Sponsored by the Newhouse School, the awards honor excellence in media industry reporting
The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is now accepting nominations for the seventh annual Mirror Awards competition for media covering media. Enter now at mirrorawards.com. Deadline for entering is Feb. 12. Anyone can nominate, and there is no fee to enter. Each award carries a cash prize.
Award categories include:
+Best Single Article – Traditional/Legacy Media ($1,000 prize)
+Best Single Article – Digital Media ($1,000 prize)
+Best Single Story – Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media ($1,000 prize)
+Best Profile – Traditional/Legacy or Digital Media ($1,000 prize)
+Best Commentary – Traditional Media ($1,000 prize)
+Best Commentary – Digital Media ($1,000 prize)
+John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting ($5,000 prize)
Detailed information about each award is available at mirrorawards.com.
The Mirror Awards are the most important awards of their kind. 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.
The competition is open to anyone who conducts reporting, commentary or criticism of the media industries in a format intended for a mass audience. Eligible work includes print, broadcast and online editorial content focusing on the development or distribution of news and entertainment. All entries must have been published or broadcast between Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2012.
Entries are evaluated based on three criteria: excellence of craft; framing of the issue; and appropriateness for the intended audience. Winners are chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators. An awards ceremony will be held in June in New York City.
For more information, contact Jean Brooks at 315.443-5711 or mirror@syr.edu or visit mirrorawards.com. For media inquiries, contact Wendy Loughlin at 315-443-2785 or wsloughl@syr.edu.
