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National Mag Awards announced

The industry's annual recognition of its best was Thursday night
May 4, 2012

The American Society of Magazine Editors announced this year’s National Magazine Awards at a black-tie ceremony Thursday night.

Time netted the top award, for magazine of the year. Other big winners included Bloomberg Businessweek for general excellence and the New Yorker for reporting. Vanity Fair won for columns and commentary for pieces by the late Christopher Hitchens.

See the complete list of winners and finalists here.

Kira Goldenberg was an associate editor at CJR from 2012-2015. Follow her on Twitter at @kiragoldenberg.