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Verge and STAT among ASME finalists

Tech news site The Verge and health care site STAT News are among the finalists in the annual American Society of Magazine Editors annual National Magazine Awards.

The Verge is a finalist in the general excellence, news, sports and entertainment category while STAT is a finalist in the general excellence special interest category.

The Economist is a finalist in the podcasting category for three episodes of “The Prince,” hosted by Sue-Lin Wong: “Episode 1: Redder Than Red,” “Episode 2: Hide and Bide” and “Episode 3: Patriot Number One.”

Rest of World is a finalist in the design category for “In the Dark,” “How Chinese Citizens Use Puns to Get Past Internet Censors” and “Welcome to the Ambaniverse.

The Verge With Epic Magazine is a finalist in the profile writing category for “Searching for Susy Thunder,” by Claire L. Evans.

STAT is a finalist in the public service category for “Death Sentence,” by Nicholas Florko.

ASME will announce the winners of the National Magazine Awards on Tuesday, March 28, at Terminal 5, on West 56th Street in Manhattan.

See all of the finalists here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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