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APA’s flagship magazine and podcast win major awards

Excel Awards recognize general excellence, COVID-19 content, and design.

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Cover image of the Monitor in Psychology June 2020 special issue on COVID-19 APA took home five awards—including two coveted golds—in the prestigious Associations, Media & Publishing Network’s Excel Awards.

APA’s podcast, Speaking of Psychology, won gold for best podcast. APA’s magazine, Monitor on Psychology, took gold for its dedicated pandemic response issue, published in June 2020.

The Monitor also won bronze in three categories:

  • general excellence for its overall editorial content and coverage across all issues,
  • design excellence for the magazine’s overall design across all issues, and
  • pandemic response feature article (“How COVID-19 Attacks the Brain” in the November/December 2020 issue).

“APA strives every day to elevate the work of psychologists and showcase how psychological science can improve lives,” said APA Chief Executive Officer Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD. “One of our goals as an association is to have a positive impact on the world—and our content is an important piece of that work. It is wonderful to see the Monitor and Speaking of Psychology be recognized among many heavy hitters in the association world. I want to thank our members and staff for their hard work and dedication that made this happen.”

Speaking of Psychology is available for download on APA’s website, as well as on all major podcast services, or on our website.

The Monitor on Psychology is available on APA’s website and through a print subscription.

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