The fourth annual Mirror Awards luncheon ceremony honoring excellence in media industry reporting will be covered live on Twitter via #Mirrors10 and at http://twitter.com/Mirrors10. The feed will also be embedded on the Mirror Awards website at http://mirrorawards.com. The event will be held Thursday, June 10, at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Coverage will begin at 11:45 a.m. and conclude at 2:30 p.m.
The Mirror Awards are sponsored by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. CBS News’ Katie Couric will serve as emcee for this year’s luncheon. Newhouse Dean Lorraine Branham will host.
Bloomberg will receive the Fred Dressler Achievement Award, and Twitter will receive the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence. Paul E. Steiger, editor in chief and chief executive of ProPublica, will present the Dressler Award. Matthew Winkler, editor in chief of Bloomberg News, will accept the award for Bloomberg. George Stephanopoulos, anchor of “Good Morning America” and chief political correspondent for ABC News, will present the i-3 award. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, will accept the award for Twitter.
In addition to the special awards, juried journalism awards will be presented in seven categories:
For information about sponsorship opportunities and online registration for the luncheon, see http://mirrorawards.com.
For more information about the event, see http://mirrorawards.com or contact Jean Brooks at (315) 443-5711 or mirror@syr.edu.
