The Mirror Awards are annual

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awards recognizing the work of writers, reporters, editors and organizations who cover the media industry. The awards were established by the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2006. Awards categories have varied slightly from year to year. Since 2018, categories included:
• Best Single Article/Story
• Best Profile
• Best Commentary
• John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting Special topic categories reflecting the major news stories of the previous year have also been added each year since 2018.

John M. Higgins Award

The John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting was established by the Newhouse School in December 2011 to honor the late Broadcasting & Cable business editor, who died in 2006. The award is supported by a financial gift from

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and

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and carries a $5,000 cash prize. Each of the remaining awards carries a $1,000 cash prize.

Nominations & Judging

Nominations for the Mirror Awards are made online each year beginning in December. The competition is open to anyone who conducts reporting, commentary or criticism of the media industries. Eligible work includes print, broadcast and online editorial content focusing on the development or distribution of news and entertainment. Entries are evaluated based on excellence of craft, framing of the issue and appropriateness for the intended audience. Winners are chosen by a group of journalists and journalism educators.

Awards Ceremony

Winners are honored at an awards ceremony in

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each June. Ceremony emcees have included

Meredith Vieira Meredith Louise Vieira (born December 30, 1953) is an American broadcast journalist and Celebrity, television personality. She is best known as the original moderator of the daytime talk show ''The View (talk show), The View'' (1997–2006), the ...

(2007);

Andy Borowitz Andy Borowitz (born January 4, 1958) is an American writer, comedian, satirist, and actor. Borowitz is a ''New York Times''-bestselling author who won the first National Press Club award for humor. He is known for creating the NBC sitcom '' The ...

(2008); Newhouse alumna

Contessa Brewer Contessa Brewer (born March 16, 1974) is an American television journalist for CNBC Business News. As a correspondent, she covers casinos and gaming. She is also a substitute anchor. She formerly hosted the MSNBC weekend program ''Caught on Ca ...

'96 (2009);

Katie Couric Katherine Anne Couric ( ; born January 7, 1957) is an American journalist and presenter. She is founder of Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company. She also publishes a daily newsletter, ''Wake Up Call''. Since 2016, she ha ...

(2010);

Joe Scarborough Charles Joseph Scarborough (; born April 9, 1963) is an American television host and former politician who is the co-host of ''Morning Joe'' on MSNBC with his wife Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist. He previously hosted '' Scarborough Country'' ...

and

Mika Brzezinski Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough (; Brzezinski; born May 2, 1967) is an American talk show host who co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast show ''Morning Joe'' alongside her husband Joe Scarborough. She was formerly a CBS News corr ...

(2011);

Anderson Cooper Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator who anchors the CNN news broadcast show ''Anderson Cooper 360°''. In addition to his duties at CNN, Cooper serves as a correspondent for ''6 ...

(2012);

David Muir David Jason Muir ( ; born November 8, 1973) is an American journalist and anchor for '' ABC World News Tonight'' and co-anchor of the ABC News magazine '' 20/20'', part of the news department of the ABC broadcast-television network, based in ...

(2013);

Gayle King Gayle King (born December 28, 1954) is an American television personality, author and broadcast journalist for CBS News, co-hosting its flagship morning program, ''CBS Mornings'', and before that its predecessor '' CBS This Morning''. She is ...

(2014);

Savannah Guthrie Savannah Clark Guthrie (born December 27, 1971) is an Australian-born American broadcast journalist and former attorney. She is a main co-anchor of the NBC News morning show '' Today'', a position she has held since July 2012. Guthrie joined ...

(2015); Newhouse alumnus

Jeff Glor Jeffrey Todd Glor (born July 12, 1975) is an American journalist who most recently was a co-host of '' CBS Saturday Morning ''from 2019 to 2024 and a CBS News special correspondent. He had also anchored the ''CBS Evening News'' from 2017 to 201 ...

'97 (2016); Jenna Bush Hager (2017); Kimberly Brooks (2018);

Alisyn Camerota Alisyn Lane Camerota (born June 21, 1966) is an American broadcast journalist and former political commentator for CNN. She was an anchor of CNN's morning show '' New Day'', co-host of the afternoon edition of ''CNN Newsroom, and'' host of '' CN ...

(2019); Michelle Marsh (2021), and

(2022).

Award Winners

2007
Clive Thompson, ''

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'' magazine
Philip Weiss, ''

New York Magazine ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Clay Felker and Milton Glaser in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'' a ...

'' David Carr,

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Dean Miller, Nieman Reports
Andreas Kluth,

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British newspaper published weekly in printed magazine format and daily on Electronic publishing, digital platforms. It publishes stories on topics that include economics, business, geopolitics, technology and culture. M ...

HealthNewsReview.org,

University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication The Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication is a journalism school at the University of Minnesota that offers programs in journalism, strategic communication and mass communication. It is located on the Minneapolis campus. It houses a ...

American Journalism Review The ''American Journalism Review'' (''AJR'') was an American magazine covering topics in journalism. It was launched in 1977 as the ''Washington Journalism Review'' by journalist Roger Kranz. It ceased publication in 2015. History and profile T ...

2008
Frontline,

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: Monday Media section

Ken Auletta Kenneth B. Auletta (born April 23, 1942) is an American author, a political columnist for the New York Daily News, and media critic for ''The New Yorker''. Early life and education The son of an Italian American father and a Jewish American mot ...

The New Yorker ''The New Yorker'' is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February 21, 1925, by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a reporter for ''The New York T ...

Jeff Coplon,

Joe Nocera Joseph Nocera (born May 6, 1952) is an American business journalist and author. He has written for ''The New York Times'' since April 2005, writing for the editorial page from 2011 to 2015. He was also an opinion columnist for '' Bloomberg Opinio ...

2009
David Carr,

David Barstow David Barstow (January 21, 1963) is an American journalist and professor. While a reporter at ''The New York Times'' from 1999 to 2019, Barstow was awarded, individually or jointly, four Pulitzer Prizes, becoming the first reporter in the history ...

David Kamp, Vanity Fair
Seth Mnookin, Vanity Fair
Ian Parker,

Clive Thompson, Wired.com 2010
Steven Johnson,

TIME Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

Megan Garber,

Columbia Journalism Review The ''Columbia Journalism Review'' (''CJR'') is a biannual magazine for professional journalists that has been published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism since 1961. Its original purpose was "to assess the performance ...

Evan Osnos Evan Lionel Richard Osnos (born December 24, 1976) is an American journalist and author. He has been a staff writer at ''The New Yorker'' since 2008, best known for his coverage of politics and foreign affairs, in the United States and China. Hi ...

Matt Pressman, Vanity Fair

Nancy Jo Sales Nancy Jo Sales (born October 15, 1964) is a ''New York Times'' bestselling author and journalist at ''Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair'', ''New York (magazine), New York'' magazine, and ''Harper's Bazaar'', among others. She is known for her a ...

, Vanity Fair
Dean Starkman,

Michael Wolff, Vanity Fair 2011
Eric Alterman,

Center for American Progress The Center for American Progress (CAP) is a public policy think tank, research and advocacy organization which presents a Modern liberalism in the United States, liberal viewpoint on Economic policy, economic and social issues. CAP is headquarter ...

Jim Hopkins,

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Blog
Joel Meares,

Gabriel Sherman,

Mary Van de Kamp Nohl,

Milwaukee Magazine ''Milwaukee Magazine'' is a monthly city magazine serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area in Wisconsin, United States. It bills itself as "Southeastern Wisconsin's most authoritative source for Events and Dining," and reports a readership of 2 ...

James Wolcott James Wolcott (born December 10, 1952) is an American journalist, known for his critique of contemporary media. Wolcott is the cultural critic for ''Vanity Fair magazine, Vanity Fair'' and contributes to ''The New Yorker''. He had his own blo ...

, Vanity Fair 2012
Adam Lashinsky,

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Anna Holmes,

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Peter Maass Peter Maass (born 1960) is an American journalist and author. Life and career Maass was born in Los Angeles and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked for ''The Wall Street Journal'', ''The New York Times'', ''Th ...

ProPublica ProPublica (), legally Pro Publica, Inc., is a nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City. ProPublica's investigations are conducted by its staff of full-time reporters, and the resulting stories are distributed to ne ...

Joe Pompeo, Capital New York
Rhonda Roland Shearer an
Malik Ayub Sumbal
iMediaEthics

Rebecca Traister Rebecca Traister (born 1975) is an American author and journalist. Traister is a writer-at-large for ''New York'' magazine and its website ''The Cut'', and a contributing editor at ''Elle'' magazine. Traister wrote for ''The New Republic'' from Fe ...

Salon (website) ''Salon'' is an American politically progressive and liberal news and opinion website created in 1995. It publishes articles on U.S. politics, culture, and current events. Content and coverage ''Salon'' covers a variety of topics, includ ...

and

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors. The magazi ...

2013

Adrian Chen Adrian Chen (; born November 23, 1984) is an American blogger, and former staff writer at ''The New Yorker''. Chen joined Gawker in November 2009 as a night shift editor, graduating from an internship position at ''Slate'', and has written extensi ...

Gawker ''Gawker'' was an American blog founded by Nick Denton and Elizabeth Spiers that was based in New York City and focused on celebrities and the media industry. According to SimilarWeb, the site had over 23 million visits per month in 2015. Fo ...

Missouri Press Association

Craig Silverman Craig Silverman is a Canadian journalist and a reporter at ProPublica. He was previously the media editor of BuzzFeed and the head of BuzzFeed's Canadian division. Known as an expert in "fake news", he founded the "Regret the Error" blog in 2004 ...

Poynter Institute The Poynter Institute for Media Studies is a non-profit journalism school and research organization in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. The school is the owner of the ''Tampa Bay Times'' newspaper and the International Fact-Checking Netw ...

Syed Irfan Ashraf, Dawn, Pique
Joe Eskenazi, San Francisco Weekly

Jodi Enda,

2014
Rachel Aviv,

Erik Wemple,

Brooke Gladstone, Katya Rogers, Alex Goldman, PJ Vogt, Sarah Abdurrahman, Chris Neary, On the Media
Michael Specter,

Michael Meyer,

Jina Moore

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 185 ...

Frank Greve, CQ Researcher 2015
Yang Xiao,

Nieman Reports The Nieman Foundation for Journalism is the primary journalism institution at Harvard University. History It was founded in February 1938 as the result of a $1.4 million bequest by Agnes Wahl Nieman, the widow of Lucius W. Nieman, founder of ' ...

Benjamin Wallace,

New York magazine ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Clay Felker and Milton Glaser in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'' a ...

Anna Griffin,

Amanda Hess, Pacific Standard
Bob Garfield, Katya Rogers, On the Media
Bryan Burrough, Sarah Ellison, Suzanna Andrews, Vanity Fair 2016
Peter Elkind,

Fortune (magazine) ''Fortune'' (stylized in all caps) is an American global business magazine headquartered in New York City. It is published by Fortune Media Group Holdings, a global business media company. The publication was founded by Henry Luce in 1929. T ...

Celeste LeCompte, Nieman Reports
Matthew Billy, Between the Liner Notes
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, GQ

Frank Rich Frank Hart Rich Jr. (born June 2, 1949) is an American essayist and liberal op-ed columnist, who held various positions within ''The New York Times'' from 1980 to 2011. He has also produced television series and documentaries for HBO. Rich is ...

New York (magazine) ''New York'' is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Clay Felker and Milton Glaser in 1968 as a competitor to ''The New Yorker'' and ...

Jonathan Mahler,

2017
Sarah Esther Maslin,

Soraya Chemaly and Catherine Buni,

The Verge ''The Verge'' is an American Technology journalism, technology news website headquarters, headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media. The website publishes news, feature stories, guidebooks, product reviews, cons ...

Eric Alterman,

The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

Gabriel Sherman,

2018
Lois Parshley,

Pacific Standard ''Pacific Standard'', founded as ''Miller–McCune'', was an American nonprofit magazine that reported on issues of social and environmental justice. Founded in 2008, the magazine was published in print and online for its first ten years. It was ...

Jim Rutenberg Jim Rutenberg is a writer at large for ''The New York Times'' and ''The New York Times Magazine''. He has written over 2,300 articles for ''The New York Times''. Career After finishing college in 1991, Rutenberg began working for the ''New Yo ...

Jack Shafer Jack Shafer (born November 14, 1951 is an American journalist who wrote about media for ''Politico'' until June 2024. Prior to joining ''Politico'', he worked for ''Reuters'', wrote and edited for ''Slate'', and edited two city weeklies, ''Washi ...

and Tucker Doherty,

Politico ''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the Unit ...

Amanda Robb,

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, PRX, and

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known fo ...

Irin Carmon Irin Carmon () born 1983/1984) is an Israeli-American journalist and commentator. She is a senior correspondent at ''New York Magazine'', and a CNN contributor. She is co-author of ''Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg''. Pre ...

and Amy Brittain,

Ronan Farrow Satchel Ronan O'Sullivan Farrow (born December 19, 1987) is an American journalist. The son of actress Mia Farrow and filmmaker Woody Allen, he is known for his investigative reporting on sexual abuse allegations against film producer Harvey Wei ...

Jodi Kantor Jodi Kantor (born April 21, 1975) is an American journalist. She is a ''New York Times'' correspondent whose work has covered the workplace, technology, and gender. She has been the paper's Arts & Leisure editor and covered two presidential campa ...

Megan Twohey Megan Twohey ( ) is an American journalist. She is an Investigative journalism, investigative reporter at ''The New York Times'' and previously reported for Reuters, the ''Chicago Tribune,'' and the ''Milwaukee Journal Sentinel''. Twohey's repo ...

, Rachel Abrams, Ellen Gabler, Susan Dominus,

and Steve Eder,

2019
Jesse Brenneman and Lois Beckett,

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Radio and

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Tim Alberta,

Sarah Jones,

Davey Alba,

BuzzFeed News ''BuzzFeed News'' was an American news website published by BuzzFeed beginning in 2011. It ceased posting new hard news content in May 2023. It published a number of high-profile scoops, including the Steele dossier, for which it was strong ...

Miles O’Brien and Cameron Hickey, for

PBS NewsHour ''PBS News Hour'', previously stylized as ''PBS NewsHour'', is the news division of PBS and an American daily evening news broadcasting#television, television news program broadcast on over 350 PBS Network affiliate#Member stations, member stat ...

Ryan Mac, Charlie Warzel, Alex Kantrowitz, Pranav Dixit, Megha Rajagopalan, and Aisha Nazim for

Facebook Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms, Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates, Eduardo Saverin, Andre ...

2020

Jane Mayer Jane Meredith Mayer (born 1955) is an American investigative journalist who has been a staff writer for ''The New Yorker'' since 1995. She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of whistleblowers; the Un ...

Molly Langmuir,

Elle Elle may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * Elle (magazine), ''Elle'' (magazine), a fashion publication ** Elle Style Awards * Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition * Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film * ''Elle: ...

Jenni Monet,

and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Molly Webster and Bethel Habte,

Radiolab ''Radiolab'' is a radio program and podcast produced by WNYC, a public radio station based in New York City, and broadcast on more than 570 public radio stations in the United States. The show has earned many industry awards for its "imaginati ...

Margaret Sullivan,

Brent Cunningham,

2021
Lauren Markham,

Issac J. Bailey,

Charles Bethea,

Micah Loewinger, Hampton Stall,

Brooke Gladstone Brooke Gladstone (born 1955) is an American journalist, author, and media analyst. She is the host and managing editor of the WNYC radio program '' On the Media''. Early life and education Gladstone was born in Long Island, New York, one of ...

and Katya Rogers, On the Media /

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Lynsey Chutel, Lauren Harris, Linda Kinstler, Tony Lin, Zainab Sultan and Stephania Taladrid,

Casey Quackenbush,

2022
Janell Ross,

Jaeah Lee,

Alexandria Neason, Columbia Journalism Review
Robert Mackey,

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Jen Wieczner,

Sheera Frenkel and Tiffany Hsu,

Special awards

The awards ceremony also includes the presentation of two special awards: the Fred Dressler Leadership Award, named for the late cable executive and former chair of the Newhouse Advisory Board, which is given to individuals or organizations that have made distinct, consistent and unique contributions to the public’s understanding of the media; and the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence, which is given to individuals or organizations that have made a profound impact on the media landscape or have captured the public’s imagination about the potential or importance of the media in a unique way. Recipients of the Dressler Award have included Dean Baquet, executive editor of

; Jorge Ramos of

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(2021);

Jeff Zucker Jeffrey Adam Zucker (born April 9, 1965) is an American businessman and media executive. Zucker was the president of CNN Worldwide from 2013 to 2022. He oversaw CNN, CNN International, HLN, and CNN Digital. He was previously CEO of NBCUniver ...

, president of

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Worldwide and chairman of

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News and Sports (2019); Sheila Nevins of

HBO Home Box Office (HBO) is an American pay television service, which is the flagship property of namesake parent-subsidiary Home Box Office, Inc., itself a unit owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. The overall Home Box Office business unit is based a ...

Documentary Films (2018); journalist

Tom Brokaw Thomas John Brokaw (; born February 6, 1940) is an American author and retired network television journalist. He first served as the co-anchor of Today (American TV program), ''The Today Show'' from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anch ...

(2017); David Levy ’84, president of

Turner Broadcasting System Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. was an American television and media conglomerate founded by Ted Turner in 1965. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, it merged with Time Warner (later WarnerMedia) on October 10, 1996. As of April 2022, all of its asse ...

(2016); Josh Sapan, president and CEO of

AMC Networks AMC Networks Inc. is an American mass media and entertainment corporation headquartered in 11 Penn Plaza, New York City. The company owns and operates the AMC cable channel, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV. It also owns the art ho ...

(2015);

David Zaslav David Zaslav (born January 15, 1960) is an American media executive who is the current CEO and president of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). Zaslav became CEO and president of Discovery, Inc. in 2006, and oversaw the company as it went public in ...

, president and CEO of

(2014);

Anne Sweeney Anne Marie Sweeney (born November 4, 1957) is an American businesswoman. she serves as a member of the board of directors at Netflix. She was formerly the co-chair of Disney Media Networks and President of the Disney–ABC Television Group, and ...

, co-chair of

Disney Media Networks Disney Media Networks was a business segment of the Walt Disney Company that oversaw the company's television networks, cable channels, television production and distribution studios, and owned-and-operated television stations. The segment's p ...

and president of

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(2013);

Brian L. Roberts Brian L. Roberts (born June 28, 1959) is an American entrepreneur, business executive and billionaire. He is the chairman and CEO of Comcast, a multinational telecommunications and media company providing entertainment and communications products ...

, chairman and CEO of Comcast (2011);

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(2010);

Arianna Huffington Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington (; , ; born July 15, 1950) is a Greek American author, syndicated columnist and businesswoman. She is a co-founder of ''HuffPost'', the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of fifteen books. She ha ...

, co-founder and editor-in-chief of

The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (''The Huffington Post'' until 2017, itself often abbreviated as ''HPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and covers p ...

(2009); political journalist

Tim Russert Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's '' Meet the Press''. He was a senior vice president at NBC News a ...

(posthumously, 2008); and

Peter Bart Peter Benton Bart (born July 24, 1932) is an American journalist and film producer, writing a column for ''Deadline Hollywood'' since 2015. He is best known for his lengthy tenure (1989–2009) as the editor in chief of ''Variety'', an enterta ...

, editor-in-chief of Variety (2007). Recipients of the i-3 award have included

Twitch (service) Twitch is an American video live-streaming service popular in video game live streaming, video games, including broadcasts of esports competitions. It also offers music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life" streams. Twitch is operate ...

(2019);

NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

(2018);

The New York Times Company The New York Times Company is an American mass media corporation that publishes ''The New York Times'' and its associated publications such as ''The New York Times International Edition'' and other media properties. The New York Times Company's ...

(2017);

Nonny de la Peña Nonny de la Peña is an American journalist, documentary filmmaker, and entrepreneur. She is the founder and CEO of Emblematic Group, a digital media company focused on immersive virtual, mixed and augmented reality. De la Peña is widely credit ...

(2016);

David Carr (journalist) David Michael Carr (September 8, 1956 February 12, 2015) was an American columnist, author, and newspaper editor. He wrote a column, Media Equation and covered culture for ''The New York Times''. Early life David Michael Carr was born on Se ...

(posthumously, 2015);

Kara Swisher Kara Anne Swisher ( ; born December 11, 1962) is an American journalist. She has covered the business of the internet since 1994. As of 2023, Swisher was a contributing editor at ''New York (magazine), New York Magazine'', the host of the podcast ...

and

Walt Mossberg Walter S. Mossberg (born March 27, 1947) is an American retired technology journalist and moderator. From 1991 through 2013, he was the principal technology columnist for ''The Wall Street Journal''. He also co-founded '' AllThingsD'', ''Re ...

(2014);

Nate Silver Nathaniel Read Silver (born January 13, 1978) is an American statistician, political analyst, author, sports gambler, and poker player who Sabermetrics, analyzes baseball, basketball and Psephology, elections. He is the founder of ''FiveThirty ...

(2013); John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (2012); Newhouse alumnus

Dennis Crowley Dennis Crowley (born June 19, 1976) is an American Internet entrepreneur who co-founded the social networking sites Dodgeball and Foursquare. Education Crowley was born in Medway, Massachusetts to Mary Moraski Crowley and Dennis P Crowley. He ...

’98 and Naveen Selvadurai, co-founders of

Foursquare Four square is a ball game. Four square may also refer to: Internet and entertainment * Foursquare City Guide, a local search and discovery app * 4 Square (game show), ''4 Square'' (game show), a British game show * 4 Square (TV series), ''4 Squ ...

(2011);

Twitter Twitter, officially known as X since 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service. It is one of the world's largest social media platforms and one of the most-visited websites. Users can share short text messages, image ...

(2010); Obama for America New Media Department/

Blue State Digital Blue State Digital is an adtech that specializes in online fundraising, and campaign consultancy. The company was founded by 4 former staffers of the Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign. The company became notable after providing digital stra ...

(2009); and

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

(2008). In 2021, the Newhouse School announced the establishment of the Lorraine Branham IDEA Award, named for the school's late dean, to recognize a media organization that has worked to promote inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility over the course of the previous year. Brown Girls Doc Mafia was the inaugural recipient. In 2022, The 19th News won the award.

References

External links

*{{Official, https://newhouse.syr.edu/centers/mirror-awards/ American journalism awards Awards established in 2006 Syracuse University 2006 establishments in New York (state)