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Media, Law & Policy

Finalists Announced in Newhouse School’s 10th Annual Mirror Awards Competition

Thursday, April 7, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin
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Newhouse School of Public Communications

PrintThe has announced the finalists in the 2016 competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 9 in New York City.

The finalists, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:

Best Single Article—Traditional/Legacy Media

  • “” (PDF) by Peter Elkind (Fortune)
  • “” by Doug Bock Clark (New Republic)
  • “” by Monica Campbell (Nieman Reports)
  • “” by Gabriel Sherman (New York magazine)
  • “” (PDF) by Michal Lev-Ram (Fortune)

Best Single Article—Digital Media

  • “” by Laura Bennett (Slate)
  • “” by Brian Stelter (CNN)
  • “” by Celeste LeCompte (Nieman Reports)
  • “” by Anastasia Taylor-Lind (Nieman Reports)
  • “” by Duncan Hewitt (International Business Times)
  • “” by Peter Maass and Stephen Maing (The Intercept)

Best Single Story—Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

  • “” by Matthew Billy (Between the Liner Notes)
  • “” by Brian Stelter and the staff of Reliable Sources (CNN)
  • “” by Erik German, Olivia Katrandjian and team (Retro Report)

Best Profile

  • “” by Susan Burton (The New York Times)
  • “” by Jessica Pressler (New York magazine)
  • “” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (GQ)
  • “” by Greg Howard (Deadspin)

Best Commentary

  • “” by Guy Patrick Cunningham (Los Angeles Review of Books)
  • “” by James Wolcott (Vanity Fair)
  • “” by Frank Rich (New York magazine)
  • “” by Rebecca Traister (New York magazine)
  • Commentary on Baltimore violence by David Zurawik (The Baltimore Sun)
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John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

  • “” by Rajini Vaidyanathan (BBC News)
  • “” by Jonathan Mahler (The New York Times)
  • “” by Mark Seal (Vanity Fair)
  • “” by Roger Cohen (Vanity Fair)
  • “” by Sarah Ellison (Vanity Fair)

The awards ceremony will be held Thursday, June 9, from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 E. 42nd St., New York City. In addition to the juried awards, the Fred Dressler Leadership Award and the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence will be presented by the Newhouse School. Tickets and tables may be purchased online at . Follow on Twitter at #Mirrors16.

The Mirror Awards are the most important awards for recognizing excellence in media industry reporting. Established by the Newhouse School in 2006, the awards honor the reporters, editors and teams of writers who hold a mirror to their own industry for the public’s benefit.

For information about ticket and table sales for the ceremony, contact Amanda Griffin at 315-443-7982 or algri100@syr.edu. For media inquiries, contact Wendy Loughlin at 315-443-2785 or wsloughl@syr.edu.

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