Award-Winning Editorial. Visionary Leadership.

Under Murray’s editorial leadership, ESSENCE won its first American Society for Magazine Editor’s National Magazine Award for Photography.

Judges' Citation
Exploring the intersection of Black womanhood, celebrity, art and beauty and drawing on archival images from Jet and Ebony, this collaboration between the mega-star Rihanna and the fine artist Lorna Simpson is a mesmerizing feat of editorial ingenuity.