Mirror Awards finalists

The first annual national competition dedicated to media industry reporting announced its finalists today. They include a lot of the usual suspects and one very special individual, the late John M. Higgins.

Below is the press release.  In my CBS upfront story last week you'll find my tribute to Higgins.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

S.I. NEWHOUSE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE            
Monday, May 21, 2007               

Finalists announced in Mirror Awards competition

Awards honoring excellence in media industry reporting to be presented June 14

Twenty-three finalists have been announced in seven categories in the first ever Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The competition drew 140 entries. The media’s top writers, readers and leaders will gather June 14 at 11:45 a.m. at W New York (541 Lexington Ave., New York City) to fete the winners.

Finalists include:

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best Single Article
•    “Al Jazeera’s Global Mission,” Linda Tischler, Fast Company
•    “Blogs to Riches,” Clive Thompson, New York Magazine
•    “The Day the News Left Town,” Katherine Seelye, The New York Times
•    “Google’s China Problem (And China’s Google Problem),” Clive Thompson, The New York Times Magazine
•    “Dividing Lines: Why Book Industry Sees the World Split Still by Race,” Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, The Wall Street Journal

Best Commentary
•    “The Imperial City,” Kurt Andersen, New York Magazine
•     “The Media Equation,” David Carr, The New York Times
•     “Media Misfires,” Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post

Best Coverage of Breaking Industry News
•    “Why Journalists Risk Their Lives to Cover Iraq,” John M. Higgins and Allison Romano, Broadcasting & Cable
•    “Critics Question Reporter’s Airing of Personal Views,” David Folkenflik, National Public Radio
•    “A Local Newspaper Endures a Story Backlash,” Dean Miller, Neiman Reports

Best Profile
•    “Life With Brian,” Rachel Smolkin, American Journalism Review
•    “Mad as Hell: Lou Dobbs’s Populist Crusade,” Ken Auletta, The New Yorker
•    “A Guy Named Craig,” Philip Weiss, New York Magazine

Best Subject-Related Series
•    “Among the Audience: A Survey of New Media,” Andreas Kluth, The Economist
•    “Mixing, Matching and Multi-Media,” Joe Strupp, Editor & Publisher
•     “Viacom Coverage,” Brooks Barnes and Matthew Karnitschnig, The Wall Street Journal

EDITORS OR TEAMS OF WRITERS

Excellence in Media Information Services
•    Benton’s Communication-related Headlines, Benton Foundation
•    Mediabistro.com
•    HealthNewsReview.org, University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communications

Overall Excellence
•    Three issues of American Journalism Review
•    “Reliable Sources - Turning a Critical Lens on the Media 2006,” CNN
•     “America’s Investigative Reports,” Thirteen/WNET New York

The Mirror Awards, established by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, are the first of their kind. Meredith Vieira, co-anchor of NBC’s morning news program “Today,” will serve as MC of the awards luncheon. Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of Variety, will receive the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award.

Luncheon committee co-chairs for the event include Rob Light, partner, Creative Artists; Judy McGrath, chairman and CEO, MTV Networks; Ron Meyer, president and COO, Universal Studios; Aaron Sorkin, writer; and Jeff Zucker, president and CEO, NBC Universal.

Comments

[Mark Jeffries]

Hope they don't put Sorkin and Dougie Zucker next to each other. :)

[Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey]

“Why Journalists Risk Their Lives to Cover Iraq,” John M. Higgins and Allison Romano, Broadcasting & Cable

This is great news; I'm sure John would have been tickled. Thanks.