Reason a Four-Time Finalist for Western Publications Association "Maggie" Awards

Matt Welch | March 9, 2009

I'm happy to announce that Reason has been named a four-time finalist in the Western Publications Association's "Maggie" awards for outstanding journalism in a magazine. The nominees are:

* Best magazine, in the "politics and social issues" category, for our October 2008 issue. Other finalists include Mother Jones, Sierra, and Ode. We won this category in 2005, and are serial nominees.

* Best news article, for Senior Editor Radley Balko's "Guilty Until Proven Innocent."

* Best single editorial illustration, for Terry Colon's "What Part of Legal Immigration Don't You Understand?" Based on research by Michael Flynn and Shikha Dalmia.

* Best Web article, for Contributing Editors Julian Sanchez's and David Weigel's "Who Wrote Ron Paul's Newsletters?"

Winners will be announced April 24. Full list of nominees here. And you can get all this journalism delivered straight to your mailbox for just $19.97 a year.

Comments

PIRS|3.9.09 @ 5:08PM|#

Congrats to everyone involved! I wish you luck, seriously Reason is my favorite magazine period.

joe|3.9.09 @ 5:15PM|#

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

|3.9.09 @ 5:20PM|#

Radley really is a true modern American hero. I am glad you guys picked him up as an editor/writer or whatever his job function is. He is our modern day Samuel Clemens or H.L. Mencken. I often fear for his safety. Pointing out that the Emperor wears no clothes has never been a safe avocation. Thank goodness that we have someone of such an intellectual caliber to speak on behalf of freedom loving folk.

Good luck to Reason and Radley in all your future endeavors.

Nittany Cat|3.9.09 @ 5:23PM|#

"Radley really is a true modern American hero."

Boo Radley is a true modern American hero? Maybe a hero to Scout. But all of modern America?

|3.9.09 @ 5:35PM|#

* Best news article, for Senior Editor Radley Balko's "Guilty Until Proven Innocent."

If the next four nominees aren't also articles by Radley Balko, then a "Magie" is a completely meaningless award.

|3.9.09 @ 5:47PM|#

Good job, you magnificent bastards!

|3.9.09 @ 6:27PM|#

And you can get all this journalism delivered straight to your mailbox for just $19.97 a year.

It's been three years since I paid for Reason. Every two or three months I get a letter in the mail saying my last issue is on the way, and if I don't renew soon my subscription will be no more. Yet they still keep delivering it for just $0.00 a year.

|3.9.09 @ 6:28PM|#

...not that I'm complaining! Go Radley!

Lefiti|3.9.09 @ 6:54PM|#

Western Publications Association--wow! Big fucking deal!

ed|3.9.09 @ 7:45PM|#

He [Balko] is our modern day Samuel Clemens or H.L. Mencken

Except those fellows were actually funny.

|3.9.09 @ 8:19PM|#

Western Publications Association--wow! Big fucking deal!

The jerk store just called. They ran out of YOU!

Just Plain Brian|3.10.09 @ 10:20PM|#

Good luck to all!

Radley really is a true modern American hero.

Couldn't have said it any better.