Business & Finance
- The Generalist (Mario Gabriele)
- Mostly Metrics (CJ Gustafson)
- Kyla’s Newsletter (Kyla’s Scanlon)
Politics & Policy
- The Preamble (Sharon McMahon)
- Men Yell at Me (Lyz Lenz)
- Drop Site News (Jeremy Scahill and Ryan Grim)
Tech & AI
- One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick)
- Interconnects (Nathan Lambert)
- Ahead of AI (Sebastian Raschka)
Culture & Criticism
- Garbage Day (Ryan Broderick)
- Culture Study (Anne Helen Petersen)
- The Audacity (Roxane Gay)
Science & Health
- Your Local Epidemiologist (Katelyn Jetelina)
- Force of Infection (Caitlin Rivers)
- Experimental History (Adam Mastroianni)
Food & Drink
- Smitten Kitchen (Deb Perelman)
- The Food Lab (J. Kenji Lopez-Alt)
- Dinner: A Love Story (Jenny Rosenstrach)
Sports
- Defector (Staff publication)
- The Rose Garden Report (Sean Highkin)
- Detroit Football Network (Justin Rogers)
Best Longfrom Essay
- Experimental History (Adam Mastroianni)
- Wisdom of Crowds (Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid)
- Read Max (Max Read)
Best Reported Newsletter (Original Reporting)
- Popular Information (Judd Legum)
- The Handbasket (Marisa Kabas)
- Hell Gate (Staff publication)
Best Fiction/Serialized
- Plot Spoiler (Chuck Palahniuk)
- Counter Craft (Lincoln Michel)
- Dracula Daily (Matt Kirkland)
Best Newcomer
- The Inner Circle (Rachael Bade)
- Derek Thompson Newsletter (Derek Thompson)
- The Status Kuo (Jay Kuo)
Global Affairs
- Drop Site News (Jeremy Scahill & Ryan Grim)
- Rest of World (Staff publication)
- Global Dispatches (Mark Leon Goldberg)
Best Investigative Scoop
- Popular Information - $5M MAGA Inc donation story
- 404 Media - ICE Mobile Fortify facial recognition investigation
- The Handbasket - federal funding freeze scoop
Most Agenda-Setting Publication of the Year
- Letters from an American (Heather Cox Richardson)
- Tangle (Isaac Saul)
- The Bulwark (Staff publication)