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Syracuse University’s  today announced the finalists in the 2023  competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced Monday, June 12, at an  in New York City.

The finalists, selected by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:

Best Single Article/Story

• Jon Allsop, “” – Columbia Journalism Review
• Paul Farhi, “” – The Washington Post
• Reniqua Allen-Lamphere, “” (PDF) – Esquire and the Economic Hardship Reporting Project
• Layla A. Jones, “” – The Philadelphia Inquirer

Best Profile

• Timothy McLaughlin, “” (PDF) – The Atlantic
• Sam Adler-Bell, “” (PDF) – New York Magazine
• Joe Pompeo, “” (PDF) – Vanity Fair

Best Commentary

• Gregg Gonsalves, “Media Malpractice in Covid Coverage” (PDF) – The Nation
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• Carrie Kaufman, “” (PDF) -You’re Overthinking It
• Michael Hiltzik, “” – Los Angeles Times
• Erik Wemple, “Commentary on media issues” – The Washington Post
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John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

• Katie Thornton, “The Divided Dial”
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• Rob Davis, “” (PDF) – The Oregonian/OregonLive
• Sheelah Kolhatkar, “”- The New Yorker
• Nicholas Confessore and Karen Yourish, “Tucker Carlson’s America” – The New York Times
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Special Topic Category for 2023 – Best Story on Media Coverage of the War in Ukraine

• Masha Gessen, “Masha Gessen on the War in Ukraine” – The New Yorker
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• Paul Mozur, Adam Satariano, Aaron Krolik, Neil MacFarquhar, Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson, “Russia’s Disinformation Machine” – The New York Times
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• Molly Schwartz, “Russian TV’s Favorite American Pundit” – On the Media
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• Elahe Izadi, Sarah Ellison and Travis M. Andrews, “How Russia and the West covered the war in Ukraine” (PDF) – The Washington Post
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About the Mirror Awards

The Mirror Awards are the most important awards for recognizing excellence in media industry reporting. 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. For information about the awards, visit  or email mirrorawards@syr.edu.