Wired, WSJ, Bloomberg among National Magazine Award finalists

Wired, The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider and Bloomberg News have been named as finalists for National Magazine Awards.

Wired is a finalist in the general excellence category, as well as in the video category for “I 3D-Printed Luigi Mangione’s ‘Ghost Gun,’” produced and directed by Lisandro Perez-Rey, hosted by Andy Greenberg, May 19 at youtube.com/wired.

It’s also a finalist in the service journalism category for  “How to Win a Fight,” including “The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance,” by Andy Greenberg and Lily Hay Newman, June 16, and “Print. Fold. Share. Download WIRED’s ‘How to Win a Fight’ Zine Here,” compiled by Reece Rogers, June 20, at wired.com.

And it’s a finalist in the public interest category for  for “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover,” by Vittoria Elliott, Feb. 2, “A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System,” by Elliott, Dhruv Mehrotra, Leah Feiger and Tim Marchman, Feb. 4, and “Inside Elon Musk’s ‘Digital Coup,’” by Makena Kelly, David Gilbert, Elliott, Kate Knibbs, Mehrotra, Dell Cameron, Marchman, Leah Feiger and Zoë Schiffer, March 13, at wired.com

The Journal is a finalist in the podcasting category for three episodes of “Camp Swamp Road,” reported and hosted by Journal reporter Valerie Bauerlein: “Episode 1: Mess Around, Find Out,” Sept. 15, “Episode 2: A Game of Telephone,” Sept. 21, and “Episode 3: A Friend in the Shadows,” Sept. 28.

Bloomberg is a finalist in the video category for “Can’t Look Away,” produced and directed by Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz, based on reporting by Olivia Carville, April 4.

Bloomberg Markets is a finalist in the single-topic category for “The Japan Issue,” October/November.

Bloomberg is also a finalist in the newsletters category for for three issues of “FOIA Files,” by Jason Leopold: “How Trump’s Presidency Is Impacting the FOIA,” Feb. 21, “FBI Agents, FOIA Staff Pulling All Nighters Reviewing Jeffrey Epstein Files,” March 28, and “Trump Ordered a Mountain Name Change. It Could Be an Uphill Battle,” July 25.

And Bloomberg is a finalist in the public interest category for for “A Fatal Tesla Crash Shows the Limits of Full Self-Driving,” by Dana Hull and Craig Trudell, June 4, and “Tesla’s Dangerous Doors,” by Hull, Emily Chang and Kara Carlson, Sept. 10.

Bloomberg Businessweek is a finalist in two categories. It’s a finalist in the reporting category for “Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon,” by Monte Reel, Dec. 26 at bloomberg.com. And it’s a finalist in the public interest category for “America’s Hot Garbage Problem,” by Laura Bliss and Rachael Dottle, July 1 at bloomberg.com.

Business Insider is a finalist in the service journalism category for three articles by Hannah Beckler: “The Business of C-Sections,” Aug. 23, “C-Section Rates Vary Widely by Hospital. Women Often Can’t See the Data,” Oct. 10, and “Cutting Costs,” Dec. 17.

See all of the finalists here. The winners will be announced on May 19.