Rolling Stone took home eight top honors at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 18th Annual Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards event Sunday night, Dec. 7. The victories covered a wide array of categories, including features, profiles, interviews, art design, obituaries, and investigative reporting.

Kory Grow, Jon Blistein, and Tomás Mier received the David Robb Investigative $5,000 Cash Prize for their March 2025 cover story, “’Brilliant, Lost, Damaged’: Inside the Tragedy of Liam Payne.” The judges commended the piece as a “comprehensive investigation” into the life and death of the former One Direction star, which “revealed the singer’s struggles with addiction” and examined “wider issues about the pressures of fame and a lack of support for people in the spotlight.”

Andy Greene won t

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