NEW YORK – ESPN The Magazine took home Folio:’s first-ever Magazine of the Year Award. The magazine was selected for it’s consistent coverage of stories and controversies that transcend the sports industry and relate to a much broader audience, as well as for its graphic covers and designs. “We think deeply and broadly about how sports matters in today’s world,” said editor-in-chief of the Magazine of the Year, Alison Overholt, who attributed the win to her close knit team. “We think that people can come to sports and through that lens can learn about so many things in the world and that’s one of the things that still brings people together these days.” Over 300 industry professionals gathered in the Trianon Ballroom at the New York Hilton Midtown to celebrate the Eddie & Ozzie Awards for excellence in editorial and design. Brands from all across the publishing space submitted over 2,000 entries, competing to take home the gold across 200 categories. Some of the other big winners of the night were Ellen Carpenter, editor-in-chief of Hemispheres Magazine, Rhapsody Magazine and The Hemispheres Travel Show, who took home the award for Editor of the Year, and Mary Watson, senior designer at b.inspired, who earned the title of Designer of the Year. And multi-winning publishers include Inside Salk, who earned five wins, Travel Weekly, who earned six wins, and AARP, who took home six awards between AARP Bulletin and AARP The Magazine. Four longtime editors and designers were... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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