From the Nominator

No epidemic during our lifetime can match the global impact of COVID-19. Similarly, no publication has chronicled the pandemic’s impact on New York City as extensively and insightfully as this special issue does. Conceived as a time line of the deadly spring surge, the 120-page issue tracks the virus from Wuhan to the emergency departments and inpatient units of NYU Langone Health. The toll on our health system and the city it serves was tremendous. So was NYU Langone Health’s response. As all 1,300 beds in our system filled with COVID-19 patients, clinicians put their own health on the line to treat acutely sick patients; researchers collaborated on trials for promising therapeutics and vaccine candidates; and supply chain staffers uncovered new sources of personal protective equipment. 

The complex and sprawling nature of these achievements is made lively and accessible through the creative use of photography, illustrations, and infographics. Each timeline entry combines in-depth reporting and deft storytelling. In the epilogue, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and NYU Langone professor David Oshinsky, PhD, offers a thoughtful essay chronicling NYU’s long history of helping New Yorkers shoulder deadly epidemics. While the magazine is an advocacy publication, we scrupulously avoided hype, and focused on the contributions of the entire NYU Langone community—from the cleaning team to Dean and CEO Robert I. Grossman, MD. Above all, the issue serves as an essential historical record and a tribute to our frontline colleagues, who continue to carry us all through the darkest stretches of this pandemic.

From the Judges

This magazine hewed very well to the spirit of this category, with the lion's share of its content focused on a single topic. All the pages were a treat for the eyes, drawing us in with different entry points and compelling layout. The writing was extremely compelling. A very strong entry.