The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University has revealed its finalists for the Mirror Awards, which honor media outlets that cover the media.
Twenty-six finalists were named in seven categories, which span print, broadcast and online media.
The winners will be announced at a luncheon ceremony on June 10 at The Plaza Hotel in New York. CBS News' Katie Couric will serve as emcee.
The entire list of finalists is below:
Best Single Article-Traditional Media
- Steven Johnson, "How Twitter Will Change the Way We Live" (TIME)
- Maximillian Potter, "All The News that's Fit to be Killed" (5280 magazine)
- Chuck Salter, "Can Hulu Save Traditional TV?" (Fast Company)
Best Single Article-Digital Media
- Philip Bump, "Revisiting the New York Times' 2001 'Year in Ideas'" (Mediaite)
- Michael Calderone, "Fox teas up a tempest" (Politico.com)
- Megan Garber, "Common Knowledge" (Columbia Journalism Review)
Best Profile-Traditional Media
- Michael Callahan, "And Starring Michael Smerconish, As Himself" (Philadelphia)
- Andrew Goldman, "How Could This Happen to Annie Leibovitz?" (New York Magazine)
- John Koblin, "Mr. Meacham's Magazine" (The New York Observer)
- Evan Osnos, "The Forbidden Zone" (The New Yorker)
- Brian Stelter, "From Guantánamo to Desk at Al Jazeera" (The New York Times)
Best Profile-Digital Media
- Nancy Jo Sales, "The Unreal Rise of Jon and Kate Gosselin" (Vanity Fair))
- Justin Peters, "Man About Town" (Columbia Journalism Review)
- Justin Peters, "Burger Meister" (Columbia Journalism Review)
Best Commentary-Traditional Media
- David Carr (The New York Times)
- Michael Kinsley (The Washington Post, The New York Times)
- James Poniewozik (TIME)
- James Wolcott (Vanity Fair)
- Michael Wolff (Vanity Fair)
Best Commentary-Digital Media
- Eric Alterman (Center for American Progress)
- Matthew Pressman (Vanity Fair)
- Craig Silverman (Columbia Journalism Review)
Best In-depth Piece-Traditional Media
- Matthew Garrahan, "The rise and fall of MySpace" (The Financial Times)
- Adam L. Penenberg, "Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple" (Fast Company)
- Zachary M. Seward, "AP's online strategy" (Nieman Journalism Lab)
- Dean Starkman, "Power Problem" (Columbia Journalism Review)