Not only did Johns Hopkins have one of our favorite covers-an illustrated take on public health charting a new horizon-but the magazine had "a lot of substance," as one of our judges put it.
In its more than 50 pages, it took on myriad topical public health subjects, including gun safety, HIV prevention and treatment, climate change, obesity and opioid abuse, in a variety of engaging formats.
Our judges particularly enjoyed a series of vignettes on the history of the future of public health, highlighting successful innovations and what academics got wrong (like predicting the end of tuberculosis in 1937), and a feature story on a faculty member's community-based approach to combating HIV/AIDS in Baltimore.
The design had a good balance of colorful illustration and photography, although on occasion the juxtaposition of the two was a bit jarring.
