Reason Nominated for 8 "Maggie" Awards

I am pleased to announce that Reason has been nominated for a record (for us! I think!) eight different journalism awards from the Western Publishing Association, which covers magazines and weekly newspapers and websites headquartered west of the Rocky Mountains. The nominations, for work published in 2011, include a fourth straight (at least!) finalist nod for "Magazine of the Year" in the category of "Politics & Social Issues," an award we won under Nick Gillespie's editorship back in 2004.

Here's the complete haul:

Magazine of the Year
July issue
Up against: Mother Jones, Ode, Sierra

Best Digital Version of a Print Publication

Best Web Publication Blog
Hit & Run!

Best Special Theme Issue
July

Best Public Service Series or Article
"Perverted Justice: Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason," by Jacob Sullum

Best News Story
"Fear of a Muslim America: In the fight against radical Islam, conservatives are trying to limit the property and speech rights of peaceful American Muslims," by Cathy Young

Best Regularly Featured Web or Digital Edition Column
Nick Gillespie, for
"Lanny Friedlander, Founder of Reason Magazine, RIP"
and
"3 Essential Facts about the Current Moment: We're Out of Money, the Public Sector is Overpaid, & We Can't Tax Our Way Out of This"

Best Web or Digital Edition Article
"Justice for Sal: After five years, the family of a Virginia optometrist killed by a SWAT team finally gets some closure," by Radley Balko

We ended up going 1 for 7 in each of the past two years, so here's hoping we can bring the average up to at least a respectable .250. And as always, you should be subscribing to us already, via whatever media you feel most comfortable with. We won't get bought by a president-hearting Facebookie, and we do some pretty interesting work, damn it!

Comments

[kilroy]

Best Web Publication Blog

Really? WTF?

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[Fist of Etiquette]

I nominate Matt Welch for the Best Needless 1.4MB jpeg award.

And now someone needs second my nomination of me for the Best Awesome Commenter award.

[Joe M]

Sorry, we only first around here.

[Episiarch]

No, he fists.

[Joe M]

Still ain’t second.

[Mustachioed Fist of Etiquette]

Seconded!

[Joe M]

Best Web Publication Blog
Hit & Run!

You know that’s all because of us commenters.

[Troll]

What am I, chopped liver?

[BigT]

We thank the Academy and humbly accept the $10,000,000,000 prize that accompanies the honor.

[Gus]

I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
No, I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am
But everybody wants you
To be just like them
They sing while you slave and I just get bored
I ain’t gonna work on Maggie’s farm no more

[Ron Paul won US Virgin Islands]

United States Virgin Islands Republican caucuses, 2012
Candidate Votes Percentage Unbound Delegates Delegates
Ron Paul 112[3] 29.2% 1 1
Mitt Romney 101 26.3% 6 7
Rick Santorum 23 6.0% 0 0
Newt Gingrich 18 4.7% 0 0
Uncommitted 130 33.9% 2 1
Unprojected delegates:[4] 0 0
Total: 384 100% 9 9

[Dekedin]

Never heard of Ode before, on first glance it looks sort of interesting. More so than Mother Jones, anyway.

[Jamie Kelly]

Magazine covers need SERIOUS help. Do you pay a graphic designer or artist to do that, or do you outsource it to some third-world fuck masturbating to low-res porn at a sweatshop in Guatemala? Other than that, love your work!