Like what you’re reading? Subscribe to The Atavist Magazine today for access to our full archive. I'm not interested Awards NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2017 Public Interest (Finalist) for “A Family Matter” (Jessica Weisberg) 2015 Feature Writing (Winner) for “Love and Ruin” (James Verini) 2015 Reporting (Finalist) for “The Trials of White Boy Rick” (Evan Hughes) 2015 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Love for My Enemies” (Lukas Augustin and Niklas Schenck) 2014 Reporting (Finalist) for “The Sinking of the Bounty” (Matthew Shaer) 2014 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Coronado High” (Joshua Bearman) 2014 Video (Finalist) for “The Last Clinic” (Maisie Crow and Alissa Quart) 2012 Reporting, Digital (Finalist) for “The Instigators” (David Wolman) 2012 Multimedia (Finalist) for “Lifted” (Evan Ratliff) EMMY AWARDS 2015 News & Documentary New Approaches (Finalist) for “Love for My Enemies” 2014 News & Documentary New Approaches (Finalist) for “The Last Clinic” LIVINGSTON AWARDS 2019 Chris Outcalt (Winner) for “Murder at the Alcatraz of the Rockies” 2018 Kenneth R. Rosen (Finalist) for “The Devil’s Henchmen” 2017 Zach Dorfman (Finalist) for “Codename: Chilbom” 2014 Matthew Shaer (Finalist) for “The Sinking of the Bounty” 2013 Mary Cuddehe (Finalist) for “Agent Zapata” 2011 Jordan Conn (Finalist) for “The Defender” ONLINE NEWS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2016 Feature Story (Finalist) for James Verini’s “The Doctor” 2016 Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award (Finalist) for Evan Ratliff’s “The Mastermind“ OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB AWARDS 2017 Best Digital Reporting on International Affairs (Citation) for “The Mastermind” MICHAEL KELLY AWARD 2016 James Verini (Finalist) “The Doctor” AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HEALTH CARE JOURNALISM 2017 Second Place in Features (Small Circulation) for Amitha Kalaichandran’s “Losing Conner’s Mind” CLARION AWARDS 2019 Best Feature Article in Online Media for Hallie Lieberman’s “The Trigger Effect” 2018 Best Feature Article in Online Media for “The Devil’s Henchmen” BAYEUX CALVADOS-NORMANDY AWARD FOR WAR CORRESPONDENTS 2018 Written Press Prize for “The Devil’s Henchmen” DART AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN COVERAGE OF TRAUMA 2019 Hallie Lieberman (Finalist) for “The Trigger Effect” ONE WORLD MEDIA AWARDS 2019 Popular Features (Longlist) for Allyn Gaestel’s “Things Fall Apart” SOCIETY OF AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITERS 2020 Lowell Thomas Award for Adventure Travel Writing for Melissa Sevigny’s “The Wild Ones” THE BEST AMERICAN SERIES 2020 Travel Writing: Barrett Swanson’s “Lost in Summerland” 2019 Nonrequired Reading: Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling’s “Barbearians at the Gate” Film and TV News “‘The Mastermind’ From Russo Brothers Set Up At FX With Noah Hawley Producing” — Deadline.com “Imagine Inks First-Look Film and TV Deal With The Atavist Magazine” — Deadline.com “Russo Brothers Acquires ‘The Mastermind’ About Criminal Kingpin” —Deadline.com “Team Downey and Cinemax to open ‘Baghdad Country Club’” — A.V. Club “Miles Teller, Ruben Fleischer Team on ‘Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang’” — Variety “‘White Boy Rick’ and the Atavist’s Big Hollywood Score” — New York Magazine “Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips to Produce A Thousand Pounds of Dynamite for Warner Bros” — TheWrap “RatPac and Edward Norton Option American Hippopotamus” – Deadline.com “‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Writer Tapped to Adapt Drug Smuggling Movie for George Clooney” — Hollywood Reporter General News Atavist editor in chief named among 2019 Top Women in Media – Folio Magazine “For a narrative magazine, an unlikely new oasis” — Poynter “Wordpress.com Owner Buys Atavist, Maker of Subscription-Offering Publishing Software” — Wall Street Journal “Keeping Tabs on the Hacking Hero Who Became a Criminal Kingpin” — ProPublica “Review: ‘Love and Ruin’: long and well-told tales from The Atavist” — The Seattle Times “The Atavist Redesign Turns The Long-Form Portal Into A Magic Word Processor” — Fast Company “50 New York Startups in New York City You Need to Know About” — The Next Web “Longform Journalism Finds a Home” — The New York Times Related