Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School Announces 2018 Mirror Awards Finalists

Wednesday, April 25, 2018, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Mirror Awards 2018 logoճ has announced the finalists in the 2018 competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 14 in New York City. Tickets and tables for the event may be . Follow on Twitter at #Mirrors18.

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

BEST SINGLE ARTICLE/STORY

  • by Jim Rutenberg (The New York Times Magazine)
  • by Felix Gillette (Bloomberg Businessweek)
  • by Nadine Epstein and Wesley G. Pippert (Moment)
  • by Ellen Wexler (Moment)

BEST PROFILE

  • by Lois Parshley (Pacific Standard)
  • By Joe Pompeo
  • (Vanity Fair)
  • by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (GQ)

BEST COMMENTARY

  • by Leslie Savan (The Nation)
  • by Charles Alexander (The Nation)
  • by Zach Schonfeld (Newsweek)
  • by Jack Shafer and Tucker Doherty (Politico)

SPECIAL TOPIC CATEGORY: BEST STORY ON FAKE NEWS

  • Amanda Robb
    • (Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting)
    • (Rolling Stone)
  • by Samanth Subramanian (Wired)
  • by Duncan J. Watts and David M. Rothschild (Columbia Journalism Review)

SPECIAL TOPIC CATEGORY: BEST STORY ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY

  • By Rebecca Traister (The Cut)
  • by Irin Carmon and Amy Brittain (The Washington Post)
  • by Emily Steel (The New York Times)

JOHN M. HIGGINS AWARD FOR BEST IN-DEPTH/ENTERPRISE REPORTING

  • by Luke O’Brien (The Atlantic)
  • Series of investigative pieces on Harvey Weinstein by Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
  • Series of investigative pieces on Harvey Weinstein (The New York Times)
    • by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey
    • by Jodi Kantor and Rachel Abrams
    • by Ellen Gabler, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor
    • by Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Susan Dominus, Jim Rutenberg and Steve Eder
  • Series of pieces on ad fraud by Craig Silverman (BuzzFeed News)

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.

In addition to the juried awards, the Newhouse School will present the Fred Dressler Leadership Award and the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the award ceremony, which will be held Tuesday, June 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 E. 42nd St., New York City. Tickets and tables may be .

For more information, visit or email mirror@syr.edu.

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