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The Newhouse School has announced the finalists in the 2019 competition honoring excellence in media industry reporting. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony June 13 in New York City. Tickets and tables for the event may be . Follow on Twitter at .

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

BEST SINGLE ARTICLE/STORY

• “” by Maria Bustillos (Columbia Journalism Review)
• “” by Jesse Brenneman and Lois Beckett (WNYC Radio and Guardian US)
• “” by Michael Massing (The American Prospect)
• “” by James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams and Ellen Gabler (The New York Times)

BEST PROFILE

• “” by Tim Alberta (Politico)
• “” by Patrick Radden Keefe (The New Yorker)
• “” by Noreen Malone (New York Magazine)
• “” by Jason Schwartz (Politico)
• “” by Hannah Smothers (Cosmopolitan)

BEST COMMENTARY

• “” by Jelani Cobb (Columbia Journalism Review)
• “” by Sarah Jones (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Series of pieces on the media in the age of Trump by Carlos Maza (Vox)
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• Series of columns by David Zurawik (The Baltimore Sun)
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SPECIAL TOPIC CATEGORY: Best Story on Journalists or Journalism in Peril

• “” by Davey Alba (BuzzFeed News)
• “” by Shawn Carrié and Asmaa Omar (Columbia Journalism Review)
• “” by Johnny Dwyer and Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept)
• “” by Jamal Khashoggi (The Washington Post)

SPECIAL TOPIC CATEGORY: Best Story on Social Media in the Crosshairs

• Series of pieces on problems with Facebook (BuzzFeed News)
  • “” by Ryan Mac, Charlie Warzel and Alex Kantrowitz
  • “” by Pranav Dixit and Ryan Mac
  • “” by Megha Rajagopalan and Aisha Nazim

• Series of podcasts on internet outrage (The Daily)
  • “” reported and hosted by Kevin Roose; produced by Andy Mills; edited by Larissa Anderson and Wendy Dorr
  • “” reported and hosted by Kevin Roose; produced by Andy Mills with Theo Balcomb, Rachel Quester and Alexandra Leigh Young; edited by Larissa Anderson, Wendy Dorr and Lisa Tobin
• “” by Mathew Ingram (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Series of pieces on junk news by Miles O’Brien (PBS NewsHour)
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JOHN M. HIGGINS AWARD FOR BEST IN-DEPTH/ENTERPRISE REPORTING

• “” by Kristen Chick (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Series of pieces on Leslie Moonves by Ronan Farrow (The New Yorker)
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• Series of pieces on ad fraud by Craig Silverman (BuzzFeed News)
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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.

In addition to the juried awards, the Newhouse School will present the Fred Dressler Leadership Award and the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the award ceremony, which will be held Thursday, June 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Cipriani 42nd Street, 110 E. 42nd St., New York City. Tickets and tables may be .

For information about ticket and table sales for the ceremony, contact Amanda Griffin at 315.443.7982 or algri100@syr.edu. For media inquiries, contact Wendy Loughlin at 315.443.2785 or wsloughl@syr.edu.