The S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications announced earlier this month the winners in the 2021 competition for excellence in media industry reporting.
Chosen from by a group of journalists and journalism educators, the winners are:
Best Profile
Lauren Markham
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Columbia Journalism Review
Best Commentary
Issac J. Bailey
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Nieman Reports
Best Single Article/Story
Charles Bethea
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The New Yorker
John M. Higgins Award for In Depth/Enterprise Reporting
Micah Loewinger and Hampton Stall with Brooke Gladstone and Katya Rogers
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On the Media Produced by WNYC Studios
Best Story on Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Lynsey Chutel, Lauren Harris, Linda Kinstler, Tony Lin, Zainab Sultan and Stephania Taladrid
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Columbia Journalism Review
Best Story on Media Coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election
Casey Quackenbush
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Nieman Reports
In addition to the juried journalism awards, the Newhouse School presented the Fred Dressler Leadership Awardto of Univision Noticias, and the inaugural Lorraine Branham IDEA Award to , accepted by co-founderIyabo Boyd.
Newhouse dean presided over the virtual ceremony, and Newhouse alumna of ABC7 in Washington, D.C. served as master of ceremonies.
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.
