Mirror Awards
| Mirror Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in media industry reporting |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Website | http://mirrorawards.com |
The Mirror Awards are annual journalism 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. In 2012, categories included:
• Best Single Article, Traditional/Legacy Media
• Best Single Article, Digital Media
• Best Profile, Traditional/Legacy Media
• Best Profile, Digital Media
• Best Commentary, Traditional/Legacy Media
• Best Commentary, Digital Media
• John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting
The Higgins Award was established by the Newhouse School in 2012 to honor the late Broadcasting & Cable business editor, who died in 2006. The award is supported by a financial gift from Discovery Communications and Time Warner Cable and carries a $5,000 cash prize. Each of the remaining awards carries a $1,000 cash prize.
Winners are honored at an awards ceremony in New York City each June. Ceremony emcees have included Meredith Vieira (2007);Andy Borowitz (2008); Newhouse alumna Contessa Brewer '96 (2009);Katie Couric (2010);Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski (2011);Anderson Cooper (2012).;David Muir (2013); Gayle King (2014); Savannah Guthrie (2015); and Newhouse alumnus Jeff Glor '97 (2016).
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 David Levy ’84, president of Turner Broadcasting System (2016); Josh Sapan, president and CEO of AMC Networks (2015); David Zaslav, president and CEO of Discovery Communications (2014); Anne Sweeney, co-chair of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney-ABC Television Group (2013); Brian L. Roberts, chairman and CEO of Comcast (2011); Bloomberg L.P. (2010); Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post (2009); political journalist Tim Russert (posthumously, 2008); and Peter Bart, editor-in-chief of Variety (2007). Recipients of the i-3 award have included John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (2012); Newhouse alumnus Dennis Crowley ’98 and Naveen Selvadurai, co-founders of Foursquare (2011); Twitter (2010); Obama for America New Media Department/Blue State Digital (2009); and CNN/YouTube (2008).
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