Bicycling wins 2009 National Magazine Award

April 30, 9:57 PMSF Bicycle Transportation ExaminerBen Marks

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Ross Dillon and father, Rusty. © Jeremy Harris

Last night, the Magazine Publishers of America announced their 2009 National Magazine Award winners. In what one media site described as "an odd mix of depression and uplifting joy," the event bestowed awards on the likes of Foreign Policy, Wired and Reader's Digest, with Field & Stream beating out The New Yorker in the closely watched 1,000,000-to-2,000,000 circulation category.

Among the winners was Bicycling, which won in the Public Interest category for a piece by David Darlington called Broken. Published in the January/February issue of 2008, Darlington's piece begins with a description of an accident in Sonoma County on Occidental Road. The cyclist who was hit, Ross Dillon, was in a coma for four months and a vegetative state for 10. No charges were filed against the driver, Cathie Hamer, because, well, because it was an accident. The article goes on to explain the limits of current laws to prosecute motorists who hit cyclists. The article also included a half dozen useful and informative sidebars.

Congratulation to David Darlington, editor-in-chief, Loren Mooney, and everyone at Bicycling magazine!