REPORTING
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles
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WINNER
The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
“The Plague Year,” by Lawrence Wright, December 28, on newyorker.com

Judges' Citation
With exclusive interviews, exhaustive reporting and authoritative analysis, “The Plague Year” offers
the definitive account of the United States’ catastrophic response to COVID-19. 

1843
Rosie Blau, Editor
“‘If I Speak Out, They Will Torture My Family’: Voices of Uyghurs in Exile,” by John Phipps, October 15 at economist.com/1843

The Atlantic
Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief
Two articles by Barton Gellman: “The Election That Could Break America,” November, and “How Trump Could Attempt a Coup,” November 2, on theatlantic.com

The Intercept
Betsy Reed, Editor in Chief
“The CIA's Afghan Death Squads,” by Andrew Quilty, December 18

The New York Times Magazine
Jake Silverstein, Editor in Chief
“The Children in the Shadows,” by Samantha M. Shapiro, September 13

The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
Three articles by Peter Hessler: “Life on Lockdown,” March 30, “How China Controlled the Virus,” August 17, and “The Sealed City,” October 12

Slate
Jared Hohlt, Editor in Chief
“The Store That Called the Cops on George Floyd,” by Aymann Ismail, October 6