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The finalists, chosen from a pool of more than 300 entries by a group of journalists and journalism educators, are:

Best Commentary

• “” by Matt Bai (Yahoo)

• “” by Anna Clark (Columbia Journalism Review)

• “” by Rebecca Traister (The New Republic)

• “” by Yang Xiao (Nieman Reports)

• “” by David Zurawik (The Baltimore Sun)

Best Profile

• “” by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (The New York Times Magazine)

• “” by Luke O’Brien (Politico)

• “” by Andrew Rice (New York magazine)

• “” by Glenn Thrush, Maggie Haberman (Politico)

• “” by Benjamin Wallace (New York magazine)

Best Single Article—Digital Media

• “” by Anna Griffin (Nieman Reports)

• “” by Mat Honan (Wired)

• “” by Raksha Kumar (The Hindu)

• “” by Ryan Lizza (The New Yorker)

• “” by Jacqui Shine (The Awl)

Best Single Article—Traditional/Legacy Media

• “” by Genevieve Belmaker (Quill)

• “” by Felix Gillette (Business Week)

• “” by Amanda Hess (Pacific Standard)

• “” by Paul Mooney (Nieman Reports)

• “” by Robert Slater, Wesley G. Pippert (Moment)

• “” by Alec Wilkinson (The New Yorker)

Best Single Story—Radio, Television, Cable or Online Broadcast Media

• “” by Bob Garfield, Katya Rodgers (On The Media)

• “” by Brooke Gladstone, Katya Rodgers (On The Media)

• “” by Samantha Grant—This documentary is accompanied by a web browser-based interactive video game, , which simulates the ethical decisions that journalists make every day.

• “” by Jim Levulis ’13 (WAMC Northeast Public Radio)

John M. Higgins Award for Best In-Depth/Enterprise Reporting

• “” by David Sirota (PandoDaily)

• “” by John McDuling (Quartz)

• “” by Bryan Burrough, Sarah Ellison, Suzanna Andrews (Vanity Fair)

• “” by Nicholas Carlson (The New York Times Magazine)

• “” by Brandy Zadrozny (The Daily Beast)

An awards ceremony will be held Thursday, June 11, from 11:45 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Cipriani 42^nd Street, 110 E. 42nd St., New York City. Register online at . Follow on Twitter at #Mirrors15.

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 ticket and table sales for the ceremony, contact Amanda Griffin at 315-443-7982 or mirror@syr.edu.