Osnos joined "The New Yorker" in September 2008 and served as the magazine’s China correspondent until 2013. Osnos has contributed to the NPR radio show "This American Life" and the PBS television show "Frontline". As "The New Yorker's" China correspondent, Evan maintained a regular blog called "Letter from China" and wrote articles about China’s young neoconservatives, the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, and the Wenzhou train crash. According to the "Washington Post", "In the pages of the New Yorker, Evan Osnos has portrayed, explained and poked fun at this new China better than any other writer from the West or the East." He received two awards from the Overseas Press Club and the Osborn Elliott Prize for excellence in journalism from the Asia Society. Osnos is among those featured in Episodes 11 (Contradictions) and 12 (Follow the Money) of the USC U.S.-China Institute's "Assignment:China" series.