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WINNER New York "The City and the Storm," November 12, 2012 
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FINALIST Harper's Bazaar "Gwyneth Revealed," March 2012 
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  FINALIST TIME "Are You Mom Enough?," May 21, 2012 
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Business and Technology
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 WINNER Bloomberg Businessweek "Let's Get It On," February 6-12, 2012 | 
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Bloomberg Businessweek "My Life in Private Equity," April 30-May 6, 2012 
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Smithsonian "The Genius Steve Jobs," September 2012 
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News and politics
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WINNER New York "The City and the Storm," November 12, 2012 
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  FINALIST Bloomberg Businessweek "Election Issue," October 15-21, 2012 
  
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  FINALIST The New Yorker "One on One," October 15, 2012 
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ENTERTAINMENT AND CELEBRITY
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  WINNER The New York Times Magazine "Jerry Seinfeld Is 58, Rich Beyond Imagination and Still Working," December 23, 2012 
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The FADER "Philip Glass," April/May 2012 
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FINALIST Vanity Fair "Lady Gaga," January 2012 
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Service
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WINNER The Rotarian "The Future of Water," March 2012 
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  FINALIST New York "Ye Olde New Brooklyn Artisinal Delirium," April 23, 2012 
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  FINALIST TIME "How to Die," June 11, 2012 
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Fashion and Beauty
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  WINNER Harper's Bazaar "Gwyneth Revealed," March 2012 
  
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FINALIST New York "Nicki Minaj," February 20-27, 2012 
  
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FINALIST W Magazine "Kate Moss," March 2012 
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Sports and Adventure
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WINNER The New York Times Magazine "Deuce," August 26, 2012 
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  FINALIST National Geographic "Titanic," April 2012 
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  FINALIST Sports Illustrated "We Were Penn State," July 30, 2012 
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  FINALIST Sports Illustrated "Oh Now You Love Us," October 8, 2012 
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Lifestyle
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  WINNER New York "Sex," August 6-13, 2012 
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  FINALIST Texas Monthly "How to Raise a Texan," September 2012 
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  FINALIST TIME "Are You Mom Enough?," May 21, 2012 
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Brainiest
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  WINNER Bloomberg Businessweek "Bang Head Here," May 28–June 3, 2012 
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  FINALIST MIT Technology Review "You Promised Me Mars Colonies. Instead, I Got Facebook.," November/December 2012 
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  FINALIST New York "How to Make It in the Art World," April 30, 2012 
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Most Delicious
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  WINNER Garden & Gun "Perfect Southern Food," October/November 2012 
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  FINALIST New York "Eat Cheap," July 16-23, 2012 
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  FINALIST The Rotarian "How to Claw Your Way to a Top Fundraiser," May 2012 
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Best Obama
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 WINNER 
Bloomberg Businessweek "The Next Four Years," November 12-18, 2012 
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FINALIST The New Yorker "Spectrum of Light," May 21, 2012 
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  FINALIST TIME "Person of the Year," December 31, 2012–January 7, 2013 
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