ESSENCE Wins A 2022 National Magazine Award for Photography

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“Of Earth & Sky,” by Lorna Simpson from the January/February 2021 issue.Deputy Editor Cori Murray, alongside creative director Nia Lawrence, accepted the award.

In Murray’s acceptance speech, she said of ESSENCE being recognized the prestigious Ellie trophy. “Lorna Simpson was quoted in the New York Times saying that, when she was directing Rihanna, she told her to think of herself as a giant.

Well, I feel like a giant tonight. Thank you.”The fellow nominees in the photography category were National Geographic, Poetry, Stranger’s Guide and Time.The 57th annual National Magazine Awards are sponsored by ASME and the Columbia Journalism School; they were held at Brooklyn Steel in Williamsburg, New York.

A few other notable wins from the 2022 ASME Awards, included:Video: The New Yorker (David Remnick, editor) for “A Reporter’s Video from Inside the Capitol Siege” by Luke Mogelson, January 17Podcasting: Pineapple Street Studios for two episodes of “The 11th,” hosted by Hanif Abdurraqib.