Industry Updates

On May 19, The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the winners of the National Magazine Awards during their National Magazine Awards at ASME Editorial Conference.  Congratulations to our members who took home prizes!

National Magazine Awards Winners

Vox Media: General Excellence, News, Sports and Entertainment (New York Magazine) and Photography (New York Magazine)

Conde Nast: Profile Writing (The New Yorker)

New York Times: General Excellence, Service and Lifestyle and Service Journalism (Wirecutter)

Texas Monthly: General Excellence, Special Interest

People Inc: Lifestyle Journalism (Food & Wine)

The Atlantic: Single-Topic Issue

ASME Awards for Design, Photography, and Illustration Winners 

Vox Media: Best News and Information Design (The Verge)

Conde Nast: Best Service & Lifestyle Design (Bon Appetit) and Best Entertainment and Celebrity Photography (The New Yorker)

Hearst Magazines: Best Service and Lifestyle Photography (Elle), Best Service and Lifestyle Covers (Road & Track)

The Atlantic: Best Still and Animated Illustrations

New York Times: Best Illustrated Stories and Best Entertainment and Celebrity Covers

National Geographic: Best News and Information Covers

ASME Readers’ Choice Award

National Geographic

Arlington, VA – The News/Media Alliance (NMA), the leading industry trade association representing news, magazine, and digital media organizations, and America’s Newspapers (AN), the leading trade association serving local newspapers, today announced the launch of a new partnership designed to strengthen collaboration across the news publishing industry and provide additional benefits to their members.

As part of this partnership, eligible America’s Newspapers members may now join the News/Media Alliance as new members at a preferential rate, and may participate in NMA’s AI licensing program, which offers members the opportunity to monetize their content through opt-in collective licenses negotiated by the News/Media Alliance.

Eligible News/Media Alliance members will now receive a 50% discount for America’s Newspapers annual Mega-Conference, which brings together the industry’s top executives and thought leaders to dig into the strategies, technologies, and market forces shaping the future of news and media. The conference this year will take place March 30 – April 1, in Austin, Texas.

Danielle Coffey, President and CEO of the News/Media Alliance, said, “This is an exciting opportunity for our industry to come closer together. We’ve worked with America’s Newspapers for years, and we are thrilled about the opportunity to grow our partnership in a more formal way. We are stronger together than the sum of our parts, and we look forward to working collaboratively to build a stronger, more sustainable future for journalism and all of our members.”

Dean Ridings, President and CEO of America’s Newspapers, said, “This partnership reflects a shared commitment to ensuring the long-term sustainability of journalism. At a time of rapid transformation in media, collaboration is not optional; it is essential. Together, we can amplify the voice of publishers and accelerate solutions that strengthen trusted journalism in communities across the country. Our Mega-Conference has long served as a forum for candid dialogue and forward-looking strategy among industry leaders. We are pleased to extend meaningful access to News/Media Alliance members and further integrate our communities in ways that deliver tangible business value.”

For more information about the partnership, please see this one-pager.

News/Media Alliance members can register for Mega-Conference here.

America’s Newspapers members interested in joining the News/Media Alliance can contact Alliance Membership Director Tina Wu at tina@newsmediaalliance.org.