A complete list of the ASME Awards 2025 judges will be posted on April 8, 2025, when the winners of the National Magazine Awards are announced ASME Awards 2024 Judges JUDGING LEADERS Joe Brown Publisher and Editorial Director, one5c
Maile Carpenter Editorial Director, Food Network Magazine, HGTV Magazine and The Pioneer Woman
Richard Dorment Editor in Chief, Men's Health
Jonathan Dorn Chief Entertainment Officer, Outside
Sid Evans Editor in Chief, Southern Living
Susan Goldberg President and Chief Executive Officer, GBH
D.D. Guttenplan Editor, The Nation
Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones
Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair
Lauren Kern Editor in Chief, Apple News
Amanda Kludt Group Publisher, Lifestyle, Vox Media
Cindi Leive Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, The Meteor
Katherine Mangu-Ward Editor in Chief, Reason
Alison Overholt Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Founder, Good People LLC
Puja Patel Editor in Chief, Pitchfork
Paul Reyes Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Ivylise Simones Creative Director, Slate
Bill Strickland Editorial Director, Hearst Enthusiast Group
Nikhil Swaminathan Chief Executive Officer, Grist
Duy Linh Tu Professor, Columbia Journalism School
Julia Turner Senior Vice President, Content Business Strategy, Los Angeles Times
Geoff Van Dyke Editorial Director, 5280
Brendan Vaughan Editor in Chief, Fast Company
Charles Whitaker Dean, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism JUDGES Ian Adelman Chief Experience Officer, Vox Media
Ian Aldrich Senior Features Editor, Yankee Magazine
Najeebah Al-Ghadban Art Director and Collage Artist
Matt Allyn Editorial Director, Men's Journal
Patty Alvarez Consulting Creative Director, Patty Alvarez Design
Alissa Ambrose Director of Photography and Multimedia, STAT
David A. Andelman Editor and Publisher, SubStack: Andelman Unleashed
Gail Anderson Chair, BFA Design and BFA Advertising, School of Visual Arts
Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson Writer, Editor and Content Strategist
Elizabeth Angell Editor in Chief, Romper
Gabriel Arana Editor in Chief, Texas Observer
Ken Armstrong Reporter, ProPublica
Sara Austin Executive Editor, ELLE
Melvin Backman Writer and Editor
Katherine Bagley Executive Editor, Grist
Jenny Bailly Executive Beauty Director, Allure
Sarah Ball Editor in Chief, WSJ. Magazine
Jenny Barnett Editor and Consultant, jb1media
C.J. Bartunek Managing Editor, The Georgia Review
Gary Belsky Chief Content Officer, Elland Road Partners
Willa Bennett Editor in Chief, Highsnobiety
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye Executive Editor, ICT (formerly Indian Country Today)
Michael Benoist Deputy Editor, “The Daily,” The New York Times
Jill Bernstein Editorial Director, Fast Company
Reginald Dwayne Betts Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Tiffany Blackstone
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin Professor of Journalism, Columbia College Chicago
Marielle Bobo Global Media Leader and Creative Executive; Former Editor in Chief and Senior Vice President of Programming at EBONY Media
Jennifer Bogo Vice President, Creative and Editorial, Audubon
Sudip Bose Editor, The American Scholar
Alesha Williams Boyd Editor in Chief, Mashable; Vice President, Content, Ziff Davis
John Paul Brammer Author and Illustrator
Erin Bried Editor in Chief, Kazoo
Jenna Brillhart Creative Director, InStyle, Shape, Byrdie and Brides
Abe Brown Editor, “Weekend,” The Information
Ethan Brown Editor in Chief, The Garrison Project
Lauren Brown Senior Visual Editor, Allure and Glamour
Sarah Burke Editor in Chief, Them
Scott Burton Executive Editor, ESPN Digital
Lesley Busby Creative Director, D Magazine
Maria Bustillos Editor, Flaming Hydra and Popula
Danielle Cadet Media Executive, Editor and Host
Jordan Calhoun Editor in Chief, Lifehacker
Christopher Carroll Editor, Harper's Magazine
Rory Carroll Editor in Chief, Jalopnik and Gizmodo
Jacqui Cheng Entrepreneur in Residence, Brown Institute at Columbia School of Journalism
Melissa Chessher Belo Foundation Endowed Chair of Journalism, Southern Methodist University
Kelly Chiello Photo Director, InStyle, Byrdie, Brides and Shape
Sonia Chopra
Ron Coddington Editor, Visuals and Data, The Chronicle of Higher Education
Katy Kiick Condon Executive Editor, Dotdash Meredith Premium Publishing
Tracy Connor Editor in Chief, The Daily Beast
Emily Cooke Editorial Director, The New Republic
Julia Cosgrove Vice President and Editor in Chief, AFAR
Sarah Cristobal Freelance Editor and Journalist, CRISTO LLC
Abby Cuffey Executive Editor, Women's Health
Ryan D'Agostino Editorial Director, Projects, Hearst Magazines
Sherri Dalphonse Editor in Chief, Washingtonian
Seyward Darby Editor in Chief, The Atavist
Jennifer Davidson Senior Editorial Director, Martha Stewart
Jordan Davidson Editorial Director, Health
Diane di Costanzo Vice President and Chief Content Officer, Foundry 360, Dotdash Meredith
David DiBenedetto Senior Vice President and Editor in Chief, Garden & Gun
Mia Diehl Director of Photography, Fortune
Frances Dodds Deputy Editor, Entrepreneur
Kira Brunner Don Editor in Chief, Stranger's Guide
David Dowling Professor, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Diane Dragan Global Director, Content Strategy and Operations, Architectural Digest
Beth Dreher Executive Editor, Good Housekeeping
Katie Drummond Global Editorial Director, WIRED
Chrissy Dunleavy Design Director, TIME
Stephen Engelberg Editor in Chief, ProPublica
Bryan Erickson Executive Creative Director, Business Insider
Cassi Feldman Editor in Chief, Type Investigations
Eric Ferrero Executive Director, Fund for Investigative Journalism
Peter Flax Editor in Chief, The Red Bulletin
Leah Flickinger Executive Features Director, Hearst Enthusiast and Wellness Group
Deirdre Foley-Mendelssohn Deputy Editor, The New Yorker
Oma Blaise Ford Executive Editor, Better Homes & Gardens
Tracey Ford Vice President, Editorial Content, BET
Chloe Fox Features Editor, The Wire China
Stephen Frailey Founder and Editor, DEAR DAVE
Garance Franke-Ruta
Hillary Frey Editor in Chief, Slate
Geoffrey Gagnon Global Features Director, GQ
Aileen Gallagher Professor, Newhouse School at Syracuse University
Ted Genoways Editor, Switchyard
Lisa Gerstner Editor, Kiplinger's Personal Finance
Keith Gessen Professor of Magazine Journalism, Columbia Journalism School
Dan Gilgoff Vice President and Editor in Chief, AARP.org
Ben Goldberger
Harry Goldstein Editor in Chief, IEEE Spectrum
Patrick Gomez Editor in Chief, Entertainment Weekly
Dan Goodgame Editor in Chief, Texas Monthly
Justine Goodman Editor in Chief, Eat This, Not That
Matthew Shen Goodman Editor in Chief, The Baffler
David Granger Senior Agent, Aevitas Creative Management
Emily Greenhouse Editor, The New York Review of Books
Megan Greenwell
Vanessa Grigoriadis Cofounder, Campside Media
Pilar Guzmán Editorial Director, O Magazine/Oprah Daily
Meesha Diaz Haddad Editorial Operations Manager, The Knot
Eric Hagerman Special Projects Editor, Inc. Business Media
David Hajdu Professor, Columbia Journalism School; Music Critic, The Nation
Alicia Hallett-Chan Creative Director, Forbes
Shirley Halperin Editor in Chief, Los Angeles
Tish Hamilton Professor of Writing, Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
William Hanley Editor in Chief, Dwell
Reyhan Harmanci Senior Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
David Haskell Editor in Chief, New York
Mary-Frances Heck Executive Director, Lifestyle Brands, Outside Inc.
Peter Hemmel Creative Director, Woman's Day
Elizabeth Meyers Hendrickson Associate Professor, Ohio University
Amanda Hinnant Associate Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism
Roger Hodge Editor in Chief, The Intercept
Jared Hohlt Editorial Director, T: The New York Times Style Magazine
Donovan Hohn Editorial Board Member, Lapham's Quarterly
Sally Holmes Editor in Chief, InStyle
Carol Holstead Associate Professor, School of Journalism, University of Kansas
Mat Honan Editor in Chief, MIT Technology Review
Brian Howard Editor, Philadelphia
Caroline Howard Executive Editor, Forbes
Claire Howorth Executive Editor, Features and Development, Vanity Fair
Elizabeth Hudson Editor in Chief, Our State
Samir Husni Founder, Magazine Media Center
Dennis Huynh Product Design Director, Editorial, GoodRx Health
Jude Isabella Editor in Chief, Hakai Magazine
Danielle Amir Jackson Editor in Chief, Oxford American
Ed Johnson Art Director, Foreign Affairs and The Atavist
Richard Just Managing Editor for Longform, NOTUS; Director of Admissions, Allbritton Journalism Institute
Rawiya Kameir Assistant Professor, Syracuse University
Anup Kaphle Editor in Chief, Rest of World
Erin Keane Chief Content Officer, Salon
Maggie Kennedy Photography and Visuals Director, Garden & Gun
Chuck Kerr Creative Director, Entertainment Weekly
Silvia Killingsworth News Director, Bloomberg News
Frances Kim Digital Director, Saveur
Richard Kim Editor in Chief, The City
Emily Kimbro Creative Director, Texas Monthly
Ben King Art Director, Netflix
Jamilah King Editorial Director, Mother Jones
Lindsey B. King Editor, 5280
Brendan Klinkenberg Senior Editor, The New York Times
John Korpics Vice President and Executive Creative Director, Harvard Business Publishing
Natalie Krebs Executive Editor, Outdoor Life
Jillian Kumagai Visuals Producer, Reuters
Adam B. Kushner Editor, “The Morning,” The New York Times
Yanick Rice Lamb Professor, Howard University
Keisha Lamothe Executive Producer, Josée Media
James Ledbetter Editor and Publisher, FIN
Kevin Lerner Associate Professor of Journalism and Chair of the Department of Communication, Marist College
Amelia Lester Executive Editor, Foreign Policy
Joe Levy Entertainment Editor, Observer
Thomas Lin Editor in Chief, Quanta
Natasha Lunn Visual Director, Harper's Bazaar
Keith Major Photographer
Meg Marco Executive Editor, News, WIRED
Jacqueline Marino Professor, Kent State University School of Media and Journalism
Jason Mark Editor in Chief, Sierra
Roni Martin-Chance Visual Director, Good Housekeeping and Woman's Day
David Matt Chief Creative Officer and Vice President, Foundry 360, Dotdash Meredith
Erik Maza Executive Style Director, Town & Country
Louis Mazzante Senior Features Director, Hearst Enthusiast Group
Douglas McGray Founder, Beyond Beyond
Mary Melton Editorial Director, Godfrey Dadich Partners
Rachel Davis Mersey Dean, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
Rachel Wilkerson Miller Editor in Chief, SELF
Debbie Millman Editorial Director, Print Magazine
Tara Rae Miner Editorial Production Manager, Orion
Nekesa Mumbi Moody Co-Editor in Chief, The Hollywood Reporter
Rashida Morgan-Brown Creative Director
Janice Morris Media Consultant
Robert Newman Creative Director, Newmanology
Terrance Noland Editor in Chief, Chicago
Keir Novesky Design Director, GQ
Barbara O'Dair Editorial Director, Octopus Media
Emem Offong Executive Director, User Experience Design, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Nikki Ogunnaike Editor in Chief, Marie Claire
Brian O'Keefe Executive Editor, Esquire
Jayne Haugen Olson Editor in Chief, Mpls.St.Paul
Charlotte Owen Senior Vice President, Editorial Strategy, and Editor in Chief, Bustle and Elite Daily
Jennifer Pastore Creative Consultant
Nilay Patel Editor in Chief, The Verge
Samir S. Patel Editor in Chief, Atlas Obscura
Natasha Pearlman Executive Editor, Glamour
Abe Peck Director, B2B Communication, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University
Lance Pettiford Freelance Creative Director and Adjunct Professor, Howard University
Alan Pittman Managing Editor, Golf Digest
Chris Plante Editor in Chief, Polygon
Liz Baker Plosser Editor in Chief, Women's Health
Tony Quiroga Editor in Chief, Car and Driver
Kristen Radtke Creative Director, The Verge
Elizabeth Ralph Editor, Politico Magazine
Evan Ratliff Writer and Podcast Host
Jessica Reed Head of Narrative, The Guardian Us
Robb Rice Creative Director, Robb Report
Phoebe Flynn Rich Creative Director, Real Simple
Betsy Riley Retired Editor in Chief, Atlanta
Alex Robert Ross Editorial Director, The FADER
Theodore Ross Editor in Chief, Food and Environment Reporting Network
Chris Rovzar Executive Editor, Bloomberg Pursuits
Peter Rubin Head of Publishing, Automattic (Longreads and The Atavist)
Raquel Rutledge Investigations Editor, The Examination
Jennifer Sahn Editor in Chief, High Country News
Megha Satyanarayana Chief Opinion Editor, Scientific American
Timothy Schamber Creative Director, Outside
Cory Schouten Editor in Chief, Crain's New York Business
Ariel Schwartz Executive Editor, Business Insider
Tom Scocca Editor, Indignity
Damien Scott Deputy Editorial Director, Billboard
Corey Seymour Senior Editor, Vogue
Noah Shachtman Editor in Chief, Rolling Stone
Carla Shackleford Managing Editor, Philadelphia
Jeff Sharlet Frederick Sessions Beebe '35 Professor in the Art of Writing, Dartmouth College
Swati Sharma Editor in Chief, Vox
Versha Sharma Editor in Chief, Teen Vogue
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd Journalist, Editor
Alyson Shontell Editor in Chief, Fortune
Leta Shy
Genevieve Smith Executive Editor, New York
Sarah Smith Editor in Chief, Prevention
Gabriel Snyder Publisher and Editor in Chief, The Fine Print
Brendan Spiegel Editorial Director and Cofounder, Narratively
Nadja Spiegelman
Nykia Spradley Freelance Editor and Writer
Ron Stodghill Professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism
Annie Stoltie Editor in Chief and Copublisher, Adirondack Life
Emily Roberts Stone Editor in Chief, Texas Highways
Flora Stubbs Executive Editor, Travel + Leisure
Winslow Taft Creative Director, Food & Wine
Catherine Talese Visual Strategist; Educator, International Center of Photography
Bhumika Tharoor Managing Editor, The Atlantic
John R. Timmer Senior Science Editor, Ars Technica
Tyghe Trimble Editor in Chief, Inverse
Greg Veis Senior Editor, Apple News
Amber Venerable Creative Director, Allure and SELF
Allecia Vermillion Executive Editor, Seattle Met
Chris Vogel Editor in Chief, Boston Magazine
Justin Vogt Executive Editor, Foreign Affairs
David Schurman Wallace Editor at Large, The Paris Review
Joel Weber Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
Zoe Westman Art Director, Condé Nast Traveler
Carli Whitwell Senior Director of Editorial, Refinery29
Victor Williams Digital Design Director, TIME
Denise Wills Editorial Director, The Atlantic
Jennifer Wilson Associate Professor, Magazine and Brand Media; Director, E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine and Multimedia
David Wolf Editor, The Guardian Long Read
Dana Wollman Editor in Chief, Engadget
Patti Wolter Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Professor, Northwestern University
Tali Woodward Editor in Chief, The Trace
Abi Wright Executive Director, Professional Prizes, Columbia Journalism School
Allison Wright Executive Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review
Stephanie Wu Editor in Chief, Eater
Tom Zeller Jr. Editor in Chief, Undark
Blaise Zerega Editorial Director, Alta Journal
Kristal Brent Zook Author and Professor NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS BOARD Joe Brown Publisher and Editorial Director, one5c
Jelani Cobb Dean and Ira A. Lipman Professor of Journalism, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Richard Dorment Editor in Chief, Men's Health
Jonathan Dorn Chief Entertainment Officer, Outside
Mark Jannot Story Editor, The New York Times Magazine
Clara Jeffery Editor in Chief, Mother Jones
Radhika Jones Editor in Chief, Vanity Fair
Amanda Kludt Group Publisher, Lifestyle, Vox Media
Cindi Leive Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer, The Meteor
Alison Overholt Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Founder, Good People LLC
Charles Whitaker Dean, Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism
Abi Wright Executive Director, Professional Prizes, Columbia Journalism School
Sidney Holt Executive Director, American Society of Magazine Editors | ex officio Titles and affiliations listed were at time of judging |
