Introduction, by Nicholas Lemann Acknowledgments, by Mark Whitaker Permissions Home, by Chris Jones Stomping Grounds, by Paul Kvinta The Wronged Man, by Andrew Corsello Dying in Darfur, by Samantha Power Walking His Life Away, by Gary Smith Torture at Abu Ghraib, by Seymour M. Hersh Please Stand By While the Age of Miracles Is Briefly Suspended, by James McManus Innocence Lost, by Nina Martin The Man Who Loved Grizzlies, by Ned Zeman Times Regained, by Adam Gopnik Good Plan, Republicans. But It Didn't Work in Britain, by Jonathan Rauch American Communion, by David Kamp Modern Immaturity, by Jed Perl Was Darwin Wrong?, by David Quammen The Laptop Brigade, by James Wolcott The Gift, by Ian Parker Foaling Season, by Aryn Kyle List of Contributors 2005 National Magazine Award Finalists National Magazine Award Winners, 1966-2005 ASME Board of Directors, 2004-2005 ASME Mission Statement
This compilation of award-winning articles by some of the most acclaimed writers in America celebrates excellence in a variety of genres: investigative reporting, features, profiles, and criticism, and essay-writing. Wide-ranging in style and in their subject matter, these pieces inform, surprise, entertain, and provide new perspectives on our world.
The American Society of Magazine Editors is the principal organization for magazine journalists in the United States. ASME sponsors the National Magazine Awards in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.Jon Meacham is the former editor of Newsweek; he co-anchors Need to Know on PBS. His latest book, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Meacham is also the author of two additional New York Times best-sellers: American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation and Franklin and Winston: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship.
The best works of the year, cherry-picked and suitably delicious. Kirkus Reviews Readers will appreciate this collection from well-known and rising talents among American journalists. Booklist Balanced, comprehensive, thought-provoking, involving, and well-crafted. Library Journal The compulsive readability of a good novel, but the immediacy and moral power of good journalism. Irish Times
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