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This year, we received over 200 applications and awarded 15 2023 ������Ƶ National Fellowships. Through this dynamic National Fellows class, ������Ƶ is supporting eleven book projects, two films, and two multimedia projects. Meet the Class of 2023 and learn more about the applicant pool by reading our Class of 2023 “Who Applied?” report.

Andrea Elliot for her book Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City.

Azmat Khan was recognized as the key contributor to the New York Times piece “The Civilian Casualty Files,” which . Matthieu Aikins was recognized as a contributing reporter. Anand Gopal as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing for his work in the New Yorker.

This year, ������Ƶ’s National Fellows published seven books, three of which were reviewed in the New York Times. The books focused on fascinating topics including explorations of psychology and psychopharmacology, the identity of Black Native Americans, and modern China and surveillance technology. As always, our National Fellows bring challenging issues to the forefront of public discourse.

Reuben Jonathan Miller . The award followed the recognition of his book, Halfway Home, which by the American Association of Publishers Award Winner and by the Law and Society Association Award Winner.

Andrea Elliot’s book Invisible Child was also awarded the , the , and the New York Public Library’s 2022 . Elliot was also named as a finalist for the and the .

Jonathan Katz's book, Gangsters of Capitalism, was published with reviews from the , the , and the . The book was named on "Our Favorite books of 2022" list. Katz also adapted a portion of his book for a guest essay in the .

Matthieu Aikins published The Naked Don’t Fear the Water in February, with reviews from the , the , and the , among many others. The book was also featured in ’s “The Best Books of 2022 So Far” and ’s “The 100 Must-Read Books of 2022.” The Naked Don’t Fear the Water was named in the ’ 2022 readers' book list. Ahead of the book’s publication, Aikins wrote the piece ‘We’ve Never Been Smuggled Before,’ adapted from his book for the .

Daniel Bergner’s book, The Mind and the Moon, was published in May and received a Sunday review.

Caleb J. Gayle’s publication of We Refuse to Forget was met with a starred review from , as well as reviews from the and the .

Josh Chin published Surveillance State with co-author Liza Lin. The book was reviewed by , , and the . Surveillance State was featured in the ’s “Books of the Year 2022” and was named in the ’s “Investigative Titles for Your 2022 Reading List.”

Rachel Aviv’s book Strangers to Ourselves was published in September and received reviews from the , the , and the , among others. Aviv also appeared on to discuss her book. Strangers to Ourselves was named in “The 10 Best Books of 2022” lists from both the and the . Aviv’s book was also recognized by the ’ “100 Notable Books of 2022” and was listed as one of the year’s “50 Notable Works of Nonfiction” by the . Strangers to Ourselves was featured on the ' “15 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Fall” and was named one of the most anticipated books of 2022 by and . Aviv’s book was featured in ’s “Best Nonfiction of 2022” and was named a “must-read” of 2022 by . Strangers to Ourselves and was also recognized in ’s 2022 “Books We Love.”

Karen Levy’s book Data Driven was published on December 6th and was reviewed by the . Levy discussed her book in interviews with the , , and . Data Driven was also adapted for essays in several publications including , , and .

In addition to books, we are honored to have supported several media projects.

• CJ Hunt's film The Neutral Ground was nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy in the category of .
• Tayor Lee Nagel and Emma Findlen Leblanc’s film If You Can Ever Get Back was screened at the .
• Sheri Fink's book Five Days At Memorial was adapted into an by the same name which premiered in August of 2022.

Along with captivating, award-winning books and films, our Fellows also produced a variety of longform articles and reporting projects.

• Abrahm Lustgarten wrote “The Barbados Rebellion,” a cover story for the , covering that nation’s fight against climate change.
• Daniel Bergner adapted a portion of his book The Mind and the Moon for the piece, “Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices.”
• Matthieu Aikins reported on women’s rights in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan for the .

• Vann R. Newkirk II and Keisha N. Blain 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellows.
• Keisha N. Blain and Thomas Chatterton Williams 2022 Guggenheim Fellows in United States History and General Nonfiction, respectively.
• Theodore R. Johnson an Emerson Collective Fellow in their new Democracy Cohort.
• Marcia Chatelain the James Beard Foundation Book Award for Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America.
• Clint Smith's How the Word is Passed the National Book Critics Circle Award for nonfiction.
• Julian Brave NoiseCat the American Mosaic Journalism Prize.
• Nonny de la Peña a Peabody Field Builder Award.
• Matthieu Aikins the 2022 Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia for his reporting in the New York Times Magazine.
• Bartow Elmore the Dan David Prize, which recognizes outstanding scholarship in history.
• Matthieu Aikins, Azmat Khan, and Rachel Aviv by the American Society of Magazine Editors National Magazine Award for their work in Reporting, Public Interest, and Profile Writing, respectively.
• Eve L. Ewing at the University of Chicago; Karen Levy at Cornell University. Keisha N. Blain Brown University as a professor of Africana Studies and History.
• Caleb J. Gayle and Francesca Mari Fellows at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies.
• Anna Louie Sussman as a 2022-2023 visiting journalist with the Russell Sage Foundation.