Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • University Statements
  • Syracuse University Impact
  • |
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • ’Cuse Conversations Podcast
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
Media, Law & Policy

Newhouse School announces winners in fourth annual Mirror Awards

Thursday, June 10, 2010, By Wendy S. Loughlin
Share
AwardsCommunityNewhouse School of Public Communications

The Newhouse School today presented seven awards at the fourth annual Mirror Awards luncheon honoring excellence in media industry reporting. The event, emceed by CBS News’ Katie Couric, was held this morning at The Plaza Hotel in New York City. Photographs are available online at http://mirrorawards.syr.edu/photos.html.  

The winners, chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:

  • Best Single Article, Traditional Media:
    Steven Johnson, “How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live” (TIME)
  • Best Single Article, Digital Media:
    Megan Garber, “Common Knowledge” (Columbia Journalism Review)
  • Best Profile, Traditional Media:
    Evan Osnos, “The Forbidden Zone” (The New Yorker)
  • Best Profile, Digital Media:
    Nancy Jo Sales, “The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin” (Vanity Fair)
  • Best Commentary, Traditional Media:
    Michael Wolff (Vanity Fair)
  • Best Commentary, Digital Media:
    Matt Pressman (Vanity Fair)
  • Best In-depth Piece, Traditional Media:
    Dean Starkman, “Power Problem” (Columbia Journalism Review)

Couric and Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, presented the awards.

In addition, the school honored Bloomberg with the Fred Dressler Achievement Award and Twitter with the the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence. Paul E. Steiger, editor in chief and chief executive of ProPublica, presented the Dressler Award. Matthew Winkler, editor in chief of Bloomberg News, accepted the award for Bloomberg. Terry Moran, co-anchor of “Nightline” and Supreme Court correspondent for ABC News, presented the i-3 award. Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, accepted the award for Twitter.

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. This year’s competition drew more than 170 entries.

More information about the Mirror Awards, including photographs from the luncheon, is available online at http://mirrorawards.com or by contacting Wendy Loughlin at (315) 412-4522 or wsloughl@syr.edu.

  • Author

Wendy S. Loughlin

  • Recent
  • 2 Whitman Students Earn Prestigious AWESOME Scholarship
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By News Staff
  • Whitman’s Johan Wiklund Named a Top Scholar Globally for Business Research Publications
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By Caroline K. Reff
  • Katsitsatekanoniahkwa Destiny Lazore ’26 Receives Prestigious Udall Scholarship
    Tuesday, June 17, 2025, By Jen Plummer
  • WiSE Hosts the 2025 Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Undergraduate Research Prize Award Ceremony
    Friday, June 13, 2025, By News Staff
  • Inaugural Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows Announced
    Friday, June 13, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

More In Media, Law & Policy

Ian ’90 and Noah Eagle ’19 Share a Love of Sportscasting and Storytelling (Podcast)

There’s a new father-son sportscasting team on the national scene, one with a decidedly Orange background: Ian ’90 and Noah Eagle ’19. Ian finished his second year as the lead announcer for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and has crafted…

Newhouse Professor Robert Thompson Featured on ‘NBC Nightly News’ for Pop Culture Lecture Series

Newhouse School and University Professor Bob Thompson was recently featured on “NBC Nightly News” for his long-running lecture series that uses classic television to bridge generational divides and spark important conversation. The segment, produced by NBC’s Brian Cheung ’15—a University…

Newhouse Creative Advertising Students Win Big at Sports and Entertainment Clios

For the first time ever, Newhouse creative advertising students entered the Sports Clios and Entertainment Clios competitions and won big. Clios are regarded as some of the hardest awards for creative advertising students to win. At the New York City…

Memorial Fund Honors Remarkable Journalism Career, Supports Students Involved With IDJC

Maxwell School alumna Denise Kalette ’68 got her first byline at age 12, under a poem titled “The Poor Taxpayer” that she submitted to her local newspaper. In a few paragraphs of playful prose, she drew attention to an issue…

New Maymester Program Allows Student-Athletes to Develop ‘Democracy Playbook’

Fourteen student-athletes will experience Washington, D.C., next week as part of a new Maymester program hosted by the Syracuse University Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC). The one-week program, Democracy Playbook: DC Media and Civics Immersion for Student-Athletes, will…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2025 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.