Syracuse University

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 more than 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, are:

Best Single
Article

• Rachel Smolkin, "Justice
  Delayed," American Journalism Review


• Ken Auletta, href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/02/070702fa_fact_auletta">"Promises,
  Promises," The New Yorker


• Emily Nussbaum, "Say
  Everything," New York
  Magazine


• Evgenia Peretz, href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/10/gore200710">"Going
  After Gore," Vanity Fair


• Michael Wolff, href="http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/09/wolff200709">"Murdoch's
  Private Game," Vanity Fair

Best Profile

• Joe Strupp, "Getting
  Wired: New Image for AP," Editor & Publisher


• Aaron Barnhart, href="http://www.kansascity.com/221/story/569966.html">"Al
  Jazeera English: The News You Won't See," Kansas City Star


• David Folkenflik, href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15430924">"Seizures Hurt Memory, Ex-'Times' Reporter
  Says," National Public Radio


• Jeff Coplon, href="http://nymag.com/news/features/40647/">"How Race is Lived in America," New York Magazine


• Richard Siklos, href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/business/yourmoney/13murdoch.html">"Tilting at a Digital Future," The New York Times

Best
Commentary

• David
  Carr, The New York Times


• Dan
  Kennedy, freelancer, for The Guardian


• Joe
  Nocera, The New York Times


• Rob Owen, Pittsburgh
  Post-Gazette


• href="http://www.wired.com/commentary/games">Clive Thompson,
  freelancer, for Wired

Best
Investigative Piece

• Lowell Bergman, href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/part1/">"News
  War: Secrets, Sources & Spin and the Future of Networks," "Frontline"
  (PBS)


• Brian Ross and Vic Walter, " href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/09/to-catch-a-pred.html">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)




• href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117892994123900657.html">Dynasty's
  Dilemma


• href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118074120877622087.html">Family
  Dynamics


• href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118589043953483378.html">Mogul's
  Dream


• href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118100557923424501.html">Calling
  Shots

Overall
Excellence

• American Journalism Review


• href="http://www.broadcastingcable.com/index.asp?layout=roadblock&sid=320736767&target=index%2Easp%3F">Broadcasting
  & Cable


• The
  New York Times: Monday Media section


• The
  Seattle Times: The Democracy Papers

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.

The Mirror Awards, established by the Newhouse School in 2006, 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 http://mirrorawards.syr.edu.

For information about sponsorship levels, table sales and individual tickets, contact Marianne Carey Hayes at (212) 245-6570 ext. 16.