The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) announced the winners of the 57th Annual National Magazine Awards on April 5 in Brooklyn, New York, and for the second time in four years, a set of long films by Lindsey B. King received the highest award. honor in magazine journalism.

The National Magazine Awards are administered annually by ASME, in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and are essentially the magazine industry’s version of the Pulitzer Prize, which traditionally honored newspaper journalism. This year, ASME announced winners in categories ranging from public interest and reporting to video, essays and criticism.

This is the sixth consecutive year 5280 was nominated as a finalist for a National Magazine Award. Since 2005, the magazine has been named a finalist 13 times.

King, who with the former 5280 Editor-in-chief Kasey Cordell, honored in 2019 in the personal service category for “The Art of Dying Well,” was again named the winner this year. “Shattered Minds,” an in-depth report on the impact of high-THC concentrates on teenage mental health, won the service journalism category. Other category finalists included AARP The Magazine, new York, SELFand women’s health.

“5280 continues to prove that local media can produce journalism that rivals the best national publications,” says Daniel Brogan, the magazine’s founder and CEO. “We appreciate the recognition from ASME, and are grateful to our readers and advertisers who continue to support this important work.”

The National Magazine Awards became colloquially known as “The Ellies”, a nickname given to the statuette given to the winners. The award is inspired by an abstract elephant created by Alexander Calder in 1942.

For ASME’s full press release on the 2022 winners, click here.