ASME AWARDS FOR DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ILLUSTRATION
BEST NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Honors the visual coverage of politics, business, science, technology, society and culture as well as news events and news makers

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WINNER
The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Peter Mendelsund, Creative Director
Bifen Xu, Photo Editor
“Seventy Miles in the Darién Gap,” photographs by Lynsey Addario, September

Lynsey Addario traveled to the Darién Gap to document one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes. She accompanied families as they hiked through the jungle, traversing mountain slopes and rushing rivers. Her images captured the scale of the event as well as small yet profound moments, like the one of a small child comforting her crying mother.

FINALISTS

National Geographic
Nathan Lump, Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief
Paul Martinez, Creative Director
Sadie Quarrier, Director of Photography
“The Wondrous World of Fungi,” photographs by Agorastos Papatsanis and Phyllis Ma, April

POLITICO
Elizabeth Ralph, Editor, Magazine
Erin Aulov, Senior Visuals Editor
Jade-Snow Joachim, Director of Photography
“From Iowa to Election Day,” including photographs by Jamie Kelter Davis, November 10 at politico.com

 ProPublica
Stephen Engelberg, Editor in Chief
Boyzell Hosey, Senior Editor for Visual Storytelling
Andrea Wise, Visual Strategy Editor
“The Year After a Denied Abortion,” photographs by Stacy Kranitz, February 15

TIME
Sam Jacobs, Editor in Chief
D.W. Pine, Creative Director
Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography
“This Is Life in America’s Water-Inequality Capital. It Might Be About to Change,” photographs by Elliot Ross, September 30 issue and September 19 at time.com