Newhouse School Announces Finalists in 2023 Mirror Awards Competition
Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications today announced the finalists in the 2023 Mirror Awards competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced June 12 at an awards ceremony in New York City.
The finalists, selected by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:
Best Single Article/Story
Best Profile
Best Commentary
John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting
- Katie Thornton, “The Divided Dial”
- Rob Davis, “Publishing Prejudice” (PDF) – The Oregonian/OregonLive
- Sheelah Kolhatkar, “The Perils of Pornhub”- The New Yorker
- Nicholas Confessore and Karen Yourish, “Tucker Carlson’s America” – The New York Times
Special Topic Category for 2023 – Best Story on Media Coverage of the War in Ukraine
- Masha Gessen, “Masha Gessen on the War in Ukraine” – The New Yorker
- Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano, Aaron Krolik, Neil MacFarquhar, Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson, “Russia’s Disinformation Machine” – The New York Times
- Molly Schwartz, “Russian TV’s Favorite American Pundit” – On the Media
- Elahe Izadi, Sarah Ellison and Travis M. Andrews, “How Russia and the West covered the war in Ukraine” (PDF) – The Washington Post
About the Mirror Awards
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 the awards, visit newhouse.syr.edu/mirrorawards or email mirrorawards@syr.edu.