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In a first for any Canadian publishing awards, the National Magazine Awards Foundation (NMAF) is helping to raise the profile of Canadian creators on the international stage. As outlined in our 2016-17 Strategic Initiatives, the NMAF will be introducing more judges from the international magazine community to help recognize and honour the work of Canadian creators.
Joining us for our 40th anniversary National Magazine Awards will be a fresh roster of international editors, art directors, writers, publishers and more, with experience at publications such at The New York Times, Monocle, Rolling Stone, Good Housekeeping, Bloomberg Businessweek, National Geographic, Quartz and The New Yorker. This initiative aims to put Canadian-made work directly into the eyes of some of our industry’s top experts, helping to give recognition to Canadian creators that extends beyond our borders.
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The NMAF is thrilled to announce the following international judges for the 40th anniversary year.
Robert Capps is head of editorial at WIRED, where he oversees editorial for all platforms, including the magazine, WIRED.com, and live events. In his 11-year career at WIRED he has garnered 12 National Magazine Award nominations, spearheaded the programming for multiple live events, including the WIRED Business Conference, the WIRED Data | Life health conference, and the WIRED x Design creativity retreat.
David Curcurito is founder and partner of Works Well With Others Design Group. Created in 2016 with his wife and fellow creative director Jessica Musumeci, Works Well With Others is a NYC based studio creating strategy and design across all platforms. Creating brand identities, commercials, websites, apps, films, magazines, books or anything else that presents a creative challenge.
Kevin Delaney is the editor-in-chief of Quartz, a digital business publication of Atlantic Media, and was previously the managing editor of WSJ.com, the Wall Street Journal’s website.
Antonio de Luca is an art director at The New York Times. He is also co-publisher and art director of Self Publish, Be Happy. He was previously the creative director of The Walrus.
Gillian Dobias launched Monocle Films for Monocle magazine and has directed video and radio productions for CBC’s The Journal, PrimeTime News, On The Arts and Fashion File, as well as for the BBC.
Dawn Emery spent 10 years as editor at HELLO! Online where her roles included Features Director on the launch of HELLO! Fashion Monthly, and commissioning editor on the weekly magazine. Her celebrity interviewees have included Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, P.Diddy, Andrea Bocelli, Katherine Heigl and the Kardashian clan (klan). Prior to HELLO!, she edited two travel-based magazines before working as a freelancer in London and Sydney. She’s written for publications including Marie Claire, The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, House & Garden and various newspaper supplements.
Todd Falkowsky is the publisher of The Canadian Design Resource, the main connector and exporter of brand Canada, and the founder and creative director of Citizen Brand and Motherbrand. He is also a professor of architecture at the Politecnico in Milan, Italy.
Jane Francisco is the editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping at Hearst Magazines, and was previously editor-in-chief of Chatelaine, Style and Home, and Glow Magazine.
Dale Hrabi is an author, creative director and currently editor of Off Duty at the Wall Street Journal.
Laurie Jennings is the Deputy Editor of Good Housekeeping in New York and previously Executive Editor and Health Director at Chatelaine. She has also been an editor at House & Home and Wish, and is a former Vice President of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors.
Jeremy Keehn is a features editor at Bloomberg Businessweek, and was previously the editor of NewYorker.com, digital director of Harper’s, and senior editor at The Walrus.
Laurie Kratochvil is a photography dealer and appraiser, as well as a consultant on visual projects that include magazines, books, the internet and film. She began her career at the Los Angeles Times as a photography editor, spent 12 years as photo editor at Rolling Stone Magazine, and has also worked with In Style Magazine, Self, O the Oprah Magazine, Bloomberg Personal, Men’s Health and Essence.
David Michon is an editorial and creative consultant and a print and radio journalist based in London, UK. He was previously an editor at Monocle, Winkreative and Icon magazine.
Emily Nussbaum is the television critic for The New Yorker, and in 2016 won the Pulitzer Prize for criticism. Previously, she worked at New York for seven years, editing the Culture Pages (and creating the Approval Matrix) and writing both features and criticism.
Molly Roberts is senior photography editor at National Geographic.
Jessica Rose is the art director of Wallpaper at TIME Inc. Previously she was the art director at The Sunday Times Magazine, ELLE Canada and Toronto Life.
Leanne Shapton is an artist, illustrator, author and publisher based in New York City. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J&L Books, an internationally-distributed not-for-profit imprint specializing in art and photography books. She was previously the art director of The New York Times Op-Ed page, and currently contributes to the New York Times Magazine, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and the New Yorker. She is the creator of over ten books, most recently the children’s book Toys Talking; Women In Clothes, with Sheila Heti and Heidi Julavits, about how women dress; Sunday Night Movies, a book of paintings made from movie stills; and Swimming Studies, winner of the National Book Critic’s Circle Award for autobiography and long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year.
Adam Sternbergh is a contributing editor at New York magazine and Vulture, and the former culture editor of The New York Times Magazine. His first novel, Shovel Ready, is a future-noir thriller about a garbageman-turned-hitman set in a dystopian New York City.
John Swansburg is the Deputy Editor of Slate.com and former editor at The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Read more about How Judging Works.
Click here to see the rest of the 2017 NMA Jury.
