Chris Ahearn, Margaret Carlson and Howard Dean will present awards at the third annual
Mirror Awards luncheon, sponsored by Syracuse University's
S.I. Newhouse School of
Public Communications, on Tuesday, June 9, at 11:45 a.m. at the Harmonie Club in New
York City. Contessa Brewer '96 will serve as emcee.
Chris Ahearn
Ahearn is president of Reuters Media at Thomson Reuters-a global division that includes
the News Agency and Publishing business lines-where he oversees the publishing and
distribution of news and information services to media and business professionals. He was
previously the executive vice president of the Reuters Research & Advisory business, for
which he developed the Reuters Knowledge product line.
Ahearn joined Reuters in 2001 from JPMorgan, where he held positions in LabMorgan, the
technology, media and telecommunications group, and the financial institutions group.
Prior to JPMorgan, he worked in the financial institutions group at Credit Suisse First
Boston.
Margaret Carlson
Carlson is a political columnist for Bloomberg News and appears on its weekly program
"Political Capital" with Al Hunt. She is also Washington editor of The Week magazine. She
makes frequent appearances on "Meet the Press," MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris
Matthews" and CNN. Previously, she was a panelist on CNN's "The Capital Gang," which
ran for 17 years.
After serving as managing editor for The New Republic, she joined Time and, with her
column, "Public Eye," became the first woman columnist in the magazine's history.
Howard Dean
Dean is a consultant with Democracy for America, an organization he founded in 2004 that
supports progressive issues and candidates across the country. He also currently serves as a
senior strategic advisor and independent consultant for the government affairs practice at
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, where he focuses on health care and energy issues.
After gaining national prominence as a U.S. presidential candidate in 2004, Dean led the
Democratic Party to success as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 2005-
09. He previously served as the governor of Vermont from 1991-2003.
Contessa Brewer
A veteran television journalist, Brewer is a widely-recognized anchor on MSNBC. She is
known for her marathon on-air coverage of breaking news and big political stories. She also
contributes reports to NBC broadcasts and hosts the MSNBC prime-time series "Caught on
Camera."
A 1996 graduate of the Newhouse School, Brewer spent seven years in local news before
joining MSNBC in 2003. She began her career at KRNV in Reno, Nev., as a reporter-
photographer. She later served as an anchor and reporter in Palm Springs, Calif., where she
interviewed many celebrities, star athletes and nationally known politicians. She also worked
at WTMJ in Milwaukee, Wis.
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 media inquiries, contact Wendy Loughlin at (315) 443-
2785 or wsloughl@syr.edu.
