Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications presented seven journalism awards today at the seventh annual Mirror Awards ceremony. The event was held at Cipriani 42 in New York City.
The ceremony was attended by Kari Clark, widow of legendary entertainer Dick Clark ’51, who announced a lead gift from the Kari and Dick Clark Foundation for the naming of the Newhouse School’s renovated studio complex, currently under construction. Dick Clark Studios will open in Fall 2014.
Mirror Award winners, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:
The ceremony was attended by Kari Clark, widow of legendary entertainer Dick Clark ’51, who announced a lead gift from the Kari and Dick Clark Foundation for the naming of the Newhouse School’s renovated studio complex, currently under construction. Dick Clark Studios will open in Fall 2014.
Mirror Award winners, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:
- Best Profile – Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media: Adrian Chen, “Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web,” Gawker
- Best Single Story – Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media: Missouri Press Association, “Deadline in Disaster”
- Best Commentary – Digital Media: Craig Silverman, “‘Confirmed’ and ‘sources’ may not mean what you think they do on Twitter,” “In real-time journalism, declaring what you won’t report can be just as important as what you will,” “False Paterno death reports highlight journalists’ hunger for glory,” Poynter
- Best Commentary – Traditional/Legacy Media: Syed Irfan Ashraf, “Hard times for journalists,” “The face of confidence,” “Military-media relationship,” Dawn, Pique
- Best Single Article – Digital Media: Joe Eskenazi, “Top 5 Ways Bleacher Report Rules the World!,” San Francisco Weekly
- Best Single Article – Traditional/Legacy Media: Ken Auletta, “Citizens Jain,” The New Yorker
- John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting: Jodi Enda, “Staying Alive,” American Journalism Review