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Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced 22 finalists in five categories in the second annual Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew over 100 entries. The media’s top writers, readers and leaders will gather June 23 at 11:45 a.m. at the Rainbow Room, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, to fete the winners.
Finalists, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, include:
Best Single Article
- Ken Auletta, “Promises, Promises,” The New Yorker
- Emily Nussbaum, “Say Everything,” New York Magazine
- Evgenia Peretz, “Going After Gore,” Vanity Fair
- Rachel Smolkin, “Justice Delayed,” American Journalism Review
- Michael Wolff, “Murdoch’s Private Game,” Vanity Fair
Best Profile
- Aaron Barnhart, “Al Jazeera English: The News You Won't See,” Kansas City Star
- Jeff Coplon, “How Race is Lived in America,” New York Magazine
- David Folkenflik, “Seizures Hurt Memory, Ex-‘Times' Reporter Says,” National Public Radio
- Richard Siklos, “Tilting at a Digital Future,” The New York Times
- Joe Strupp, “Getting Wired: New Image for AP,” Editor & Publisher
Best Commentary
Best Investigative Piece
- Lowell Bergman, Raney Aronson-Rath, Arun Rath, Stephen Talbot, Ken Dornstein and David Fanning, "News War: Secrets, Sources & Spin and the Future of Networks” and “What's Happening to the News,” Frontline (PBS)
- Brian Ross and Vic Walter, "To Catch A Predator: A Sting Gone Bad,” 20/20 (ABC News)
- Sarah Ellison, Matthew Karnitschnig, Susan Pulliam, Dennis K. Berman, Susan Warren, Martin Peers, Steve Stecklow, Aaron O. Patrick and Andrew Higgins, "The Battle for Dow Jones: A Newspaper Covers Itself," The Wall Street Journal (four pieces)
Overall Excellence
In addition, journalist Tim Russert will receive the Fred Dressler Lifetime Achievement Award, and CNN/YouTube will receive the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence.
Established by the Newhouse School in 2006, the Mirror Awards honor the reporters, editors and teams of writers who hold a mirror to their own industry for the public’s benefit. Honorees are recognized for news judgment and command of craft in reporting, analysis and commentary on developments in the media industry and its role in our economy, culture and democracy.
For more information, contact Jean Brooks at (315) 443-5711 or mirror@syr.edu; or see mirrorawards.syr.edu. For information about sponsorship levels, table sales and individual tickets, contact Marianne Carey Hayes at (212) 245-6570 ext. 16 or mirrorawards@eventassociatesinc.com.
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