports

Best Single Article - Traditional/Legacy Media

Amanda Hess

• "Why Women Aren’t Welcome on the Internet"

  Pacific Standard

Best Single Story –
Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

Bob Garfield

Katya Rogers

• "OTM Goes Inside Washington"

  On The Media

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Bryan Burrough

Sarah Ellison

• "The Snowden Saga: A Shadowland of Secrets and Light"

  Vanity Fair

Best Single Article –
Traditional/Legacy Media

Rachel Aviv

• "Local Story"

  The New Yorker

Best Single Article –
Digital Media

Erik Wemple

• "Politico’s Mike Allen, native advertising pioneer"

  The Washington Post

Best Single Story – Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

On the Media

Brooke Gladstone
Katya Rogers
Alex Goldman
PJ Vogt
Sarah Abdurrahman
Chris Neary

• "The Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook"

  On The Media

Best Profile – Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media

Michael Specter

• "The Operator"

  The New Yorker

Best Commentary – Traditional/Legacy Media

Michael Meyer

• "False fronts"

  Columbia Journalism Review

• "Unfinished business"

  Columbia Journalism Review

• "News havens"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Commentary – Digital Media

Jina Moore

• "Don’t blame the victim, or the photographer"

  Salon

• "Documenting domestic violence"

  Columbia Journalism Review

• "‘South African Violence’ Only Explains the Pistorius Case If He’s Not Guilty"

  The Atlantic

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Frank Greve

• "Combat Journalism"

  CQ Researcher

Best Single Story – Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

Missouri Press Association

• "Deadline in Disaster"

  Missouri Press Association

Best Commentary – Traditional/Legacy Media

Syed Irfan Ashraf

• "Hard times for journalists"

  Dawn

• "The face of confidence"

  Pique

• "Military-media relationship"

  Dawn

Best Single Article –
Digital Media

Joe Eskenazi

• "Top 5 Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!"

  San Francisco Weekly

Best Single Article –
Traditional/Legacy Media

Ken Auletta

• "Citizens Jain"

  The New Yorker

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Jodi Enda

• "Staying Alive"

  American Journalism Review

Best Profile – Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media

Adrian Chen

• "Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web"

  Gawker

Best Commentary – Digital Media

Craig Silverman

• "‘Confirmed’ and ‘sources’ may not mean what you think they do on Twitter"

  Poynter

• "In real-time journalism, declaring what you won’t report can be just as important as what you will"

  Poynter

• "False Paterno death reports highlight journalists’ hunger for glory"

  Poynter

Best Single Article, Traditional/Legacy Media

Adam Lashinsky

• "How Apple works: Inside the world’s biggest startup"

  Forbes

Best Single Article, Digital Media

Rhonda Roland Shearer

Malik Ayub Sumbal

• "Mrs. Bhutto's Murder Anniversary Part 1"

  iMedia Ethics

Best Profile, Traditional/Legacy Media

Ken Auletta

• "Changing Times"

  The New Yorker

Best Profile, Digital Media

Best Commentary, Traditional/Legacy Media

Anna Holmes

• "The Disposable Woman"

  The New York Times

• "Anna Holmes on Donald Trump’s Sexism"

  The Washington Post

• "The best TV criticism’s ink is pink, but powerful"

  The Washington Post

Best Commentary, Digital Media

Rebecca Traister

• "The Soap Opera Is Dead! Long Live The Soap Opera!"

  The New York Times

• "'30 Rock’ takes on feminist hypocrisy–and its own"

  Salon

• "Seeing ‘Bridesmaids’ is a social responsibility"

  Salon

John M. Higgins Award for
Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

Peter Maass

• "The Toppling"

  The New Yorker and ProPublica

Best Single Article, Traditional Media

Gabriel Sherman

• "Chasing Fox"

  New York magazine

Best Single Article, Digital Media

Jim Hopkins

• "All Shook Up"

  Gannett Blog

Best Profile, Traditional Media

Ken Auletta

• "The Networker"

  The New Yorker

Best Profile, Digital Media

Joel Meares

• "The Biggest Fish in Albany?"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Commentary, Traditional Media

James Wolcott

• Vanity Fair

Best Commentary, Digital Media

Eric Alterman

Best In-depth Piece, Traditional Media

Mary Van de Kamp Nohl

• "Paper Money"

  Milwaukee Magazine

Best Single Article, Traditional Media

Steven Johnson

• "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live"

  Time

Best Single Article, Digital Media

Megan Garber

• "Common Knowledge"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Profile, Traditional Media

Evan Osnos

• "The Forbidden Zone"

  The New Yorker

Best Profile, Digital Media

Nancy Jo Sales

• "The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin"

  Vanity Fair

Best Commentary, Traditional Media

Michael Wolff

Best Commentary, Digital Media

Matt Pressman

Best In-depth Piece, Traditional Media

Dean Starkman

• "Power Problem"

  Columbia Journalism Review

Best Single Article, Traditional Media

Seth Mnookin

• "Bloomberg Without Bloomberg"

  Vanity Fair

Best Single Article, Digital Media

David Kamp

• "Requiem for a Micro-celebrity"

  Vanity Fair

Best Profile, Traditional Media

Ian Parker

• "The Bright Side"

  The New Yorker

Best Commentary, Traditional Media

David Carr

Best Commentary, Digital Media

Clive Thompson

Best In-depth Piece, Traditional Media

David Barstow

• "Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon’s Hidden Hand"

  The New York Times

• "One Man’s Military-Industrial-Media Complex"

  The New York Times

Best Investigative Piece

Frontline

• "News War"

  PBS

Best Profile

Jeff Coplon

• "How Race Is Lived in America"

  New York Magazine

Best Commentary

Joe Nocera

Best Single Article

Ken Auletta

• "Promises, Promises"

  The New Yorker

Overall Excellence

Monday Media Section

• Website

Best Single Article

Clive Thompson

Best Profile

Philip Weiss

• "A Guy Named Craig"

  New York Magazine

Best Commentary

David Carr

• "The Media Equation"

  The New York Times

Best Coverage of Breaking Industry News

Dean Miller

• "A Local Newspaper Endures a Stormy Backlash"

  Nieman Reports

Best Subject-Related Series

Andreas Kluth

• "Among the Audience: A Survey of New Media"

  The Economist

Excellence in Media Information Services

Health News Review .org

• Website

Overall Excellence

American Journalism Review

• Website