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I never felt like I was actually THERE.\n\nThe images of angry men and women ransacking the \u201cTemple of Democracy\u201d was a natural progression after years of Trump\u2019s attacks on America\u2019s institutions.\nFrom the submission, directly quoted:\n\n\n\u201cThis is a shock but it is not a surprise,\u201d said Robert Mahoney, deputy executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists. \u201cWe\u2019ve had four years of Trump vilifying. He\u2019s sent the message that the media is the enemy. 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The mainstream press and so many others were definitely to blame for not getting it right much of the time.\n\nBut what ruins their credibility for ME, at this final paragraph below, with some pretty wide assumptions and lumping the entirety of media into one giant vat of waste and incompetency. Too many people work too hard and risk their lives to be lumped into a roundup of awful, in a publication that was, until now, quite solid, specific and helps journalists...and journalism.\n\nAnd they still do..but what were they thinking in accusing \"the reporters and the outlets\" of blame in this broad, final sweep of assumptions with no mention of the sheer volume of work questioning Trump's enablers, and practice daily.\n\n\"The reporters and the outlets now seeking to draw themselves as somehow removed from this moment, as truth-tellers against those in the media and Silicon Valley that are actually Trump\u2019s enablers, need to look hard at their own role in creating the climate that led to the storming of the Capitol. Now is probably not the week for that reckoning, but it must come. Scapegoating and finger-pointing can only last so long.\"\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1042":{"comments":"It's a good, not great, look at that day and the mob: it brings forth wonderful insights but doesn't develop them. All the depth of Angel Food cake, but not as tasty.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1044":{"comments":"My BEEF: he is equating black metal with Van Halen, Judas Priest, and dare I say Black Sabbath with a subgenre by fluctuating the title \"Heavy Metal\" (which he claims to be a fan of) to \"Black Metal\" which is racist and worse.\n\nThis is written by a writer who claims to be a fan of heavy metal...which includes Led Zeppelin (believed by many to be the first of the genre) and famously lampooned by \"This Is Spinal Tap\". And in an article entitled For the uninitiated, black metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music distinguished by its aggression, over-the-top theatricality, and affinity for the occult, as well as its unfortunate history as a hotbed for white supremacy. \n\n\n\"Over the past few years, my work has shifted away from music writing as I\u2019ve focused more on labor and politics, but I\u2019ve kept my Nazi-hunting skills sharp, as they have become increasingly relevant to my new beat. As right-wing extremism has risen in America and abroad, white supremacists have used black metal as a vehicle to spread hate and radicalize nominally apolitical metal fans; those efforts have increased as \u201canti-antifa\u201d sentiment has gained a foothold in the broader metal community. National Socialist black metal (NSBM), a catchall term for bands that overtly promote fascist and white supremacist ideology, has been knocking around since the nineties. The satanic or otherwise occult influence in black metal has also made space for various neo-Nazi groups to gain purchase flogging racist paganism, Luciferian ideals, Evolian philosophy, and esoteric fascism. Atomwaffen, a neo-Nazi terror cell, has made liberal use of black-metal aesthetics in its propaganda; last year, one of its leaders, James \u201cRape\u201d Denton, was spotted Sieg-heiling at a gig for the band Horna. Operation Werewolf, a biker-themed crypto-fascist fitness collective that has become popular in the black-metal community, abounds with white power sentiment; its founders\u2019 original group, the Odinist cult Wolves of Vinland, is openly white nationalist. I could go on; the web of connection between black metal and fascism is astonishingly vast. What I didn\u2019t realize was how it would lead, ultimately, to an attack on the Capitol.\"\n\n\n I could go on; the web of connection between black metal and fascism is astonishingly vast. What I didn\u2019t realize was how it would lead, ultimately, to an attack on the Capitol.\n\nNO NO NO!\n\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1170":{"comments":"THIS really brings it together on what this article is about, and it is a solid point of view: \n\n\"The storming of the Capitol centers what reporters on the far-right beat have been saying for years: America, and its media, need to take this threat seriously. The question is, how to do so without amplifying misinformation or normalizing extremist ideologies.\"\n\nAnd then, the essence of this piece: a roll call summary of: \n\"Reporters who covered extremism, white nationalism, conspiracy, and militant activity before January 6 have some advice, warnings, and outstanding questions about where reporting goes from here.\"\n\n Vice reporter Anna Merlan is quoted here with this truth: \u201cThere is this really persistent \u2018Just ignore it and it\u2019ll go away\u2019 kind of sentiment a lot of times about white supremacy [and] virulent conspiracy theories,\u201d Merlan says. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t go away. Sometimes it gets elected to Congress.\u201d\n\nChanging the definition of what fringe is, from article: \n\n\"But just because beliefs aren\u2019t \u201cfringe\u201d anymore doesn\u2019t mean they should be normalized. Reporters consistently point to coverage of alt-right leader Richard Spencer as a great example of where the press could have been more careful about early portrayals of the standard-bearers of hate movements.\n\nThe Southern Poverty Law Center\u2019s profile of Spencer calls him \u201ca suit-and-tie version of the white supremacists of old, a kind of professional racist in khakis,\u201d whose \u201cclean-cut appearance\u201d has obscured his dark goal: Establishment of a white ethnostate.\"\n\nIn to her words, trying to give a fair shake and a \"covering their side mentality\" to racism. \n\nTruly excellent work on making the best of one the most challenging beats to cover, in a very well written way.\n\n","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1196":{"comments":"\nThis is titled \"The Capitol Riot Killed \u201cBoth Sides\u201d Journalism\" _ The New Republic but all it is really saying is how can you consider \"both sides\" if one side is advocating ending democracy? Are there two sides to cover child molesters vs parents? Should we be thinking, \"Let's look at the Ukraine battle and find more positives from Putin's point of view\"? \n\nIn other words, as the article states:\n\n\"...as this violence imploded at the very altar of political journalism: the shrine of detached, \u201cboth sides\u201d reportage erected by media outlets to avoid specious accusations of bias and provide cover for Republican politics that were, at best, deeply shameful and, at worst, lethally illiberal.\n\nMany mentions of \"illiberalism\"...so I wanted to make sure I understood the definition \n\n\"Illiberalism, Thomas Main writes, is the basic repudiation of liberal democracy, the very foundation on which the United States rests. It says no to electoral democracy, human rights, the rule of law, toleration. It is a political ideology that finds expression in such older right-wing extremist groups as the Ku Klux Klan and white supremacists and more recently among the Alt-Right and the Dark Enlightenment. There are also left-of-center illiberal movements, including various forms of communism, anarchism, and some antifascist movements.\"\n\nSource: https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/book\/the-rise-of-illiberalism\/\n\nClosing thought:\n\n\"In 2021, reporters did almost die at a Donald Trump rally. And if their editors don\u2019t\nhelp them adjust the norms of the work and make them feel empowered to report as\nif their own lives matter, I fear many more talented people\u2014journalists who don\u2019t see\nthemselves as divorced from their fellow citizens; who want to strengthen this\nnation\u2019s civic fabric and materially improve the lives of Americans\u2014could give up on\nthis project. And the existential threat to the republic will persist and grow.\"\n\nThis runs out of steam very quickly because the whole article is saying Jan. 6th was the end of \"both sides journalism\". But journalism is seeking truths, and not all stories have two sides.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"1210":{"comments":"Prologue: from a NY Times article of 2-10-22, Mitch McConnell had finally \"had enough\" of the misinformation status quo he very much helped to create. \n\nhttps:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/10\/briefing\/mitch-mcconnell-republican-party.html \n\nWith this recent change, it helps explain to go back and see how bad things were with misinformation before.\n\nMcConnell repudiated his own party. \u201cWe saw what happened,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cIt was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election, from one administration to the next. That\u2019s what it was.\u201d\n\nNow for the Mirror Award entry, considered here:\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/right-wing-media-misinformation\/\n\nThis is what makes this article entry, discussed here and from April 23, 2021, even more interesting:\n\n\"According to Media Matters, Fox News pushed the idea of a stolen election nearly 800 times in the two weeks after declaring Biden the winner. The network\u2019s ad revenue increased 31 percent during the final quarter of 2020, while its parent company, Fox Corporation, saw a 17 percent jump in pretax profit.\"\n\nIn other words: Misinformation is good for the bottom line.\n\n\nFirst, Sharpie Gate explained and remembered:\n\n\"At the Maricopa County (Arizona) rally, some protesters carried long guns. Others waved Sharpie pens, in reference to a rumor that had spread wildly online in the preceding hours and quickly became known as \u201cSharpiegate.\u201d Sharpiegate was based on an unfounded claim that the votes of Trump supporters who\u2019d been given Sharpies to fill out their ballots would be disqualified.\"\n\nAn overall picture:\n\n\"The Capitol insurrection threw into relief the real-world consequences of America\u2019s increasingly siloed media ecosystem, which is characterized on the right by an expanding web of outlets and platforms willing to entertain an alternative version of reality.\"\n\nThat alternate vision of reality resulted, in part, of five deaths on Jan. 6th.\n\nBut author Zo\u00eb writes a great insight into the bigger picture of misinformation; \"But today\u2019s party leaders have been unwilling to excommunicate conspiracy-mongers. In the aftermath of the Capitol riot, elected officials who spread rumors that the violence was actually the result of antifascists\u2014including Arizona\u2019s Paul Gosar and Andy Biggs\u2014gained notoriety, while those critical of Trump were publicly humiliated.\" Great summary.\n\nCOVID of course became part of the mix:\n\n\"Vaccine misinformation plays into the longstanding conservative effort to sow mistrust in government, and it appears to be having an effect: A third of Republicans now say they don\u2019t want to get vaccinated.\"\n\nFinally, Zo\u00eb Carpenter closing with these thoughts:\n\n\"These are the true costs of misinformation: deadly riots, policy changes that could disenfranchise legitimate voters, scores of preventable deaths. These translate into financial externalities: the additional expense of securing the Capitol, additional dollars devoted to the pandemic response. More abstract but no less real are the social costs: the parents lost down QAnon rabbit holes, the erosion of factual foundations that permit productive argument.\n\nThe problem with the far right\u2019s universe of \u201calternative facts\u201d is not that it\u2019s hermetically sealed from the universe the rest of us live in. Rather, it\u2019s that these universes cannot truly be separated. If we\u2019ve learned anything in the past six months, it\u2019s that epistemological distance doesn\u2019t prevent collisions in the real world that can be lethal to individuals\u2014and potentially ruinous for democratic systems.\"\n\nThis article showed that we're in very deep trouble but no solutions are offered. Hopefully, we can find some.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1258":{"comments":"Before you read: this seems to me as a PROFOUND waste of valid research skills and time since the \"My Pillow\" guy 1) REALLY wants to sell you pillows 2) Is not a journalist, professor, or holding office, but somebody that craves attention in the worst possible way. And that's what happens, he gets attention in the worst possible way. 3) And he does that with his own \"productions\" that go on forever and an unpainted fence post could spot his egomaniacal falsehoods from Jupiter. \n\nOK, rant done.\n\n\nFrom the (proper) URL #1\nhttps:\/\/resources.newhouse.syr.edu\/awards\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2022\/02\/Answers-We-Will-Be-Looking-For-At-CyberSym.pdf\n\nThis is a very, very deep dive into proving or debunking statements via their fact-checking methods, and it is detailed and far-reaching to prove or debunk Mike Lindell. Mike (Lindell) has claimed in the past that digital evidence is frozen in time and can't be altered or faked. (edited specifics here of methods of fact-checking)These methods tell you nothing about how and when a file was created\nand you'd need to have some solid evidence of the age of the hash\/checksum\/signature as well if you\nwant to prove the files weren't just created yesterday. \n\nPlease! Can the author use these terrific investigative skills towards somebody or something that actually matters?\nThat said, it is NOT for a general readership, nor was that the intent. It is VERY deep in the weeds per see!\n\nFrom URL #2 submitted\nhttps:\/\/leadstories.com\/analysis\/2021\/08\/new-links-montgomery-and-lindell.html\n\n\"If the data Mike Lindell relies on as evidence came from Dennis Montgomery it wouldn't automatically mean it was false. But it would invite extra scrutiny and would require very thorough verification before it could be trusted. And as you can read in the article below, there are very good reasons to suspect Dennis L. Montgomery is not only the source for Lindell's data but even that he created the actual videos Lindell has been showing.\"\n\nLove this, from the article just above (URL #2)\n\nLead Stories asked Lindell by email if he could confirm on the record that Dennis L. Montgomery was not one of his sources as far as he was aware. He replied on the live stream that it didn't matter where he got it from. \"I have it.\"\n\nFinally, there is THIS:\n\nhttps:\/\/leadstories.com\/hoax-alert\/2021\/08\/mike-lindell-loop-video-inconsistencies.html\n\n\"Does a blurry video posted to Mike Lindell's Frankspeech.com show internally consistent evidence of election fraud? No, that's not true: the (clearer) screenshot that serves as the thumbnail image for the video shows identical data for Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. That would suggest the video documents manufactured evidence. The video was also used as the centerpiece of Mike Lindell's Cyber Symposium in Sioux Falls, SD on August 10-12, 2021 and was frequently referred to as the proof for the claims being made on stage about election fraud.\"\n\nMY Take: OK, this article would have mattered so much more if only the subject written about in three different articles actually...mattered.\n\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1287":{"comments":"There is just not a lot of there, there. The comments made to introduce this piece for us seemed to have more content than the piece itself. Felt like a fast overview for a reader with a profound lack of an attention span.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1317":{"comments":"PDF#1 Answers We Will Be Looking For At CyberSym\nPDF #2 Lindell Montgomery\nPDF #3 Lindell Symposium Video Clues\n\n\nReads like a John Clancy novel from the start: \n\n\"The website, which bore the moniker \u201cEnemies of the People,\u201d also included an address in Nevada, showing aerial views of that property beneath Nollette\u2019s picture. That alarmed Nollette even more because she doesn\u2019t live in Nevada but in Colorado, where Dominion is based. The address was for the home of her retired parents. Months later, the Navy veteran remembers the fear in her mother\u2019s voice over the phone as her parents loaded the website: \u201cThey have a picture of the house,\u201d her mom gasped.\n\nNollette was one of more than a dozen people, ranging from other Dominion employees to Trump administration officials, whose photos were posted on the website.\" \n\nThis, for me, was a great article but not appropriate for this award. It covers right-wing media being sued by the voting machine company Dominion. And how far and deep they could scare people involved like employees and others close to them are affected. It feels like much more of an article about a voting machine corporation suing news outlets for their negative or false coverage. Not much of what is protected for the press nor exploring the VERY remote possibility of what if the far-right press had an ounce of truth? That they got SOMETHING right? This requires a very very deep dive and just not seeing it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"marcus.solis@abc.com":{"998":{"comments":"Same limitations as the above entry. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1016":{"comments":"No real issues raised here, just a recap of the reporters' experiences being at the Capitol that day.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1040":{"comments":"Not much insight here. Doesn't really break new ground about the media's initial coverage of candidate Trump. Mentions that there will be reckoning post-riot, but never delves into it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1042":{"comments":"Interesting angle about protestors being able to sidestep mainstream media and live stream themselves. Good sourcing, yet somehow this piece feels thin, or underdeveloped. Doesn't feel like an award winner.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1044":{"comments":"While the author's black metal expertise is an interesting jumping off point, the larger issue of the importance of reporting on extremism in politics (in particular among newly-elected members of Congress) is almost an afterthought. The build up to the Marjorie Taylor Greene makes you think there is an \"aha moment\" coming but it fizzles out with possible symbolism.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1170":{"comments":"Loses a point for a lackluster lede that belies how strong a piece this actaully is. Excellent sourcing, but more important is the framing of the issue: the struggle between reporting on vs. promoting extremism. Even gets into the nuance of how using the right techniques in such coverage is the key. Well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1196":{"comments":"Ironic in that it is an opinion piece advocating for more opinion in reporting by those who covered Jan. 6th. Maybe not pure opinion, but less \"both sidesism.\" Frames the issue well why she believes this. Loses points because lack of sourcing or quotes--but again, this article is under the header \"The Soapbox.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1210":{"comments":"Best among the entries. Doesn't just raise the issues associated with weaponizing misinformation but explores the origins, financial benefits and their future implications now that it has been embraced as a tactic by some. Good sourcing, the writing is pretty straightforward but doesn't take away from the strength of the piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1258":{"comments":"The comments section for the entry notes that LeadStories has done more effective fact checking than other media; these three articles demonstrate that. But while it's a detailed analysis of the methods used to call out Mike Lindell, they do not frame the issue of media's role in the disinformation campaign.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1287":{"comments":"Certainly prescient reporting of what would unfold January 6th. The newsgathering consists of just a collection of social media posts, but good sourcing for reaction. Not really a story about the media's coverage of the pro-violence rhetoric.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1317":{"comments":"Strong detailed look into integrity of Dominion's voting system and legal approach taken. Good sourcing. The media's role in reporting is almost a secondary focus of the story.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"contessabrewer@aol.com":{"998":{"comments":"I loved reading this, but it was a facts-only accounting of who was where -- style but not substance. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1016":{"comments":"Nothing more than a collection of short anecdotes about journalists covering the Capitol seige. Interesting but insubstantial.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1040":{"comments":"Brief but incredibly insightful opinion piece - captures the quality of the debate many journalists were having in 2015 -and the lead up to Trump's victory. However - I'm not sure as it qualifies as coverage of the response to Trump's loss in 2020.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1042":{"comments":"This pretty much sums up the existential conflict and conversations facing newsrooms about relevance to the modern society. If everyone is a \"journalist\" - is there a need for professional journalists? Karbal's story was written just two days after the mob stormed the Capitol. The reporting was fairly deep for such a quick turnaround, covering the who, what, where, how and why. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1044":{"comments":"A novel spin on white supremacy- but the reporter is basically cataloguing the overlap between heavy metal and Nazi symbolism, without really indicating why it matters (other than a head nod). Interesting, but superficial. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1170":{"comments":"Deep, thoughtful and thought-provoking. Well-sourced, well-balanced - challenging to reporters (and probably to readers who like to engage in fisticuffs on social media with radical opponents).An excellent, all-around piece of journalism.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1196":{"comments":"An important commentary and call to action; probably would've been useful in the leadup to the 2016 election. Shiner's got a problem with run-on sentences that are hard to follow. Case in point: \"If, for example, McConnell's fabrication and application of a so-called 'Biden rule' in one instance prevented the seating of Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court while speeding the seating of Amy Coney Barret in another, that some observers might helplessly label the Kentucky senator a hypocrite after the fact was a small price to pay.\" What?\nStill - her commentary on what we grew up with as a torch of \"objectivity\" is valuable, and I appreciated her view on the topic.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1210":{"comments":"Now, here is a piece of reporting and analysis that covers a vast amount of ground, that encapsulates the problem and enormous impact of misinformation and the myriad ways various media - social, traditional, mainstream, alt-right, have created the monster with the power to destroy. Carpenter's ability to accomplish the task without burying the reader in years of history - to establish sourcing and cement credibility in her reporting are remarkable. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1258":{"comments":"Well- actually I'm not sure who the intended audience is for this - since it's clear from other articles submitted in this category that trying to use facts to dissuade people from their misconceptions doesn't work. I'm just bowled over by the amount of detailed, technical investigation that took place to debunk Lindell's claims. I think this should get honorable mention for detailed, investigative grunt work. Really impressive. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1287":{"comments":"A good job waving a red flag ahead of the insurrection, but (in retrospect) a deeper dive might have meant a bigger, more attention-getting flag.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1317":{"comments":"Jen Wieczner has given us a dive into Dominion and those who thrust the company into attempts to undermine valid results of the 2020 election. She clearly outlines the defamation suit against Fox News - what's at stake for Dominion, Fox and for the nation.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"jupton@syr.edu":{"998":{"comments":"Again, great insider coverage but no framing of the issues that led to the riot.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1016":{"comments":"Great story about what it was like to cover the insurrection from within the Capitol, but doesn't frame the overall issue or the factors that led up to it. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1040":{"comments":"Just another excuse to bash the press without any clear evidence-based reporting. For example, the article asserts Fox was not a dominant player in 2015. Yes it was: https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/media\/2015\/06\/2015-q2-ratings-report-abc-fox-news-on-top-msnbc-struggles-as-cnn-makes-gains-209762\nThe article says Trumps assertions were not really fact-checked or challenged until the 2020 election which also isn't true. And there's little to no mention of other factors that contributed to the insurrection. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1042":{"comments":"Another interesting perspective, but illuminating *how* rioters created their own media doesn't help explain *why.*","scores":{"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1044":{"comments":"A very unique perspective, and in some ways a more astute and self-reflective look at journalists than other entries. But outside of \"decoding\" Neo-nazis it doesn't add much to a full understanding of the Jan. 6 riot. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1170":{"comments":"Writing is not great, but a more innovative framing of the issue: that plenty of reporters were covering extremism but editors, institutions and the public failed to recognize it as a true threat. The writing was not stellar but made the point. What's missing from this story (and most others) is the role institutions such as law enforcement (local, FBI, etc) played, especially when the decision makers are not interested in (or are politically prevented from) holding domestic terrorists and extremists accountable; a tolerance of the alt-right ecosystem. That includes tracking and responding to threats before events such as Jan. 6.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1196":{"comments":"\"Both sides\" journalism died in 2016; I don't see anything new here. Also this is very much in the commentary category. This category appears to mix both, which makes it especially tough to judge. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1210":{"comments":"This story doesn't quite deliver the promise of its headline. It starts with a list of examples of misinformation but never quite gets to the why. Tech companies, the GOP, etc are all blamed, and some inadequate proposed laws are noted, but the presumed answer to whether misinformation can be reined in is \"no.\" Lacks much depth. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1258":{"comments":"While the screen shots and fact-checking run down may serve a very specific audience, LeadStories does not provide any context or background on the stories reported. Because of the stream of information, it's also nearly impossible to evaluate as journalism. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1287":{"comments":"Good daily story that is somewhat prescient, but not much depth to the coverage.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1317":{"comments":"Very well-written story and easy to follow. The story, however, pulls together a lot of previous reporting; I don't see much that's new here. Much of the hacking machine issues was previously covered by the New York Times, the lawsuits were consistently covered...I'm not sure it adds much to the public understanding. Possible exception: Dominion connection to Venezuela, but not much. In addition, the contest entry refers to \"multiple lawsuits\" against conservative new organizations, but only mentions Fox (Newsmax came later).","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"kristenc23@gmail.com":{"998":{"comments":"I like that the author included an anchor that was not on the Hill as the insurrection happened but was covering the story throughout the day. It just adds another layer to the piece that the Variety article did not have. There were so many people telling the story that day whether they were in the field or the office. I'm happy that the author was cognizant of this and made sure to include Norah O'Donnell's perspective on that day. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1016":{"comments":"I loved that the author included reporters\/correspondents that were on Capitol Hill on January 6th. By including these voices, it makes the piece become more real. It also gives readers a glimpse of what it was like for a journalist to be on the Hill on that day. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1040":{"comments":"This article hits home. The author expresses what a lot of people in newsrooms are saying but won't say it out loud. I just wished the author took a deeper dive into the piece and interviewed people that covered Trump when he announced his presidency up until the day of the insurrection. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"1042":{"comments":"This article taught me something that I did not was going on January 6, live streams that were being broadcasted on different platforms. The author gave great examples and spoke to credible people however I wish that author included where some of these alt-right people are now broadcasting their views. Are those platforms making an effort to censor some of the rhetoric? ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1044":{"comments":"I like that the author comes from a background of listening to heavy metal music however at the end of the piece the author states that there are Nazis everywhere, some in plain sight and others in hiding. I don't see the connection between heavy metal music and people that are Nazis. Some Nazis might listen to another genre of music. I don't think the author did a good job conveying her theory. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1170":{"comments":"I love that the author included a wide spectrum of people in the article that have had experience reporting on extremism. The author was able to open my eyes to some of the decisions that go behind the scenes in covering a touchy topic. By the time I was done reading the piece I gained a whole new appreciation for those covering this beat. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1196":{"comments":"I enjoyed everything about this article but, I wish the author took the time to interview journalists that were at Capitol Hill on January 6 and see if they changed the style of their reporting after the events that took place on that day. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Excellence of craft":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1210":{"comments":"I feel that the author never really answered the question, can anything rein in misinformation. The author talks about social media platforms censoring Trump and some of the right-wing conspiracies however if some of these right-wing people are creating their own social media platform is misinformation still being rein in? I wish that the author had an expert that discussed how news organizations can counter people's beliefs of some of the misinformation floating around. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1258":{"comments":"The author framed his point well and he included examples to back it up however, I feel that the piece is all over the place. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1287":{"comments":"I liked that the article included professional voices however I would have preferred if the authors included voices of people that were going to Washington, DC. Social media platforms are one way of understanding a persons' viewpoint but I feel that the authors shortchanged themselves by not interviewing a person who was going to DC in hopes of stopping the certification of the election. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1317":{"comments":"This article was able to give readers a deep and thorough look inside Dominion Voting System and why they are going forward with their lawsuits. The writer made sure to include examples and interviews that would help bolster the article. For example, the writer starts the article by introducing Nicole Nollette, an executive Dominion whose life was changed as a result of the lies that were being spread about Dominion. For months all we heard was Trump, Powell, and Giuliani saying the election was rigged. The interview with Nicole as well as the other interviews in the article helps readers understand the ripple effect of misinformation being spread. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"dara.mcbride@gmail.com":{"998":{"comments":"Fine coverage but lacked the framing","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1016":{"comments":"Lots of sourcing and details, but lacks full framing of the issue. Quote\/paragraph\/quote structure","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1040":{"comments":"Good topic, not enough sourcing","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1042":{"comments":"Good topic and appropriate for audience\/publication. Publication date suggests a quick turnaround, but perhaps a bigger dive into this topic would have drawn out more sourcing and framing on the issues.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1044":{"comments":"Surprising topic and unique insight, but lacked sourcing beyond the author to further zoom out\/zoom in and explore this subject","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1170":{"comments":"Great topic that is able to zoom out and connect to a broader perspective\nTop 3 of those I read","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1196":{"comments":"More of an opinion or essay; lacked the sourcing and storytelling needed to be a higher-ranking submission in this category","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1210":{"comments":"Interesting dive into misinformation, and how sometimes misinformation is oversimplified. Good academic and expert sources, narrative opening, coverage is far-ranging, but a lot must be touched upon for the subject.\nTop 3 of those I read","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1258":{"comments":"This story is missing the narrative craft, full sourcing and larger framing needed to be it the top of the category","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1287":{"comments":"A finely written and sourced news story, but because of the publishing timeline feels more reactionary\/coverage than insightful to get the broader perspective edge.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1317":{"comments":"Great details and writing about sources, plays into the larger framing of the media and society as it notes \"the toxic information climate exemplified by the Dominion narrative may make it harder to get to the truth.\"\nTop 3 of those I read","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"jrosman@syr.edu":{"1580":{"comments":"Thorough treatment...more of a profile of the reporters and some analysis.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2170":{"comments":"This is compelling, informative and written in a thoughtful manner. It is also understandable for the intended audience. These two sentences wrap up the story and frame the story well. \n\n\"More than nine months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the online methods for tracking this war are many and proliferating, including the most obvious source of all \u2014 social media networks.\"\n\n\"Established open-source researchers can learn a lot from journalistic best practice, but journalism also has a great deal to learn from the open-source research community. \"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2221":{"comments":"Ms. Davis in a period of a few weeks reports out compelling analysis of Russian state tv and \"Putin's minions\". Well written and researched. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2230":{"comments":"The story itself is compelling because of the human element but I think other stories in this category are more in the vein of media criticism and analysis intended for Mirror. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2265":{"comments":"I applaud the Ithacan for taking on the discussion of these media matters and the course of coverage.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2,"Excellence of craft":1}},"2266":{"comments":"There wasn't much depth. The framing was weak. And the analysis was as well. To tee up a Chinese military agent as the arbiter high up - basically the top graf - in an article about a story about propaganda was an interesting choice. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2397":{"comments":"The last of the three articles in the series I thought was the most effective here. \n\n\n\"That approach seems to be having its intended effect. \u201cThese\npieces are definitely reaching a different audience than I feel\nlike a lot of my other work in The New Yorker has,\u201d Yafa said.\nWhen Krasilshchik posted the first of the translations on\nInstagram, Yafa started looking at the comments. About 80 to\n90 percent of them, he noticed, expressed horror at the stories\nand gratitude that they\u2019d been published, while 10 to 20\npercent saw it as propaganda. \u201cThe first day I made the\nperhaps masochistic decision of entering into the fray and\ntrying to talk to some of these commentators. I wanted if\nnothing else for them to know that pieces like that are actually\nwritten by a real-life human being, that they don\u2019t come out of\n\u2014 I don\u2019t know what such commenters are exactly imagining\n\u2014 some kind of State Department-funded propaganda factory,\nbut rather a real human being went to a specific place and\ntalked to real people and what I heard and saw then went into\nthis piece. I just wanted to demystify the process, with the\nnaive idea that that would somehow prove convincing,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2402":{"comments":"The reporting, analysis and as important the research and pinpointing led to an excellent series of reports. \n\nExample from article: \n\n\"In another case, Post visual forensic journalists were able to pinpoint the time and location of explosions over Kyiv\nby syncing up social media videos with time-stamped closed-circuit TV footage verified by Storyful, which specializes\nin verifying online content for news organizations worldwide.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2412":{"comments":"It's an interesting thread to pull on the Ukraine story. This had the makings of a great piece but it didn't go far enough. The Parnas angle on this story and his influence on TikTok\/Ukraine story and the nuances there I found very interesting. That to me was the better focus and needed more detail. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2506":{"comments":"This felt more like a collection of tweets that attempted to string together a narrative but I'm not quite clear what the narrative was. Reporters overstepping on Twitter was part of it. Didn't find the reporting or analysis all that in depth. The article was long but that doesn't equate to depth. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"status":"submit"},"bplogiurato@gmail.com":{"1572":{"comments":"Great, well-written story on a very unique angle. As the author puts it, \"It\u2019s a tonal shift from what we\u2019re used to: frontline military reports, often delivered by a swashbuckling male journalist.\" Great detail of each correspondent's experience, and really well-sourced.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2143":{"comments":"A very well-reported feature on a specific, high-interest topic related to the war that had broader media implications. I'm not sure all of it holds with the leadership change within CNN, but it is nevertheless a good snapshot in time. Features comments from a lot of top anchors and reporters. The piece is missing a bit of a more critical angle beyond surface-level overviews.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2221":{"comments":"These are three good stepped-back features that take readers inside sides of the war they wouldn't normally see. Great detail in all pieces, and you can see through the stories the progression of the war (and the narrative around it).","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2266":{"comments":"I found this a very unconvincing, \"both sides\" look at the issue.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2304":{"comments":"Two great features from Masha Gessen, who has perhaps a better handle on Russia and Putin than anyone else. I found her exploration of two distinct sides of the media issue \u2014 the state media side and the lonely remaining independent media in Russia \u2014 fascinating. Her sourcing, on-the-ground reporting, and careful attention to detail makes these stories impeccable. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2418":{"comments":"Interesting angle using a wholistic sample of polling to look at divides \u2014 and similarities \u2014 in partisan politics. There was room for it to go a bit deeper, however.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2420":{"comments":"Fair and skeptical coverage of the U.S. media's focus on certain narratives in the war. Doesn't have a lot of original reporting\/sourcing and mostly looks at White House correspondents\/coverage \u2014 which, to be fair, does drive a lot of the narrative. Author repeatedly asks reporters to ask White House how they see the war ending, which is fair. But as we've seen, the end objective can evolve rapidly.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2422":{"comments":"Bizarre article that does not rise to award level. Very unconvincing argument that \"what abouts\" the United States' role in the conflict and excuses Putin's atrocities because Jeff Bezos lives in the U.S. I suppose this is because it is, but it reads like a contrarian college student's thesis. I'm surprised this got published, let alone submitted for an award.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2426":{"comments":"Interesting angle, but very surface-level and not totally appropriate for the intended audience. It also does not rise to award level. It doesn't get at some of the specific issues that make the war in Ukraine unique.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2506":{"comments":"There's a place for this story -- it's a roundup-type feature -- but it doesn't rise to the level of award status.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"williamfleitch@yahoo.com":{"2170":{"comments":"Interesting, but in many ways, it's more about the phenomenon of OSI rather than its current practical application. But an excellent primer.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2229":{"comments":"Slightly interesting, but another weird focus on the social media aspect of a global conflict rather than the specific details.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2230":{"comments":"A riveting account of very brave, dedicated journalists, one I think correctly focuses on the micro and details of the situation, allowing the reader to feel like they are experiencing the situation alongside the journalists themselves.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2263":{"comments":"This is just a writeup of a poll, I'm not sure why it's here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2266":{"comments":"This is an actual phrase in a piece of media criticism: \"Now I have no clue if any of this or other such claims are true, and nor I suspect do the officials propagating it or the journalists spreading it. But it is out there.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2304":{"comments":"Gessen is so good on this, and in many ways, the Ukraine war is the story she's been building up to her whole career. This is terrific.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2324":{"comments":"This is exactly what this contest should be about. It frames the issue, provides context, focuses on interesting personalities and helps explain something that might have felt confusing from the outside. And it's not just reflexively \"MEDIA IZ BAD.\" It does actual, you know, journalism.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2363":{"comments":"This is a classic \"on one hand, but then again, on the other\" back and forth that ultimately doesn't say much of anything. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2420":{"comments":"I will confess to being relatively exhausted of the \"WHY AREN'T THE MEDIA ASKING MORE QUESTIONS???\" style of media criticism. The author speaks mostly in vague generalities that aren't entirely dissimilar than those constantly tweeting in all caps about THE MSM","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2454":{"comments":"I understand the point the piece is trying to make, but the piece is so blinkered in its thesis that it seems to ignore the actual importance of the conflict to democracy and the global order. Racism is one reason the media might be covering the Ukraine war differently. But it's far from the only one. The piece acts as if it is. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"kkobland@syr.edu":{"1572":{"comments":"An incredibly powerful piece that makes a good point around its main argument. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1580":{"comments":"Two nice stories, the best part I felt were the photos. While a good read, not award-worthy material ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2143":{"comments":"A nice piece but not award worthy.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2152":{"comments":"A sad tale but not sure award worthy.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2229":{"comments":"Collectively the interviews help to weave a compelling narrative in telling the difficult story of war coverage and an oppressive government.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2263":{"comments":"Great research, but not sure this rises to award worthy.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2267":{"comments":"Failing this entry due to link that requires registration.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2402":{"comments":"The gold standard. These three separate pieces, in total, exemplify the outstanding work always from the Washington Post. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2418":{"comments":"Fact based and interesting but this piece, while informative, does not rise (in my opinion) to award-worthy.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1}},"2422":{"comments":"This line made me question the author's intent: With the recent crises in Ukraine, the US media\u2019s role as a tool for the protection of corporate interests and the advancement of an imperialist foreign policy has been made clearer than ever. In its portrayal of the Ukraine crisis, the US corporate press has functioned to protect its own country\u2019s oligarchy through the construction of a false, self-serving narrative of world events. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"cindy.perman@gmail.com":{"1580":{"comments":"This one left me a litThis one left me a little flat. I think it was interesting to hear from reporters but I wonder if this would\u2019ve made a better documentary. It just felt like the same thing over and over again \u2013 I didn\u2019t think this would happen I am shocked \u2013 without advancing the story. tle flat. I think it was interesting to hear from reporters but I wonder if this would\u2019ve made a better documentary. It just felt like the same thing over and over again \u2013 I didn\u2019t think this would happen I am shocked \u2013 without advancing the story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2152":{"comments":"This is a lovely and touching story. The storytelling is excellent \u2013 I felt like I was on this journey with her. However, the story doesn\u2019t put it in broader perspective, one of the key judging criteria. And, I just wish it went further \u2013 and bigger. Or maybe that there was more than one story in the series to do those other things and let this one be one woman\u2019s story. I do think it is successful in that aspect and serves the WP readers well. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2221":{"comments":"This had me from the headline. This is a unique angle and compelling storytelling. I\u2019m riveted from the get-go. I think she has an amazing storytelling ability and I would love to see her take the story deeper and provide more context. That coupled with her way with weaving a storyline would be amazing. Felt like these pieces just stopped too short.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2265":{"comments":"This feels a little like a first assignment \u2013 and it\u2019s reported in a linear fashion. This happened, then this person said this. Would\u2019ve loved to see more of a narrative and more reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2304":{"comments":"Several other entries have chosen similar topics - Russia's propaganda, what it's like working in Russian media, etc. But I think what sets this story apart for me is that it has heart in the storytelling and I think this of all news stories begs for that. I also think it puts it in historical context -- one of the key categories for judging -- in a way I didn't see in other pieces. Bravo!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2322":{"comments":"This was an incredibly riveting story and well told. I felt like it was written well and was captivating throughout. I wish it went a little deeper \u2013 this just wasn\u2019t as thorough as some of the other entries.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2324":{"comments":"This series was so interesting and they found some unique angles like Russia\u2019s favorite American pundit and escaping the Kremlin\u2019s propaganda machine. Really great job digging in to this and getting a variety of sources and angles. And I think this perfect for the NPR audience. I think it\u2019s exactly what listeners expect \u2013 and then some. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2337":{"comments":"This was thorough and illuminating. These are the kind of stories that are why the Mirror awards exist \u2013 it is so important \u2013 especially in times of war and political turmoil \u2013 to step back and see how the media is relaying information to the people. And to be able to really go deep on not just how it was being portrayed to the American people but to people in Russia and Ukraine \u2013 outstanding!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2375":{"comments":"I listened to this longer than I planned \u2013 so interesting! I usually skim through audio entries but I listened to the whole thing. I greatly appreciate that he found the sources \u2013 journalists on the ground in Ukraine affected every day by Russia\u2019s invasion. This wasn\u2019t just \u201cexperts\u201d \u2013 they were on the front lines sharing their experience. And, I appreciate Terrell Jermaine Starr\u2019s perspective. So, the conversation was interesting all around. This isn\u2019t the usually NYT deeply reported entry \u2013 but I loved it. It\u2019s still got me thinking! I do wish he went a little further with the context but overall, bravo!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2418":{"comments":"Good. Interesting data. Perfect for the intended audience. But a little too clinical to be award-worthy - not deep enough and no real storytelling.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"vilasboas.eric@gmail.com":{"2152":{"comments":"Powerful reporting, scene-building, and context for how Fox News operates in a war zone.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2265":{"comments":"Recap of a panel? I think we can pass","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2267":{"comments":"Strong news piece! Takes the TIME (sorry) to fact check its Russian media examples and. Would have liked a bit more sources but overall not bad.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2337":{"comments":"Lots of coverage of this issue by the NYT, for obvious reasons. Presentationally these stories are also very effective. One rules question I have is the byline \/ named author? Would it go to their team?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2363":{"comments":"This is a great column. Perhaps not as well sourced as the other reporting in the reporting but it's sharp and clear and approaches the issue from a unique, important angle imo","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2375":{"comments":"Really enjoy this convo with independent media editors about their experiences. I question whether a written piece would have better conveyed more of the context than one conversation can accommodate, but it was for sure interesting and a useful, powerful perspectives to hear in audio form","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2397":{"comments":"I love how specific and focused all these stories are -- and they all perfectly fit the audience for The Fine Print. I think others on this list do a better job of contextualizing the issues but this is a great entry","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2420":{"comments":"This is a well written column! Feels a bit thin compared to some of the other entries. And so many block quotes. But it's not a bad piece","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2426":{"comments":"This reads more like a sociology paper than a story tbh. Which is fine! But I don't think we're here to evaluate that type of writing","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2454":{"comments":"As much as I agree with the premise here, this piece doesn't show so much as tell the audience about the situation in Ukraine and the media's role in it. I think there are stronger entries. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":2}},"status":"submit"},"sldancy@syr.edu":{"2143":{"comments":"The writer does a good job identifying the reporters (with much ado about their back stories) CNN has deployed to support the writer\u2019s thesis: Just weeks ago, it was an institution in turmoil\u2026Now the narrative has quickly shifted: CNN is vital. CNN is a global powerhouse. No one can cover a calamity quite like CNN.\u00a0\n But the writer\u2019s thesis is weakened since the evidence for that latter sentence relies so heavily on CNN sources, CNN\u2019s own chest thumping. Could we hear from someone NOT connected to CNN expressing those sentiments? And the writer does a good job detailing the network\u2019s turmoil, but some of that turmoil continues even during the Ukraine news coverage \u2014 and the writer doesn\u2019t acknowledge that in his breathless writing of a new day at CNN. \n I think the writer does an excellent job explaining the depth of CNN\u201ds coverage of Ukraine, particularly given the recent turmoil of the network. But this article hasn't convinced me that sending reporters to cover a news event is\u2026.unlike anything CNN has done before. The news cycle was churning anyway. Whether Ukraine or something else, CNN would have continued\u2026 reporting.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2170":{"comments":" The depth of writing is incredibly strong here; this is a deep dive into a complex topic, but the writer holds the reader\u2019s hand along the entire journey. The writer uses example after example to support the thesis: \u201cnewsrooms have started integrating open-source methods into their coverage and building their own OSI teams.\u201d The writer does an excellent job showing that integration in both print and broadcast newsrooms, and gives concrete examples to how these methods have influenced news coverage. \n The writer\u2019s knowledge about this topic is clear, and the writing is clean and concise in a way that lets the writer convey the depth of OSI and journalism without bogging the piece down with jargon. I love that. \nLinking this news coverage to a broader issue of social media is interesting and unique.\nThis article reads like a primer on open source investigations; the writer does a fantastic job breaking this complex issue into bite-sized chunks for a layperson. The care given to the reader\u2019s understanding is clear in the organization of the article, from \u201cthe history of OSI\u201d to \u201cthe ethics of OSI.\u201d Even though there\u2019s a lot of text and this is an unwieldy topic, the writer does a great job throughout the entire article writing for a layperson. I love this.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2263":{"comments":"The survey results are interesting - especially because we get results from multiple *countries* in varying degrees of proximity to Ukraine: Poland, Brazil and the US, which are on different continents. This piece is a nice summary of responses from 1,000 people in a one-month period. The conclusions are nice, but not terribly new territory. The connection to anything broader is slightly helpful, for example, seeing the researchers' conclusion about the \"continuing resonance of broadcast media in times of crisis.\" But still, an explainer piece of responses from 1,000 people just has limitations.\n \n","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2322":{"comments":"This is a great story! The writer does a wonderful job explaining Olga's story -- and what a journey she has had in the newsroom. The part of the article that talked about her newspaper's unique role in covering what's happening in Ukraine most closely matched the awards' theme: media coverage of Ukraine. But though a great story, this is really more of a profile of Olga's rise to the top at the Kyiv Independent rather than an analysis of the newspaper's coverage of Ukraine. I loved the writing and the story, but the story offers more \"profile of Olga\" than \"analysis of how the newspaper covers Ukraine.\"","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2363":{"comments":"This article does an excellent job sourcing - right at the beginning the writer cites specific sources that make clear the foundation of his thesis. The article also addresses those who disagree with criticism of how Western media has covered the war, and offers a thoughtful response to that \u201cpushback.\u201d\nDoes the author use the story to provide a broader perspective on the media and its role in society.\nThe writer does a great job giving a broader perspective on the media by comparing this reporting on Ukraine to comparable reporting on the US invasion of Iraq \u2014 positioning this moment in time to others makes a strong contrast. It also connects the dots from the present to the past. The quality of this piece is also strengthened by the writer\u2019s analysis of who reporters have turned to as \u201cexperts\u201d\u2014 \u201cBut they are not experts in the sense that media people often understand that word\u2014an authority figure who can help put an issue or debate in its proper context\u2014as much as actors often steeped in a particular foreign-policy worldview.\n The focus on the intended audience is spot on. The writer even notes criticism from within the journalism industry (including writer Magdalene Abraham, and the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association) alongside criticism from nationally-known comedians.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2375":{"comments":"The host does a great job using the interviews to examine and explaining the significance of English-speaking voices in media coverage of the Ukrainian conflict. The sources are credible and give great insight into their work, but the challenge here is so much of the interview goes beyond the scope of analyzing media coverage. It was great to listen to, but less \"on the nose\" for the competition topic.\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2397":{"comments":"The writer focuses on unique aspects of reporting on Ukraine, and each one is fascinating and something I've not seen covered elsewhere. The writer's exploration of the war's impact on translation service and magazines was a highlight, but the \"Into the Abyss\" entry weakened this effort. That entry was more a profile of the reporters than an examination of coverage. But still, fine work overall.\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2412":{"comments":"I love this article -- this reporter does an excellent job explaining The Post's unique approach to coverage of the war in Ukraine. Using TikTok to reach audiences is an innovative approach that gives another way to spread content. The writer here does an excellent job explaining how The Post uses TikTok effectively-- great topic, engaging writing makes this article a standout.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2422":{"comments":"The writer does a good job identifying sources reporters rely upon for coverage of Ukraine, and how those sources help shape public perception and discourse. But the rest of the article deters from an analysis of coverage of Ukraine, and gives more attention to corporate ownership of media. Those paragraphs undercut the article's compatibility with the contest theme.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2454":{"comments":"This article closely matches the awards competition theme -- analysis of media coverage. She lays out a thorough analysis of what that coverage looks like, giving specific examples of problematic reporting, and also positioned that coverage in the broader context of political discourse. The writer does a great job comparing media coverage, from analyzing the language of the coverage to placing current media coverage into historical context (which shows the breadth of her own knowledge). She makes a great point contrasting coverage of Ukrainian civilians throwing Molotov cocktails at Russian tanks with coverage of Palestinians doing the same. Very well-written, very thorough.\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2506":{"comments":"This story is a great compilation of the critiques of media coverage -- the examples from social media are thorough and useful, and I think the writer does a great job identifying the social media critiques as well as responses from those in charge. The challenge is the story doesn't go beyond \"here is the criticism\" -- some analysis of that criticism would have strengthened this piece. But the writer still does a great job identifying weak reporting -- which closely matches the competition's theme.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"}},"commentary":{"kkobland@syr.edu":{"1046":{"comments":"A powerful piece, and in many ways similar to the WaPo entry regarding coverage of Attica. Important piece on this topic as we all come to terms with what systematic racism looks like in all institutions, including journalism. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1048":{"comments":"An interesting take on this subject and it certainly holds a mirror up to the media. But I'm not sure new ground was broken here, nor is it a total shock that in the 21st century the same edict holds true: a person believes what they want to believe and disregards the rest (all due respects to Simon and Garfunkel).","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1067":{"comments":" While the topic is important and sensitive (how the media covers the sexual assault of a child and the people at the center of it all) this piece, to me, seemed to be a bit all over the place. That, and most of the links to support the author's case were broken.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1172":{"comments":"Personally, the term mainstream media is a dog whistle and when it was mentioned a second time in this piece, the author lost me. It appears to be justification for boorish behavior.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1177":{"comments":"This is a fascinating entry, heavy on opinion. Beau Show lost me when he said, at midway point of his discussion, was \"shouldn't media be ashamed that they got these stories so incredibly wrong, or were they sitting in their echo chambers, feasting on the blood of fake news?\" Perhaps this committee cares to more deeply explore conservative commentary, but this had the feel of 'same old, same old' when it comes to conservative criticism of the 'mainstream media.'","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1214":{"comments":"While well written, I feel this was not properly categorized in terms of holding a mirror to the media. Nichols does succeed in making a strong argument when it comes to the First Amendment and the dangers in prosecuting Assange. However it feels, to me, slightly out of place as it's not so much a media criticism as it is a championing of the cause.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1305":{"comments":"The piece on Attica alone, in my opinion, is award-worthy. The assertion, correctly so, that the media accepted the story from NYS Police as to what went on inside prison walls without question, is breathtaking. The piece shows in great detail how regional (Rochester D&C) and national media blew it, and the implications half a century later. Wemple weaves a compelling story and a gut-wrenching one at that. While the piece on the handling of the Chris Cuomo case by CNN and the media coverage of Christopher Steele's dossier are both fine examples in upholding Mirror Award standards, the Attica piece was what sealed the deal for me.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":4}},"status":"submit"},"omneya.ashanab@nbcuni.com":{"1001":{"comments":"This was an interesting piece and it did a good job of including different voices to help develop the script. The DoD's media entertainment office has a direct hand in controlling the pop culture narrative and audiences have a right to fully understand that. Their involvement is purely from a business and reputation standpoint and the average viewer might now know this. I like that this piece highlighted that. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1002":{"comments":"This piece was clever, easy to understand and it was visually appealing. The voices in the piece were credible and did a good job at being honest in their critique of the depiction of cops in scripted television. There should consistently be a clear line between reality and TV dramatization. Everyday viewers may not stop to ask these questions and do this research, so it's a journalists job to gather information and present it as clearly and honestly as possible. This piece does that well. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1031":{"comments":"The reporting here is good but the articles are a bit hard to read in my opinion. Someone who doesn't work in media will have a hard time getting through them and fully understanding the text. There is some terminology that is used that the everyday person would not understand. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1158":{"comments":"I thoroughly enjoyed this series. Journalists are always told to remove themselves from the story so that we can remain objective. The thing is, our stories can be important too and they can resonate with a lot of other people. Ray told his story while also including hard reporting and highlighting the stories of other people who experienced economic hardships. The audio was captivating without any visuals which is very hard to do. His voice was clear, interesting and came across well. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1172":{"comments":"Many of the sources used in this article are also opinion pieces (from credible news outlets) that further the authors analysis. I would have liked to see some hard data sprinkled in there regardless. Maybe some polls. \nI do think that the article did a good job providing that broader perspective on the media and its role in society. It has become trendy to cover popular stories surrounding vaccine hesitancy so this was a very interesting take. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1177":{"comments":"I thought this piece included some good research and sources. The reporting was clear and easy to understand BUT it was quite long and not as captivating as some of the other entries. If a piece doesn't grasp a viewers attention in the first 30 seconds they are likely not going to sit and watch a 20 minute piece. The broll used was appropriate but it would have been helpful to include some soundbites or another voice in the story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"bwgorham@syr.edu":{"1001":{"comments":"My concerns about this piece are pretty similar to the concerns I raised about the other one from the same source: this raises an important issue, but doesn't go into as much depth as it might, even given the constraints of a broadcast piece. It seems fairly simplistic in having only the one source say \"this is propaganda\" and only the one spokesperson say \"this is public relations.\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1002":{"comments":"This piece raises an important point - that television can impact audiences to believe things about real police that may not accurately reflect reality or the law - but I feel like it only introduced it and then didn't go into much depth. The most effective part was having the lawyer watch some scenes from police shows and comment on where they go wrong, but I think it would have been stronger to then follow up with some additional evidence from social science research or some other experts to discuss how that actually impacts audiences. I also feel like this piece missed an important aspect of TV police - the reality shows that follow actual cops. If dramatic, fictional cop shows are a form of propaganda (as one source in this piece suggests, then the reality cop shows are more so given how closely the producers have to work with their subjects. So this piece was a good start, but could have gone farther.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1159":{"comments":"Overall, I think this is a straightforward and effective commentary about a very specific phenomenon of interest to not only journalists, but anyone who has to think about incarcerated people. The individual essays provided a good range of perspectives, and the final piece explaining the Project's conclusions in terms of what terms to use and why was an effective and practical call to action. What I wished, though, was that either in the introduction or in the summary the authors acknowledged that there are decades worth of scholarship about how frames in news media impact audiences. This was a set of essays about how language casually and routinely frames incarcerated people that never once used the term \"framing.\"","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":5}},"1185":{"comments":"All three of these pieces essentially say the same thing: journalism is important, and it had to adapt to the pandemic in ways that showed it was still relevant. I appreciate that idea, but none of these pieces makes that case very strongly beyond \"journalism - and newspapers - are important to the community.\"\nThe first piece was not particularly groundbreaking. I appreciate that it celebrated the inventiveness of the photojournalists who had a front-row seat for protests about the killing of George Floyd and for racial justice, but I don't know that it connected to a bigger point very strongly. The second commentary makes an important point (stereotypes impact how Indian Country is typically covered by news media), but not necessarily a new one. And the third piece about obits only briefly touched on what I thought was the point it was trying to make - as news organizations cutback, obits are often the thing to get cut as communities shift those rituals to online\/social media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1214":{"comments":"Well-written piece, and I appreciate the callback to attacks on free speech by the founders. I also think it is correct to tie this to a larger concern over attacks on free speech by investigative journalists in the 21st century. However, I think this piece could have actually hit that point a little harder and highlight perhaps why Assange could be considered a de facto journalist, or otherwise more strongly show why he is not a unique outsider undeserving of First Amendment protection.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1305":{"comments":"Well written overall and focus on individual instances of ethical or reporting lapses, but also think they could have more strongly tied to larger points about news media and credibility. Thought the first piece was a little plodding; he makes a good point, but takes a long time to get there. Similar thoughts on the second piece: it is an intensive history lesson, and its main point - be careful about accepting the info of official sources at face value - is a good one, but does this commentary need all the details? The third piece about CNN and its Chris Cuomo problem was perhaps the clearest and most straightforward. I thought the pieces could have done a better job to connect these instances to larger issues of the news media's declining credibility.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"lindseyannwilson@gmail.com":{"277":{"comments":"An opinion piece without much sourcing or skill","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1031":{"comments":"One short step away from ranting scare blogs","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1046":{"comments":"Loved the many sources and depth of this piece, and it was overall a convincing argument ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1067":{"comments":"I felt like this was just getting started but ultimately went nowhere.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1069":{"comments":"I appreciated the history of the term and others like it, but I would've liked at least a mention and slight exploration into alternative media, and where that fits in with this argument","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1159":{"comments":"I loved hearing different voices and points of view, though I wish some of the pieces had gone a little more in depth or offered more context","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"rsgutter@syr.edu":{"277":{"comments":"More anti-Santorum than media commentary.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1001":{"comments":"Fascinating video on an interesting topic. Not sure it has the legs to be a finalist, though.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1027":{"comments":"Nicely written. Easy to read. I like this better than the other Media Village entries.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1031":{"comments":"Author has a clear, strong point of view. Nothing particularly earth-shattering.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1159":{"comments":"Fascinating pieces but they really speak to larger societal issues not necessarily related to the media. After reading a couple pieces, they started to blend together.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1172":{"comments":"This is a different take on vaccines, and very interesting. But the media element to this seems a bit muted. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1214":{"comments":"Strong thesis, definitely an argument we can agree with. Weak lede. The historical perspective seems clunky. Probably the best of my lot.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1652":{"comments":"I liked these but they are thin. He lost me when two columns led with \"When I wrote about ...\" I think he needs an editor.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1883":{"comments":"Not a lot of depth.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2154":{"comments":"Interesting dive into one of the biggest media stories of our day. Readable.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2166":{"comments":"Interesting viewpoint. Two of these seemed pretty similar and one was sort of adapted from his book.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2225":{"comments":"Excellent single entry. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2257":{"comments":"This is an interesting piece, a bit too long. I'm not sure this totally frames the media issue, though. This might really be a lot more about guns than media. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2278":{"comments":"Plodding. I don't care for the supposition subheads. Reads a little like an academic paper.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2288":{"comments":"Can Joe Rogan really become a better man? Interesting piece and I like the author but does this speak to a broader, bigger media issue or is it an isolated piece about a solitary media guy?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2451":{"comments":"Not really a media commentary.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2453":{"comments":"Solid single entry. Important message but nothing earth-shattering.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2472":{"comments":"Ok. One of these may have been more political reflection than media. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"molly.simms@gmail.com":{"1048":{"comments":"I wanted even more of this excellent, thoughtful piece. I would\u2019ve loved to see more statistics and sources employed to back up the central thesis but this was the most punchy piece in the bunch to me, for sure.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1050":{"comments":"Really lovely, a pleasure to read in a strong framing. I only docked it some points for the lack of more extensive sourcing","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1067":{"comments":"Lots of intriguing details that kept things moving\u2014might have slightly restructured this piece if I were the editor. It was capable but didn\u2019t have the strong insights\/takes I would\u2019ve expected.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1093":{"comments":"Meandering, borderline impenetrable, and deeply weird.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2}},"1177":{"comments":"Nope. This entire thing is predicated on a logical fallacy: that the US pop. distrusts the media *because* it is untrustworthy, rather than the fact that the country has been overtaken by misinformation and conspiracy theories. In the words of Paul F. Tompkins, a pass so hard it could cut glass. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1185":{"comments":"Very capable pieces\u2014straightforward but don\u2019t rise to a level of advanced excellence for me. The obit writer\u2019s essay was definitely the strongest and most surprising of the 3.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"ehabib@syr.edu":{"1002":{"comments":"Nice look at how TV shows frame the discussions in society about police officers but it leaves out a lot. There are many shows like \"Cops\" that do show the unvarnished side of what police do. It needs more sourcing, it needs different opinions and it needs to quote some studies or research. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1023":{"comments":"Excellent look and commentary of the 9 minute George Floyd tape and what it should mean to journalists.\n\nHow does funding hold a mirror to media when it seems to call for federal funding?\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1050":{"comments":"While all news should be considered important-what is the author doing to hold other media outlets accountable? What plans might other media outlets have to do what the author is doing? Is this a celebration of what the author is doing-which is commendable-or a mirror held up to other media outlets?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1093":{"comments":"Manning takes on big data and social media and calls them out for their roles in society and in a democracy. We see social media's role in society but what are the authors asking social media\/media to do to solve this problem? The commentaries seem to call on government to do more. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1185":{"comments":"Neiman Reports focused on issues of the media that normally go unnoticed. How visual news gatherers did their jobs during the pandemic, how Indian country is widely ignored but when \"bad news\" hit in the pandemic, Indian country was widely covered, it calls on a continued coverage of Indian country. And as obituary writing is disappearing, the commentary provides a good argument for why obituaries are so important to society. It calls on companies to recognize the importance of the obituary based on covid reporting. The sourcing is first hand for the most part. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1305":{"comments":"Well framed, well thought out. Erik Wemple does an excellent job of holding a mirror up to the media and asking media outlets for their side. He also calls on media to make changes when changes are needed. Wemple also has good sourcing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"jnglass@syr.edu":{"277":{"comments":"While this was a solid column, it comes across as more political and social commentary than specific to media commentary.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1023":{"comments":"All of these were excellent columns that showed Dan's ability to build upon resource after resource to make an effective argument. These particular topics about racial justice, the health of democracy and the importance of supporting journalism were all timely, relevant and necessary as part of a greater discussion at both the local and national levels. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1027":{"comments":"This is really strong writing that nicely compiles a variety of sources and resources into each column. A compelling point of each essay clearly comes through bolstered by lede subjects that humanize the topic.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1050":{"comments":"Albeit thin compared to other entries, this was a decent take of hard vs. soft news. The column did come across as a bit self-serving at the end with the paragraph about his own radio show.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1069":{"comments":"This in-depth and well-sourced retelling as to how \"mainstream media\" has become a part of our today's lexicon serves more as a history lesson than commentary.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1093":{"comments":"While this entry offers some international themes to this category, the strength of the writing was only average so didn't leave a strong impression. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1158":{"comments":"This podcast series is really impressive in the way that it personalizes the experience of journalists and likely is revealing to any listener unaware of the current state of the media industry. The stories for this entry offer a diverse mix of scenarios for these journalists and Ray's own story is quite compelling. While other writing entries scored slightly higher for more extensive sourcing, this was definitely a favorite of what I reviewed.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"djspiegel@gmail.com":{"1023":{"comments":"A pretty good pair of commentaries. Not sure if they rise to the level of \"award winning\" but they are well argued, do a good job of pulling in sources and quotes that support the argument. And they are commentaries on important issues. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1027":{"comments":"What's the connection between the three pieces, other than they're all about various existential crises individual journalists face? Also, in the first one, this idea that billionaire patrons should be throwing their money at journalists to allow them time to think feels like a step backwards for the profession. Journalists should be professional - next question. I did not like these. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1046":{"comments":"Very well researched and sourced, lots of historical context, and a very important issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1048":{"comments":"A bit rambling. I'm not loving these commentaries that offer zero solutions or suggestions. I guess the solution in this one is to give political writers the space to write more and longer stuff? I'm not convinced, or even inspired to think about it more. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1069":{"comments":"Not sure what i'm supposed to learn from this. And the conclusion - \"yes there is a mainstream media\" - doesn't feel like much of a revelation. Meh. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1158":{"comments":"Good stories. I've been exhausted with the \"dying newspaper industry\" stories since I started judging Mirror Awards, but these stories are slightly more compelling. Not sure if a multi-part podcast can be considered \"commentary.\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"horose@syr.edu":{"1883":{"comments":"\u201cElon Musk thinks social media isn\u2019t rocket science\u2026\u201d\nThis is basically a tongue-in-cheek semi-rant on why Musk is a workaholic electric car innovator and him owning Twitter seems to be a profoundly awful mismatch. My words, not his.\n\n\u201cWhen Musk talks about managing a platform for public discourse, he sounds like he doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about, probably because he doesn\u2019t. The TED interview took place a few hours after he\u2019d announced (on Twitter, of course) that he wanted to buy Twitter, Inc., in a hostile takeover, for what would amount to about forty-four billion dollars. The first question from the interviewer, Chris Anderson, was: why? Why would Musk, who already had both the world\u2019s largest personal fortune and several consuming day jobs, want to own another company? \u201cSo, um, well, I think it\u2019s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech,\u201d Musk began.\u201d \n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2133":{"comments":"\u201cElon Musk thinks social media isn\u2019t rocket science\u2026\u201d\nThis is basically a tongue-in-cheek semi-rant on why Musk is a workaholic electric car innovator and him owning Twitter seems to be a profoundly awful mismatch. My words, not his.\n\na sample\n\u201cWhen Musk talks about managing a platform for public discourse, he sounds like he doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about, probably because he doesn\u2019t. The TED interview took place a few hours after he\u2019d announced (on Twitter, of course) that he wanted to buy Twitter, Inc., in a hostile takeover, for what would amount to about forty-four billion dollars. The first question from the interviewer, Chris Anderson, was: why? Why would Musk, who already had both the world\u2019s largest personal fortune and several consuming day jobs, want to own another company? \u201cSo, um, well, I think it\u2019s very important for there to be an inclusive arena for free speech,\u201d Musk began.\u201d \n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2140":{"comments":"These are three wonderful works of outstanding audio reporting, with some terrific guests and insights. But it was submitted in in exactly the wrong category. The category is \"commentary\" and this is MUCH more \"reporting\" or \"talk format journalism\". But not commentary. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2154":{"comments":"The best summary, after reading all three articles, is at the top of the first submission. With the real world on fire, at war, or starving...perhaps a look at Twitter as a means for good could be the next story from Dennis Kneale, one terrific journalist!\n\n\nThe Mediaverse by Dennis Kneale, TruthDAO opinion columnist.\n\nSpecial kudos for \"What you need to know about 'what you need to know'. One of the best headers EVER.\n\n\"Inside the Twitter Files\" is a special three-part Mediaverse series on how some in the news media have covered the release of internal conversations among Twitter employees and government officials related to the social network\u2019s policies and decisions.\n\nThe Twitter Files expos\u00e8 is one of the biggest scandals in decades in business, politics, and government\u2014and most media outlets are ignoring it or undermining it.\n\nMany Americans might feel outraged by the latest revelations: The FBI used Twitter as a veritable private listening post to monitor, restrain, and censor the comments and retweets of even small-time accounts on the social media platform.\n\nIt's a big scandal for a very insider group...great writing. Great gathering of material. Just not feeling the urgency of that particular moment in time when the rest of the real world is SO disconnected, at war, and politically divided. Would have loved to have seen an article on how Twitter will be dealing with the next election and other things that affect us all, seemingly much more.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2166":{"comments":"(likely my second-place choice, so far...)\n\nVery great! A look at the \u201cmighty\u201d USA\u2019s national shame: school shootings. In Mexico, the drug dealers kill federales and bystanders, and opposing traffickers. In the US, we concentrate on killing our children. Death by a gun is the #1 killer of children in America.\n\nCovering \u201cGringo-Style\u201d Shootings in Mexico\nWhat American gun violence looks like to reporters who have to deal with a very different kind of threat\n\n\n\u201cOne newspaper in the Caribbean weighed in with a commentary, noting \u201cthe ease with which a possible attacker can acquire a military-style firearm is another aspect that increases the number of victims in this type of attack.\u201d\nThis seems like it\u2019s straight out of The New York Times, but it was published in Granma, the official mouthpiece of the Cuban government.\u201d\n\nAn eye opening perspective on what the rest of the world thinks of our national shame.\n\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2284":{"comments":"LOVE EG's work...but this was him justifying his column on Dave Chapelle's appearance on SNL and it's fallout. What he was accused of being by trolls on the web. How people misinterpreted him. And they absolutely did. But this came off as self-publicity or a \"mea culpa\".\n\nThis is the FALLOUT of a commentary with the author defending himself. All for it and respect that. But I KNOW he's had much better work that didn't, in any way, seem so \"all about me\". \n\nNot this time...\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2327":{"comments":"Dear God...what a true waste of this writer's clearly terrific writing. Idiotic reality shows and \"Snowflake Mountain\"? Why not have a commentary on \"The Bachelor\" or a hundred other \"hook-up\" shows \"influence\"?\n\nHere's the best summary:\n\"Getting upset about a show this silly would just be playing into the hands of its executive producers, reality-TV pros Cal Turner (The Apprentice UK, Undercover Boss) and Jo Harcourt-Smith (The Circle). Yet it\u2019s worthwhile to understand what Snowflake Mountain is doing, both on its surface and below\u2014not just because it so transparently capitalizes on our ever-intensifying culture wars, but also because that approach says a lot about where Netflix might be headed, midway through an uncharacteristically bad year for the service.\"\n\nStick a fork in me...\n\n\"If the Chappelle dustup is any indication, it will be the next quarterly report, not the presence or absence of public backlash, that will decide whether we can look forward to more shows like Snowflake Mountain from Netflix.\"\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2351":{"comments":"\nRobins \u2018commentary media package:\n\nThis particular passage, for me at least, seems to be the summary of all three commentaries. Well thought out commentary, but it impacts on the audience (a battle between two household names with one of them having much greater influence).\n\n\u201cWith laws undermining basic human rights being overturned, one wonders why Oprah hesitates to condemn a man who has embraced his role as MAGA\u2019s MD of choice. She is clearly at maddening odds with Oz.\n\nC\"NN once called Oprah the most influential woman in the world, and she has used that influence before to change history, as she did in 2007 when she gave loud and proud support to Barack Obama\u2019s then-longshot White House bid. No way could she do the same for Oz, who has morphed into a cookie-cutter Trump toadie. His candidacy is an off-Oprah-brand minefield.\u201d\n\nOne must dig deeper to comprehend why the Media Queen has not banished Oz and thrown down with his Senate race rival, Lt. Governor John Fetterman, especially in the wake of events of the last few weeks. Early pundit prognosis is that the race is a toss-up for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Pat Toomey. However, there is consensus that if the Democrats have any chance whatsoever to hold on to a majority in the Senate, they must flip Pennsylvania.\"\n\nJust wasn't powerful in the wake of mass shootings when it comes to standing for SOMETHING...feels more like Oprah's trickle-down...and direct...influence with Dr. OZ pales in comparison. Well written and powerful. \n\nThe other two articles were seemingly cut from the same cloth...NewsNation and \"late night gabfests\". All celebrity name-dropping that seem lacking any raw emotion or connection.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2451":{"comments":"Prayers are not enough\u2026\n\n\u201cWe live in a double-standard society where we want to prevent children from learning about ethnic studies or hearing the word \u201cgay\u201d in an academic curriculum, but there is no gun control or criminal background check.\u201d\n\nA very personal take on a very public issue: worried children in your home (a little boy and girl in her case) if they \u201c\u2026are going to die when I go to school tomorrow.\u201d\n\n\u201cI knew I was lying to her. I cannot promise her or them that they will be safe at school or anywhere. The victims of the shooting in Buffalo are still being buried, and in Texas, some parents had to take DNA tests to identify the bodies of their children who were mangled and unrecognizable after the attack.\u201d\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis was from May '22 and that was a year where there were more mass shootings than days of the year. This year is proving to exceed it.\n\nTHIS PASSAGE ALONE is worth her getting the award. Not a word wasted. Impactful, honest, and a perfect perspective on the worst of America.\n\n\"They live in a country where you can get killed just for being a foreigner, Black, or Latino. A nation where it seems that weapons are more important than children; a country where the little ones train for an active shooter drill and a fire drill. Firearms are the leading cause of death for children in the United States. Are we screwed?\"\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2457":{"comments":"A Slow-Moving Reckoning for the Education Beat\u2026Russo\n\nI found this genuinely doing his level best to show us the broad picture of how education, and often education journalists, are stuck in \u201cslow\u201d.\n\nRusso discusses some solutions and this is a proactive piece to be sure. It is thorough and digs deep into particular interest with how parents have the least amount of respect and attention. Valuable opinion, just wish there was more \"there\" there.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"nicholasjdesantis@gmail.com":{"1652":{"comments":"Michael\u2019s articles and podcasts seem a little silly to me. The tone has a little bit of a \u201cget off my porch\u201d vibe, which is unfortunate, because his perspective on ad-supported streaming is refreshing in how simple it is. Same for the metaverse article, with the \u201chow it used to be\u201d lens affixed on the latest trend. The Jetsons\/Flintstones article was a strange third entry, considering the other two. I don\u2019t think this is mirror awards caliber.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1717":{"comments":"I appreciate Carron\u2019s highlighting of the lack of diversity in sports hiring: it\u2019s good that he \u2018s out there saying this with facts and figures. However, I\u2019m docking plenty of craft points here because the overly colloquial nature of the writing, combined with (I\u2019m an art director, so I can\u2019t let this go unsaid) terrible featured art considerably lowers the bar on he content. This is unfortunate, because the good points being made here, if better written and treated with more respect overall, would make this even more powerful and persuasive.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1883":{"comments":"These videos seemed strange to me, and I wasn\u2019t able to shake that feeling throughout my time viewing these. Also, including original music in one instance seemed hokey and forced. I get it\u2026 Beau is a singer\/songwriter, and these videos are his hat in the ring of punditry, but this isn\u2019t mirror awards material.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1944":{"comments":"Jon\u2019s engaging, often humorous tone is very welcome within this mix of entries. Critiquing Semafor within its own article format was clever, and he knows when to inject humor just enough that it doesn\u2019t step all over his commentary. My only very light criticism would be that these would benefit from a little editing for length. These were great reads and very on-point for what a mirror awards commentary winner should be.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2158":{"comments":"An insightful read about a subject I knew very little about going in. I feel as if I\u2019m probably not the target audience for this article, as someone who would read this would probably be more aware of the factions, history, and keep players referenced here. Helpful context was provided, but that learning curve, combined with Kourosh\u2019s very dense, literate prose, made this a slow, considerate read, but one I appreciated nonetheless.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"2189":{"comments":"Jaden\u2019s article showed sufficient evidence of bigotry, sexism, and racism in conservative media, but it lacked any deeper insight or uniting thread outside of the fact that women of color are particularly maligned by right-wing pundits. This isn\u2019t a new insight, so without any additional point, I don\u2019t see this as a standout piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2216":{"comments":"This is going to be against-type for me, as I\u2019m usually giddy to see any dataviz included within an entry, so seeing the included chart was appreciated as always. And the chart certainly is informative\u2026 but I\u2019m not sure if it goes toe-to-toe with the other entries here as \u201cbest of year\u201d commentary. Even with the intro text\u2019s context providing evidence that the chart is an ephemeral snapshot of a moment in time for the media, the constellation seemed to be devoid of a point of view\u2026 again, fine for a data visualization, but not necessarily great for a \u201ccommentary\u201d competition. This is super on-brand for Vox, though, so it has that going for it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2453":{"comments":"Good commentary and examples (and I was pleasantly surprised to see the resourceful and immuninating dataviz!), with an excellent ending that really drove home that all of the fake news and censorship can\u2019t sweep dead bodies under the rug made for a compelling read, and made up for shortcomings like Anton\u2019s dry, personality-free, and somewhat basic writing style. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2472":{"comments":"Jeet\u2019s observations are definitely unique and backed up (excellent quotes and examples accurately buttress his observations and conclusions). Sadly, I found his writing style to be a bit inpenetrable. That rocky flow, despite being well-written, served as a bit of a barrier between me and the commentary itself. Reading these felt like a bit of a slog. Perhaps the subject matter was too esoteric at times?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2482":{"comments":"Palpable venom and outrage abounds in Gregg\u2019s work, which seems simultaneously dated and prescient at the same time. It\u2019s been a minute now since most people dropped their regular mask wearing, and these columns definitely get across the uncomfortable reminder that leadership\u2019s pivot away from COVID prevention includes a strong helping of wishful thinking. Using the Gridiron dinner as a microcosm of the inaction is very effective, and I appreciated the use of quotes and references throughout.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4}},"status":"submit"},"marcus.solis@abc.com":{"2189":{"comments":"While largely true, this commentary is lightweight. Straight anecdotal evidence, very limited sourcing. Not an award winner.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2234":{"comments":"CNN piece was pure opinion, ok, ok, commentary. The Palin libel case was legal analysis, not criticism of media reporting. The Gannett story dealt solely with the salaries of board members.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2257":{"comments":"This is commentary about advertising\/marketing, not journalism.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2280":{"comments":"Enjoyed this. Effectively points out the importance of context and how editors don't\/won't let reporters make key distinctions when interpreting economic news.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2282":{"comments":"I enjoy her conversational writing style. Solid entry for the category--true commentary by parsing a Times piece (that many readers likely took at face value) and providing context and insight.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2286":{"comments":"This commentary is more of a play-by-play of what happened (we already know) and faults Oscars producers for failing to react. It's not about media coverage or journalism related to the topics listed in the submission entry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"2288":{"comments":"What I liked was the framing: he identified the issue and the way he believes Joe Rogan should address it. But while he does define the broader meaning and impact of Bigotry Denial Syndrome, the focus is largely just on Joe Rogan. Not sure if this is a broad enough commentary on journalism to be an award winner.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2310":{"comments":"I liked the first two pieces more than the third: the Ukraine war commentary was more straight opinion (I understand the category is commentary) with scant sourcing. The first two (dying local news and news' place in the streaming universe) do address important issues in the current media landscape.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2366":{"comments":"Thought provoking piece. An \"aha moment\" I suppose, because I must admit I never really thought about this issue.\n\nBonus point for the clever headline.\n\n(The comments section of the entry mentions two articles, I only see one.)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2440":{"comments":"Decent look into some important coverage issues. Good attempt at sourcing from involved writers\/outlets involved, but the numerous \"no comments\" waters it down a bit.\n\nDinged a point because the writing was not particularly impressive.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"jupton@syr.edu":{"2133":{"comments":"Excellent story and well executed, but I don't really see how this falls into the Mirror awards as media reflection\/critique.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":5}},"2158":{"comments":"ok","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2216":{"comments":"Includes data, but pretty light in the interpretation\/context. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2225":{"comments":"A great obituary for a once-great newspaper, but I did not discover much new here, and pixelated photos were distracting. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2284":{"comments":"Can we combine the two Deggans entries as others did? Together they are a pretty strong entry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2286":{"comments":"Really good right-after-the-fact piece; seems a little dated now. A bit torn on relevance\/staying power.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2294":{"comments":"All three are good analysis pieces, though again, some context is missing. Especially liked the Forbes piece; irritated by the clips at the beginning of the Facebook and political endorsements pieces. Takes longer to get to the point and feels like attribution first. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2327":{"comments":"Nice writing on the reality shows but nothing really new. The angle on \"Snowflake Mountain\" appeared somewhat fresh: revenge porn for conservatives. Nevertheless I was disappointed that there wasn't much examination of what that really means. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2341":{"comments":"Interesting columns on the industry (especially the reverse-engineering of the Netflix ranking) but not really sure what the overall intent is for media review. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2451":{"comments":"A very personal and moving entry, but I didn't really see a new -- or even pointed -- connection to the media industry. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2504":{"comments":"Well researched and written story though not entirely convincing that this isn't a peer-to-peer argument, professional rivalry. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"nmibrown@syr.edu":{"2140":{"comments":"I'm struggling with this one because while the podcasts were great (they dove in depth into media coverage issues, right on the money for this category) much of the podcast was led by Ellen's cohost Dan Kennedy. It's hard to know what Ellen did beyond what is evident in the podcast, and honestly she asked very few questions. The interesting content was provided by the guests, and with very little leading on Ellen's part. I really don't know how to handle this one.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2164":{"comments":"This read like a blog post--the writer's thoughts on the decline of local journalism. It wasn't a particularly well-written piece and didn't contribute any new ideas of examples.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2187":{"comments":"This piece was interesting, but didn't offer any perspective at all on the media and its role in society. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2225":{"comments":"This was a solid piece. Well-written, focused on the decline of a smaller market paper that used to be robust and impressive paper. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2278":{"comments":"This piece was underwhelming. I didn't buy into some of the suppositions she made, and overall found the entire piece to be just \"OK,\" but certainly not worthy of an award or recognition.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2280":{"comments":"There was some good commentary\/criticism of journalists playing to audiences instead of reporting facts, but overall this read more like a blog post to me. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2286":{"comments":"It really frustrated me that the first sentence is not grammatically correct. It set the tone for a piece here ultimately, the writing was not strong. For many of the same reasons the other entry by this same author was unimpressive.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2288":{"comments":"The content of this piece was interesting and the author used a number of relevant examples to explain his theories. However, the structure of the piece was not strong. The author jumped into analysis without giving enough background\/intro, and then backed up after a graph or two, so it felt disorganized from the get-go. It read more like a collection of thoughts that fell under a common theme, but the information was disorganized and lacked flow. I liked what the author had to say, but just didn't think it was delivered as clearly as it could have been.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2310":{"comments":"The pieces were generally well-written but un-moving. Yes they focused on the role of media in three different contexts, but I'm not sure I agree that Malone \"masterfully chronicled the state of contemporary American media on a local, national, and international scale,\" nor that through these pieces she has \"cement[ed] her place as one of the most well sourced and capacious industry observers today.\" \n\nThe strongest piece in my opinion was the first (local news), and the other two were just okay. The piece on Ukraine felt rushed and less well-sourced than the others. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2366":{"comments":"The subject of the piece was interesting and important, but ultimately I didn't think the execution was excellent. Some of the examples seemed misplaced (or just not strong examples) but my biggest gripe is that it was choppy and lacked flow. The piece read like a series of vignettes of why \"poor\" reporting isn't a good idea\/causes harm. But the author did offer a broader perspective on the media and its role in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"fionalgibb@gmail.com":{"1607":{"comments":"All three pieces are very well-written. They do have a somewhat academic feeling. Although I am scoring them very highly, they are all focused on a particular region and culture, and I'm not entirely sure they're the right fit for this category. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2185":{"comments":"This one was a fun read! I enjoyed the attitude. Again, it was very informative, but I wish I'd appreciated Jaden's writing style more.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2187":{"comments":"Very informative, and I believe, a very important issue that deserves scrutiny and commentary. It was chock full of facts and examples. I wish it had been a little more of an enjoyable read. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2234":{"comments":"While fascinating reads, none of these pieces feel big enough to me. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2257":{"comments":"Very well-written and well-framed piece. All of the ads and social media posts included were additive. My only question is it truly a commentary on media and reporting or more so on a very different industry and its advertising and social presence?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2278":{"comments":"I see where the writer is going\u2014in trying to call out biases in reporting about mass shooters\u2014but I found this piece unclear and hard to follow. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2310":{"comments":"Annals of Communication is a fantastic column. All three examples demonstrate savvy commentary and a really enjoyable writing style. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2341":{"comments":"Screentime is such a fun, informative read. I really Shaw's simple style of writing and how much data he brings into his reporting. All three newsletters are fantastic commentary on the entertainment industry. My only thought: Are they not focused enough on journalism for the Mirrors?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2366":{"comments":"A very thoughtful and essential piece of commentary that feels especially timely given the current income inequality and critiques about \"elite media.\" thoroughly appropriate for CJR's audience. Stellar quote: \"Poor people get poor information, because income inequality generates information inequality.\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2453":{"comments":"I enjoyed the analysis of the terms in the pieces in the three different sources, and thought that was very telling. I don't feel that there was enough emphasis on how that's impacting hearts and minds, though.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"zandile@zandileblay.com":{"1717":{"comments":"STORY 8: PHILLIPS TRIO\n***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n1 SKIP + SKIP\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 1\nCOMMENT Umm its so easy to call white people racist. YAWN! Where were the clips of the reverse in interactions? Sorry - this felt biased. Bye!\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 1\nCOMMENT This felt like guilting the audience. The viewers of ESPN and sports in general disproportionately white. Skip represents them. How is guilting the audience appropriate? Are white people no longer allowed to be white?\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 0\nCOMMENT I appreciate submissions that target more than one outlet or journalist for comprehension and range. This just focused on Skip. It would have benefited from casting a wider net.\n\n\n2 SPORTS MEDIA AWARDS + WHITE DUDES\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 0\nCOMMENT I see the theme here\u2026Black Guy Calling Out White Dudes\u2026.theres always reason. But in this context its confusing. The majority of journalists in every category in this country are white\u2026Instead of calling out results - it would have been cool to expand to the roots: stats in education and hiring process that eventually result in the issue he honed in on. yawn. If we are gonna do race - lets do it with range.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 0\nCOMMENT Again - unless the majority white readership has a guilt kink - I fail to see how this is appropriate. \nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCOR\nCOMMENT I think there was potential here to really frame the issue. But the writer never stepped out of the event - to really connect the dots to the hiring processes and educational statistics to give a full picture of how we got here.\n\n3 MORE WHITE GUYS\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 0\nCOMMENT The theme continues - Black Guy calling out white guys. Again. And what really rubs me wrong as a woman: its exclusively in the service of Black men. Biased no?What about CIS women or transgenders? What about bi-racials? Also again - what about expanding these obvious opinions to connecting the dots between education and hiring?\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 0\nCOMMENT Again: whats a majority white audience to do with this except feel guilty? Thats neither expanding the conversation or helping the audience. Odd - the topic should be discussed but in a much less GOTCHA way.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Naturally framed in that the topic touches upon all broadcasters. Well done here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2158":{"comments":"EXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 1\nCOMMENT At least this writer owns a dictionary and thesaurus. But the writing came across as if he desperately wanted to cram every single word in the thesaurus in this piece. It was way too densely written with none of the lightness required for illuminating such a subject. \n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 2\nCOMMENT The level of depth, knowledge and passion in this piece certainly makes it up to snuff for outlet and audience. But any gains here are eroded by the chunky writing that renders some points lost in a salad of words. Please see an example here: \n\n\u201cThe stretch of vituperation against the NGO is so sweeping that some social media users have concocted the term \u201cNIAC-i\u201d as a pejorative reference to indiscriminately gainsay anyone they perceive to be echoing a line of thought that even marginally complements the Iranian government\u2019s discourse, notwithstanding their actual ties with the organization.\u201d\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 2\nCOMMENT There is plenty of perspective here about broader society - but in this piece - that feels mostly reserved for members of the Iranian diaspora. My takeaway was not a strong or even focused perspective on how professional media (not social media) handles the issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2164":{"comments":"EXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 1\nCOMMENT What was really disappointing in terms of craft here is - the entire piece is in the title. There\u2019s almost no point reading beyond the title because there is almost no illumination on the answer for the question. Literally. It\u2019s not till the very bottom of this piece that the writer finally explores Plan B - only to neatly skirt away from the responsibility with this sentence: \u201cSo what\u2019s our societal \u201cPlan B\u201d if local journalism falters? The fact of the matter is that there isn\u2019t a clear one.\u201d \n\nUltimately this entry just really a long description of the issue suggested in the question. Using a thin set of examples at that. This topic had a lot of potential - the writers treatment did not.\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT As an opinion piece for a publication called The Reminder - this feels perfectly framed for the audience. This column was a reminder written in a warm neighborly tone about a topic that matters intimately to their readers. Strong marks there.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Despite its weakness in perspective - especially as an opinion piece - I appreciated that the piece was firmly anchored in discussion\/critique of media. I appreciated the humanizing of the topic and an approach that made a media meltdown feel relatable to the everyday family man.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2166":{"comments":"STORY 9: RAMOS TRIO\n***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n1 ONE REASON\u2026\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Solid witing and reportage with a powerful presence of range.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Strongly appropriate for the Nieman reader in tone and approach.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Loved the framing and the range it entailed. \n\n\n2 A DECADE OF FAILED EFFORTS \nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Great topic - could have gone into more depth on its ultimate point: holding governments accountable. APPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE.\n\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Feels appropriate -but this audience deserves better - especially in terms of focus on media and its failure (despite steps) to hold governments accountable.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Present, but not enough.\n\n3 COVERING \u201cGRINGO STYLE\u2026\u201d \nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Loved this piece and approach - ticked all the boxes.\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Very. Provided the depth and reporting this audience expects.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4 \nCOMMENT Perfectly framed. I appreciated the wide range of outlets included in the research and reporting. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2234":{"comments":"STORY 10: KENNEDY TRIO\n***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n1 GANNETT\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Loved this story, this writing and the reporting. \n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT For a branded blog - its understood its wildly appropriate - as Kennedy\u2019s cadence is what the audience came for.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Well framed - but an opportunity was missed here to connect dots. Whats happening at Gannet is happening industry wide and piece would have benefited from that perspective.\n\n2 SARAH PALIN\u2026\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Another topic of great import - but approach was somehow lacking.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR AUDIENCE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Present.Not powerful though. THe audience could have done with more.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Well framed -but not enough onus on media at large for me.\n\n3 CNN\u2026.\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Well done. Well researched. Well reported.\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Solid.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4 \nCOMMENT For a CNN specific story - framed issue well. But to acknowledge at start of the piece that this applies to media as a whole and not discuss that more feels a miss.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2280":{"comments":"EXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT This is the second entry from Kaufman and both contain a quality I like as well as dislike: a condescending cadence - and a point of view that feels everything but objective. It lowers the quality of her craft here.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Again the power of this piece is that it is on her personalized platform which for me renders all her work highly appropriate for the audience as they are coming for her.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT If Kaufman has a strength - it is staying on task with the issue and how it relates to media as a whole. However, her laser focus on the New York Times (this is the second piece where the institution is mentioned and taken to task) is a detriment in this area. It comes across as personal and unbalanced.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2282":{"comments":"EXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Kaufman was certainly thorough in both stories.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT This is on Substack? Then surely appropriate as this is an audience that knows exactly what they are getting when they sign up\n\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4 \nCOMMENT Kaufman is strong here as well as she diligently holds publications and journalists to task.\n","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2351":{"comments":"STORY 10: ROBBINS TRIO\n***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n1 GANNETT\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Like a lot of strong submissions this year -mthis starts with a topic that needs discussion. The author did well in selecting it and solid job in approach.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Very appropriate for a publication called the Righting.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Again laser focus on Oprah the point. But dots could have been connected elsewhere. \n\n2 LATE NIGHT GABFEST\u2026\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Great topic. Solid approach. \n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Appropriate.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Solid framing that cast a wide net on the topic!\n\n3 NEWSNATION\u2026.\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Another solid submission.\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Solid.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4 \nCOMMENT Naturally well framed and balanced as story subject promises. Would have enjoyed a wider net that informed us on the other \u201cnewsnations\u201d out there.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2440":{"comments":"***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n\nSTORY 6: ERIC WEMBLE TRIO\n1 JAMES BENNET WAS RIGHT\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT The writer did a neat job of delivering a lot of messy details and guiding us through the timeline without being dull.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Felt very apropo for the audience in terms of tone and reportage.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT Solid job here as well. The writer walks us through the issue and lays out where accountability was gained and where it was lost beautifully.\n2 NEWS OUTLETS STAND BY THEIR\u2026..\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT I loved this. Wemble has a deft touch for deep reportage. He walks us through deep waters of research like a pro and the writing is full of context.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Very much so. As an opinion piece - the audience is coming for crisp critique and they get it it in droves here.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Wemple does wonders here. I loved the listing of all the different titles from different outlets. It truly cemented hs reporting excellence and elevated the opinion. This piece is a perfect example of a solid submission\n\n\n3 ROE V WADE COMMENTARY\n EXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT WEMPLE IS IN THE HOUSE! His third submission was just as strong. The righting and reportage both rich in depth and light to taste. What I like about his submissions - he is not just pointedly stating his opinion, he is backing it with such fact - u for the same.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT It\u2019s clear his audience loves receipts - and in that case Wemple delivers with facts and screengrabs making this appropriate for the level of opinion and research the audience seeks. \n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Beautifully done. In this Roe V. Wade piece as earlier submissions - he is not just calling one outlet to task but comprehensively calling out all with a passionate and professionally done piece that calls journalism and its practitioners to task. Bravo.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2472":{"comments":"STORY 9: HEER TRIO\n***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n1 NINA TOTENBERG\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Cool. Decent writing and reportage. \n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Appropriate.\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Present -but not powerful, especially as pertains to media as a whole. But present.\n\n\n2 CENTRIST NOSTALGIA \nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Again solid writing - but with no hint of brilliance. Solid reporting but with no hope of depth.\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Feels appropriate -but this audience deserves better.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Too focused on one writer - and though I know thats point of piece - spirit of this award is a comprehensive look at media overall. This needed more footwork.\n\n3 FAREWELL TO MIDGE DECTOR \nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT Well done. Well reported. But as the title indicates - not well intentioned. Another piece where the punchline is the subject is racist - and true as that might be - it does not recuse range in a piece. This needed more to be excellent. \nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 3\nCOMMENT I suppose\u2026..\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 3 \nCOMMENT Lots of framing here for sure - but for me, not enough for the spirit of this competition. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2482":{"comments":"***my numerical scores above are my overall aggregate scores; i individually score and comments on each piece submitted below.\"****\n\nSTORY 7: GONSALVES TRIO\n1 LAUGHING OURSELVES TO DEATH\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Gonsalves gave all. This piece said what needed to be said and did it with all the cheekiness of tone, excellence in reporting and richness in range. Gregg didnt just stay at the dinner but moved us out of that scene to real life where the pandemic is causing real pain.Loved the approach and execution. And the writers own touches of humor.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Deeply so - especially in tone, angle and approach.\n\nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Perfect and spot one.This is pointedly about media and takes them to task without necessarily having to name names and outlets.\n\n\n2 THE DEATH EATERS\u2026..\nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT I just loved the writing here and the slick inclusion of excerpts of work in the media relating to the topic. I loved the balance and the overall message.\n\nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Again - this work very much so resonates and is appropriate for the audience. \nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 4\nCOMMENT His research cant be denied - the inclusion of journalists work clearly shows how he is framing the issue for media - however the overall intonation felt more so about general perspectives and not specifically media perspectives. That nuance could have been better emphasized in this piece.\n\n\n3 THE PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER \nEXCELLENCE OF CRAFT\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT Gonsalves does it again. His third submission is just as strong o craft. Rich writing that starts the point at a and ends at z - with opinion and research in between. Perfect. \nAPPROPRIATENESS FOR INTENDED AUDIENCE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT As a professional and a professor on the topic he is definitely - yet again - giving his audience the well rounded perspectives the came for. \nFRAMING OF THE ISSUE\nSCORE 5\nCOMMENT So well done. Mid-read, I wanted to say HMM - but where is what I came for? A focus on media. Gonsalves delivered smoothly and slickly. A very strong submission. Enjoyed reading - and about a pandemic at that! \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"contessabrewer@aol.com":{"1652":{"comments":".","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1944":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2164":{"comments":"While the sourcing is thin and the analysis shallow - this is commentary clearly written for a local community and does a great job of explicitly laying out a case for why communities should care about getting straight news. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2185":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2187":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2215":{"comments":"This is how media commentary should be done. Impactful, insightful - well-sourced and a narrative that draws a reader in and makes them care about the issue. Hiltzik skillfully builds his case to conclude that the -business- of local news is turning into the \"local news\" of business. It matters - to local communities and to the survival of the republic. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2282":{"comments":"Kaufman clearly has a point of view - and uses real facts to persuade her readers. I suppose her intended audience is anyone who subscribes to her, but it's too bad this wasn't published in a place with broad circulation. Reporters and editors everywhere should read it. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2351":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2440":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2457":{"comments":"Russo takes a stand, offers a compelling case to support his position, and issues a practical call to action. His commentary on the \"education beat\" is valuable insight even for readers outside academia and education. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2504":{"comments":"Though a captivating story, this isn't commentary- and doesn't present a point-of-view. \n","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4}},"status":"submit"},"dara.mcbride@gmail.com":{"1607":{"comments":"There is merit to this entry, but it is difficult to judge. Should the Mirror Awards separate international submissions?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1944":{"comments":"Semafor coverage was a standout for its approach that mimicked its subject.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2133":{"comments":"Was expecting this to be a more in-depth piece, in part because of New Yorker platform, and then was surprised by its length and sourcing.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":2}},"2140":{"comments":"Interesting guests and I appreciate the focus on \"what works\" and small communities to get different stories in the local news zeitgeist. Long intro. Conversations sometimes dragged or were very casual, perhaps to the nature of the talk show format. (Ethan Zuckerman was a standout; Babz Rawls Ivy was packed with surprises and would have liked a bigger bio on her to prepare to listen.) Would have liked to see key points or answers pulled out in a text format to provide more framing of the issue.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2185":{"comments":"Likely appropriate for the intended audience, but overall did not provide a broader perspective.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2215":{"comments":"Solid coverage and fine writing, but at this point it seems like we need to approach this serious and long-standing issue in a more assertive way to move it forward, instead of having the same conversation.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2284":{"comments":"Deeply personal perspective and well written. Strong example of commentary reacting to a moment in time, but also means it does not go fully in-depth at times. Difficult to judge against other entries that included multiple submissions of work.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2294":{"comments":"Benton has a clear voice and unique way of framing issues to make them uniquely understandable. The Forbes piece was particularly interesting as an under-covered topic.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2482":{"comments":"Gonsalves portfolio does well at capturing a moment in time and contextualizing it, especially in the way he weaves together various sources and references. However, this also means that many of his most interesting thoughts come from someone else. (He frames this issue, but relies on pulling together the thoughts of others to do so.)","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2504":{"comments":"This is good and interesting. The inclusion of the 2003 climate (Judith Miller, Jayson Blair) provided further context -- not just where the Times was in the 1930s, but when the Pultizer decision was reconsidered. But the ending of the piece felt inconclusive.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"cdhedges@syr.edu":{"1607":{"comments":"This commentary has all the trappings of an incredible series - looking at cultural imperialism; contextualizing the stories of the distant regions journalists cover and translating that into something American audiences can grasp - these are issues at the heart of the globalized newsroom. I found these pieces to be poignant and compelling. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1717":{"comments":"Exceptional commentary, sourcing, context, and overall perspective on a crucial sports journalism and entertainment issue. EXCELLENT work.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2154":{"comments":"I had never heard of TruthDao - it's a Web3 news outlet that is putting a new spin on citizen journalism... this is fascinating in its own right. Especially since it claims to be \"bias-free journalism,\" and the pieces up for review here are DRIPPING in bias. \nhttps:\/\/truthdao.xyz\/\nFrom a business wire article: \"TruthDAO operates with community support and interaction through a \u201cDAO\u201d (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) structure. Members contribute story ideas, provide perspectives, and engage in robust debate. A firm supporter of press freedom, TruthDAO and its global community advocate for a return to quality reporting, so that the news media, especially in the United States, can once again be a beacon of trust\" \nhttps:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20220607005388\/en\/World%E2%80%99s-First-Web3-News-Organization-TruthDAO-Debuts-Celebrity-Interviews-on-Fireside-Multimedia-Platform\n\nOk, onto the pieces: I find it interesting that someone of Kneale's stature is writing for this outlet. The pieces read much too political and conspiratorial than I would want to see be rewarded in this competition. It's one thing to call into question news media treatment of internal Twitter files, it's quite another to create a three-part rant. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Framing of the issue":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1}},"2189":{"comments":"I'm not sure about this outlet; also, I think this is a bit thin. For something so omnipresent as the codified language of racism in mainstream media, the examples were not as clear. The lack of depth in the commentary makes it susceptible to what the author was attempting to guard against - \"To accept them as offensive but inevitable only helps to perpetuate them and the pain they cause.\"\n\nI was hoping for so much more from a topic as important as this. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2215":{"comments":"Great commentary about the problem of big newspaper chains and declining local journalism. Sadly, this is one piece among many that talk about the same thing. I am not sure there is a lot that is new in this piece, but it is an important topic and a well-executed explication at that!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2216":{"comments":"I use this graphic for my COM 107 class every year. It's an important update to be sure. However, that's what it is... an update to an older story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2294":{"comments":"Three solid pieces! I think the writing in this category is throwing me off - a lot of trying-to-be-cute devices used that, frankly, get in the way of good reprorting.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2327":{"comments":"I have a literal PhD in Reality Television, and I think her commentary is spot-on and essential. She did an excellent job providing appropriate context and details for her commentary. Her analysis of snowflake mountain is well-done and thorough. Berman pulls out the important elements of these trends and provides a clear voice in her perspective. Engaging writing, excellent sourcing - great all around! Despite other weightier topics I read, most of them did not stand up to the writing, sourcing, and insightful commentary that this one did! ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2341":{"comments":"Based on the comments the submitter provided, I was expecting to get a lot more in-depth insight into these pressing issues - instead, it seemed to be a report on data provided by Spotify, Netflix and Taylor Swift Tickets. None of these newsletter-format stories provided enough in-depth insight to provide anything new. Again, I had issues with the writing...","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2457":{"comments":"I appreciate the depth of understanding of the topic, and the undertaking of trying to \"fix\" education journalism. It is an admirable task and he points out some important aspects regarding what is \"wrong.\" \nAll that said, I had to keep re-reading sentences. The writing was a big hurdle for me. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"}},"single":{"ericgrode@gmail.com":{"299":{"comments":"Perhaps a tad long, and I'm of the generation that impulsively balks at what amounts to a reputation overhaul (as the final passage makes clear). But this is a fascinating take on someone we may have thought we knew all we needed to know about. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"879":{"comments":"Starts a little slowly, but this took a national issue and found all sorts of ways to personalize\/localize it, giving NC audiences a real sense of what is at stake and (to a lesser degree) what can be done about it. I thought this was very strong.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"994":{"comments":"This might not be the most scintillating reporting, but it contextualizes an important thread in the story by explaining what it is, how it differs from past outlets and what these changes mean for the wider industry. All in all, nicely done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1037":{"comments":"I kind of ebbed and flowed on this one: I learned something, then found it repetitive, then enjoyed a new insight, then got bored, then maybe forgave it a bit, then scrolled to see how much longer the piece was. Ironically, the pacing falls prey to some of the very things she bemoans about newsletter writers. But there's plenty to like in there","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1087":{"comments":"Interesting up to a point, but an awful lot of speculation and \"well, but what if ...?\" and anonymous quotes. Just not quite enough there.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1102":{"comments":"I confess I found the sea of acronyms to be a bit much here and there, and a few statements were thrown out there that seemed to assume a deeper core knowledge than readers can be assumed to have. But I learned a bunch and got a good sense of just how identity-focused journalist groups can steer the discourse.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1156":{"comments":"Fascinating, clear-eyed, honest about the benefits and challenges, deeply reported, with tons of context for those not as familiar with Seattle.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1176":{"comments":"I mean, this guy took a pair of events and turned it into some vaguely apocalyptic warning about erosion of freedom of the press on our shores. Waste of time.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1179":{"comments":"That Jay McInerney quote is kind of brilliant. This does as good a job as any I've seen of contextualizing a broader point, with strong sources who can both recall and often apologize for their complicity in this, while also including useful contemporary voices. The Britney doc made it topical, but the angle is unafraid to go backward and forward. Very, very strong. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1239":{"comments":"This feels like the scaffolding to a great story, but the details aren't quite there. I realize some specifics would be really hard to obtain, but the talk of jockeying over facts and articles only goes so far without seeing what some of those contested facts are. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1243":{"comments":"Worth pointing out as a piece of news, I guess, but the insightful piece on what this would mean for Netflix and the industry at large hasn't really been written yet.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1268":{"comments":"Kind of a by-the-book check-in on a publication in flux, but this asks the right questions and gets some quotes along the way. Decent effort.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1283":{"comments":" A worthy topic, and he admits to not knowing what he doesn't know. But it's all a lot more jargony than it needs to be, and there's definitely a more interesting version of this story out there.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1294":{"comments":"Individual vignettes in search of any sort of overarching structure or throughline. The story could have ended any of a half dozen places with no appreciable difference. When there's a laundry list of offenses like this, it becomes crucial to package them in a way that makes each case build on an argument rather than be just the next instance in line.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1315":{"comments":"Far too many sources went untapped, and in its place are a litany of deals and dollar amounts. OK as a compendium, but something of a missed opportunity.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2161":{"comments":"This really has no business being in this category. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2174":{"comments":"It's hard to basically point a finger on a pure hunch, even one that seems like Occam's razor. This piece may tip sliiiiiightly into a potentially unfounded criticism, but the story stands on its own. Plus it has a firm stance and a nice, loping writing style. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2214":{"comments":"Kind of spins its wheels here and there, making and then re-re-remaking its point, but the point is worthwhile enough. But not a whole lot we didn't already intuit and probably even know. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2236":{"comments":"The \"talking about why others aren't talking about X\" structure can be a bit formulaic, but this covered all the bases and gave some valuable context.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2250":{"comments":"Really nothing in the way of breaking news or even expanding our understanding of a burgeoning issue. More of a recap than anything else. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2252":{"comments":"Interesting topic, and one worth knowing about. But the story itself is fairly workmanlike and uninspired.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2359":{"comments":"Fairly poor writing, belaboring certain points and relying heavily on cliches and weird segues. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2368":{"comments":"The writing could be a little tighter\/stronger, but this is a fascinating and thorough glimpse at the sort of thing we would do well to more than glimpse at.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2384":{"comments":"Deeply reported synthesis of what was already out there and plenty of strong new reporting, plus some helpful primers on the changing landscape. Terrific piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2464":{"comments":"The tone is weirdly folksy, the issue is only tangentially connected to the news media, the author is admittedly semi-affiliated with the group in question: I don't really get this piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2486":{"comments":"I learned a decent amount about the various forces at work about what is happening in DRC and the context in terms of Tshisekedi's father. And I suppose the most important thing here was to sound the alarm. But absent the information we'd really need to understand what this means for Wembi, even more background would have been helpful.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2501":{"comments":"I would have preferred a more integrated, less blocky structure. But this covers a murky-ish issue from all the necessary angles, with a serious effort to augment with video and a wide array of sources. Very well done. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"jrosman@syr.edu":{"331":{"comments":"I thought that the reporter did the work to produce a very good piece. Listening to the 42 podcasts that featured Richards, pulling the tape, and then framing the issue of why Richards was problematic on a number of fronts revealed material I hadn't heard about at the time of this controversy. I think this story was a great service to readers on a topic the public was interested in. We need more of this. This took time and it took detail and examination of the materials in question. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"568":{"comments":"As an explainer, this did its job but nothing exceptional. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"576":{"comments":"This felt very thin and not up to par with excellence in media criticism or analysis. It read like this: \"So and so thinks this...and then this person thinks that\". Doesn't really fit in this field frankly. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1058":{"comments":"At times this is unique and compelling and interesting criticism and then veered off into complaints from the writer. Would have be ideal to get more information about the writer as a backdrop.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1107":{"comments":"This was fair, thorough, and interesting. I thought this a compelling story about the role of smaller newspapers in our society where local newsrooms have been demolished not just their budgets cut. I wished this could have been longer. Felt like there was more to tell.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1156":{"comments":"This was comprehensive and well-written for the most part. \n\nBut It's the CJR so my expectations would be that it doesn't rely on shorthand to refer to media organizations without explaining why it made such statements. It referred to KOMO-TV - a local affiliate in Seattle - and Sinclair - and Sinclair itself as \"conservative\". There's a big difference between local tv stations owned by Sinclair and the national stories Sinclair puts out from DC. Local stations are largely given the runway to cover local stories as they see fit and I know this from working at three other large tv station groups (not Sinclair) and knowing the inside of this part of the business for station groups. They're not Fox News in that regard. Sinclair does give its stations stories from DC to air that clearly have a bent but I think for the CJR in particular not to know the difference is lazy reporting. You could go to any Sinclair market - WJLA in DC for example or WSTM\/WTVH here and see that local news coverage is its own and not some corporate dictate. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1165":{"comments":"The reporting and writing were fine but not exceptional. We learned a bit more about the topic but not extensively so. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1174":{"comments":"This was superb and cast a light on an issue that too many would be afraid to report out of concern of being banned themselves from future coverage of the issue of access to hospitals during the pandemic. It also showed how if the public had been given more access to stark photos and other reporting that the course of the pandemic possibly could have changed. They hit the mark on this one. I enjoyed reading this ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1192":{"comments":"This is an extremely important topic and there were areas that were lacking. In some parts - sweeping statements were made in the story that could have used more examination and more precise writing and exploration. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1200":{"comments":"This was an interesting read that needed a sharper focus and better editing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1268":{"comments":"I was expecting to hear from my voices in this story and some of the examples given didn't fully support the story itself. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1289":{"comments":"This felt like it jumped in head first. There wasn't enough of laying the foundation and explaining for my taste to give every reader a chance to grasp the article. And it wasn't all that comprehensive. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1292":{"comments":"This was top-notch and represents what the Mirror Awards are all about. It was detailed. Explained exceptionally well. Honed in on what the problems are on a very important story that has implications that are far beyond a typical media criticism piece. Superb.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1294":{"comments":"The writers did a relatively decent job writing and producing this work and getting a series of interviews they needed to be able to write the long feature about a topic we do not hear much about women in radio and their experiences as women in radio. I think they could have done a better job of framing the issue and at times it felt like the story meandered around a bit. Certainly, I thought that for the readership that the article was appropriate for the intended audience. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"status":"submit"},"jason.fry@gmail.com":{"576":{"comments":"Hmm. The structure badly needs another pass -- there's no nut graf, the writer runs after too many shiny objects, and the last part about Montgomery County feels tacked on for no good reason. But I thought this was an interesting story told with passion, and I applaud that. I guess it falls into the category of \"not good enough to win but I'm glad it was written.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"992":{"comments":"Could we please stop allowing multiple submissions by the same writer? This is good but not as good as Steinberg's other piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"994":{"comments":"I wanted the writer to take a stab at the impact of all this, where it might be taking us, what might be lost, etc. ... and I didn't get that. But I did get a deeply reported piece with context that draws on deep knowledge of the industry and presents that context confidently. And that's worth a fair amount.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"996":{"comments":"A shorter title would have been \"Wow Do I Hate Peter Singer.\" Undercuts its argument in the very first paragraph. Not up to this contest's standards and should have been weeded out before reaching us. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1056":{"comments":"I enjoyed this, but it doesn't deliver the impact CJR attributes to it in their comments. A very interesting piece, just a bit of a mismatch for the category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1060":{"comments":"This is really thin. I usually enjoy CJR stories while finding them too inside baseball to win the category, but this doesn't rise even to that unsuccessful level.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1087":{"comments":"What's the larger issue here? This is just New York gossip and should have been weeded out earlier.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1156":{"comments":"Interesting piece and well told, but the attempt at articulating an issue of sufficient depth comes way too late in the piece to connect.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1179":{"comments":"I'm not sure this is good enough to win -- it's a look back two decades without much of a conclusion for today -- but it's well-sourced and clear-eyed and not afraid to be ambivalent.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1206":{"comments":"Solid work, but doesn't deliver the broader perspective needed to win. Particularly after all these years, \"Trumpism is bad for keeping institutions functional\" isn't enough for an award.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1235":{"comments":"Fine story, but it can't decide whether it's a profile or a piece about the larger issue and so doesn't stick either landing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1278":{"comments":"A good story that I remember well. What holds it back, IMHO, is a lack of structure. It brings up multiple fascinating ideas, most notably the idea that exploitative third-party crap will overwhelm an honest marketplace, but it never quite rides any of them hard enough or follows them through to a conclusion. I'm reminded of a story a few years back about people who used YouTube's algorithm to produce semi-automated videos for kids that proved strange and frightening. That story dug into how we got here and we might get back, and it's stuck in my head in ways this one has not and will not.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1311":{"comments":"Nicely packaged and engagingly written, but vapid and all surface. There's no there there.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1315":{"comments":"The writing is lively and the framing is solid, but the sourcing is thin -- too many quotes fail to rise above the level of spokesperson-babble and\/or jejune commentary. As a result, it's missing the depth required to win the category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"taylormichelepps@gmail.com":{"331":{"comments":"This is a piece with clear impact and good points that are well-researched at every turn. It's compelling, it's contextual, it is good storytelling. The author makes great use of audio and video embeds, providing readers with everything they need to know about Richards. It doesn't go too far or too disparaging. It's good and honest reporting that got things changed.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"568":{"comments":"This story is incredibly interesting and could really show this unique effort to use journalism as propaganda or diplomacy. It definitely takes good research to put together, but this read like a short essay citing reports rather than a newsgathering effort. It needed more teeth. I read this thinking, \"there has to be a more compelling way to tell this,\" I wanted much more from it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"613":{"comments":"This was a well-researched and well-done piece with great sourcing and context to point out a growing issue and how media is changing accordingly. It didn't shine as brightly as some of the other pieces in this lineup.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"879":{"comments":"This story shows what's great about local news--the ability to discuss larger, national issues and draw wide-reaching implications, starting in a smaller town. This piece was ahead of the trend as we see more and more news deserts popping up and the social media takeover continue. It was great to hear from a small paper and to hear from people studying these issues. I would've loved to hear from some news consumers in North Carolina and their takes on this as well. The author asked great questions and hit big points, though sometimes I had to re-listen or listen really closely for those really good nuggets.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1037":{"comments":"I enjoyed this fresh, new analysis on something I'd never seen written about, especially in the context of what this means for the media and its role in society. While interesting, it didn't feel very journalistic in nature. There wasn't much newsgathering done, but more savvy opinion writing. It presented many sides and ideas and was written skillfully, but I'm not left with any real impact.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1056":{"comments":"Listening and reading this piece felt like I was uncovering interesting secrets about media. There's so much out there that we don't know about our own communities, it was great to hear from an expert on pirate radio just how much impact it has. His final notes about the need these stations fulfill really hammered home the importance of this kind of do-it-yourself journalism and harkened back to the roots of American journalism and the freedom of the press as we know it. Very well done piece, I'd almost like to hear more outside of Goren's unique lens.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1058":{"comments":"While I admire the choice to publish this piece as received, I feel it needed some bookending, some context to add to this interesting perspective. It was probably the first time I've read the work of an incarcerated journalist, I would love to hear more and I think the overall point was put forth that there's not much of that happening in the media right now, though there are few barriers. It felt like the start of a great story, I wish there was some follow-through to bring it home.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"1161":{"comments":"It's clear how much thought went into this piece. The graphics, video embeds, animation, hand-picked quotes (which I'm sure were difficult to narrow down) and interviews with dozens of reporters from local to national, from CNN to Fox. It was a great idea with even better execution. The personal details and lasting effects on these reporters show the broader perspective on the media and its role. Being able to read about these front row seats through a timeline was quite the ride through history, easy to read and very well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1174":{"comments":"Hard to find fault in this piece. It really showed the importance of context when storytelling. Hearing the author's personal experiences and plentiful quotes from all kinds of sources helped expertly expose a key issue of mass censorship during COVID-19. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1200":{"comments":"This was a personal, well-researched, eye-catching and eye-opening piece of work. From quotes that made me tear up to photo evidence that backed it, this calling out of the media was more than necessary and done expertly. As journalists who issue corrections daily, this call to action feels justified. It was great to read the responses or lack thereof from media organizations that we know well and the progress few, but some, have made. It was clear, contextual, concise and necessary. A piece that leaves me a bit disappointed in society, but grateful for this writer.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1219":{"comments":"This piece did a great job of creating a storyline that had good, well-researched context and kept me engaged all the way through. It did a great job of using this high-level and specific example to point out an issue that can happen to any journalist out there who might get relentless pitches that don't check out. Pointing out the larger impact of the dwindling credibility of the media, as a result, was the perfect point to hit home. I would've enjoyed some more examples of this happening to journalists, but just reading how many journalists were played by one story over years was powerful and well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1268":{"comments":" This was a refreshing piece to read. The subject matter is important, but the framing of the topic allowed me to learn quite a bit. It provided good context and was structured very well. We got context, evidence from credible sources and solutions\/results from the people being held accountable. It had very powerful quotes and made great points, I'd love to read a follow-up.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1281":{"comments":"There was almost no newsgathering in this piece. This was an assertion of opinion based on what's obvious to anyone who knows social media or has followed Facebook's issues with regulation. This piece is not formatted well for a reader, provides little to no context and admits its own faults of suggesting a \"quick fix\". The website tells me about the author, but the piece has no credibility. Why should I, the reader, consider this proposal and these ideas about how to \"fix\" Facebook? What makes the author qualified? I liked the ability to submit my own opinions included at the end and the idea of opening this up to a larger conversation. Overall, this felt like an unresearched dinner table conversation, turned idea with little to no thought into the effects that would come if adopted by Facebook. It felt a bit harsh and overall unhelpful to any reader, the media and its role in society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1292":{"comments":"A well-researched and well-done piece that allowed me to learn a ton about a topic I knew nothing about in a short amount of time. Clearly, this was an important piece to write and one that had enough impact to get some change at the VOA. I felt the piece harped a bit too long on the issues, without adding any depth as it continued. At a certain point, I was left thinking, \"okay, so what now?\" I wanted to hear more from the main subject, Patinkin since he was a source we could name and get to know. I wanted more comparison between coverage to show the bias; what did the BBC write vs the VOA? While important and well-researched, I think it could've been more compelling.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"cmlieble@syr.edu":{"299":{"comments":"A good read but the framing of the piece doesn't seem appropriate to this award.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"341":{"comments":"Good overview, but nothing exceptional. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"872":{"comments":"Solid writing and reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1057":{"comments":"This is an odd piece. Sort of a mini research project that provides raw data only.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1060":{"comments":"Fairly typical CJR fare. But provides insights not found much elsewhere, especially in terms of the value of reporting from within a community. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1102":{"comments":"Good overview piece. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1165":{"comments":"Important and timely topic. Feels a bit centered on low hanging fruit. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1217":{"comments":"Well documented. Timely and important topic. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1223":{"comments":"Effective historical perspective, documented fact and personalization.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1235":{"comments":"It's fine, but nothing exceptional. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1239":{"comments":"Solid writing, well documented. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1254":{"comments":"Well-written, interesting piece; speaks to media ownership, power and its abuses. Well documented. \nWhy are there three stories for a single entry?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1319":{"comments":"Substantive. Nicely situates analysis in the broader context.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"mgscotto@gmail.com":{"996":{"comments":"The author raises serious points but fail to include responses from Singer and Emanuel as well as the publications he argues elevate their profiles. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1004":{"comments":"Doesn't rise to the top.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1056":{"comments":"This was a fascinating audio piece that did a nice job of explaining the history of pirate radio stations and the importance they serve in the communities that rely on them for news and entertainment. It was well produced as was the accompanying article. But I wish it had more voices, as it seemed all the information included in the piece was provided by that one historian. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1060":{"comments":"The article offers a valuable take on coverage of the massacre, but it almost reads like the jumping off point for what should have been a deeper dive on the issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1192":{"comments":"Fascinating and important article that holds a mirror to the news industry. It it well reported and thought provoking, though the writing is a bit dry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1223":{"comments":"A well written, well reported article that uses the collapse of the AT&T Time Warner merger to explore not just the many missteps of AT&T but also the current upheaval in the entertainment industry. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1237":{"comments":"Fine article that doesn't go below surface level. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1243":{"comments":"Solid article previewing Netflix's latest expansion but it doesn't have the same level of reporting as the best articles in the group. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1278":{"comments":"Among the best of the bunch - a well written and well reported piece of journalism. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1283":{"comments":"Interesting explainer on the impact NFL streaming rights could have on local television, but it lacks concrete data to back up his hypothesis. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1285":{"comments":"I wish this article had delved deeper into these right-wing websites instead of focusing so much on this one particular story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1289":{"comments":"Not among the best entries ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1319":{"comments":"While this article gave a good overview of the size and power of YouTube, I don't think it broke much ground. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"porsini@comcast.net":{"341":{"comments":"solid piece of writing and reporting. Doesn't shed a lot of light on media's role in society beyond asking if cable news can ever achieve audience numbers it got during Trump years. The only people who care about that question are TV news presidents. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"872":{"comments":"The writer is basically taking readers through his own journey into how he gained a different perspective on the US presence in Afghanistan, using examples of work by intrepid journalists -- its enlightening. he does a good job of explaining the limitations of covering a war. But I don't believe this article does a lot to put the coverage of the war in Afghanistan in a new context. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"992":{"comments":"well reported, but ultimately doesn't do a lot to create a better understanding of media's role in society. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1004":{"comments":"This story is more of an investing advice story. It's not meant to discuss what the effect of meme stocks is having on the broader society. It's not a story for the Mirror Awards. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1057":{"comments":"This is such an important story. Understanding how people consume news, what they believe is news, how they interpret the news, why they choose their news sources -- I read every word from all of the people who kept journals. I was fascinated. Any pre-conceived notions I had, based on gender, age, ethnicity, were blown up. I realize this was part of a larger effort by CJR; it provides context for journalists to understand who their audience is. Whether this article can provide guidance on how to get more people to consume journalism, and how to deliver that to readers\/listeners, is debatable. But it's an important read for anyone who reports news for a living.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1102":{"comments":"A good, solid article that puts the Atlanta shootings in a much larger context about how newsrooms cover stories about minority communities. Good sourcing and quotes. The writing didn't blow me away, but a solid piece.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1161":{"comments":"While there are a lot of compelling nuggets of information in this article, I did not find the overall story accomplished much besides reigniting the anger and disbelief I felt at the time about how Trump treated female journalists. I remember many of these incidents, was introduced to others, so I learned some things. But in the end, it's a little unsatisfying: what I'd really like to understand is how these journalists, reflecting on their experiences over the past four years, are moving ahead. How it will change how they cover politics and politicians. As they noted in the last section, it was disorienting, they will be unpacking it in therapy .... what does this mean? Going deeper on this is what would have given readers a broader perspective on media and its role in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1174":{"comments":"An important critique of how the pandemic was covered, and what happens when the media is denied access to sources. Also, it focuses on photography, a medium that doesn't always get its full due. It goes beyond the coverage of the pandemic to put in some historical context. I do feel this article was overlong, and could have used an edit. But overall, an important, relevant story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1217":{"comments":"While this story is well-sourced and researched, it could have used another edit. It seemed it was telling three different stories -- Joel Kaplan's influence on policy, Zuckerberg's unwillingness to listen to those whose job it was to monitor content, and employee dissatisfaction with them both. It felt long and repetitive, to the point where it lost the thread of the story. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1219":{"comments":"Deeply researched and well-written; breaks down a complicated story, providing context to a story we thought we all knew. Shines a light on journalistic practices, and what happens when journalists sidestep those practices for immediacy. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1237":{"comments":"This is a straight-up business story, without a lot of context for what the loss of movie theaters in small towns means for the people who live in those places.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1243":{"comments":"recused","scores":[]},"1289":{"comments":"This is not a single researched article; this is a blog post, an opinion piece. Also, the writer works for SU. This should not be considered for the Mirror Awards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1311":{"comments":"Well researched and sourced. This is more of a business story about the advertising industry than a story about media's role in society. While the story does show how quickly TikTok has become a powerful advertising medium, the story was more focused on how brands are leveraging the platform, and less about its effects on the broader culture.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1578":{"comments":"This is an interesting business story. But, is the fact that all these news people are getting contracts good for the business of reporting news? Bad? The story doesn't put this into perspective. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1594":{"comments":"This is a workplace safety story; I don't think it rises to the level of a story about media's role in society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2197":{"comments":"A confusing, hard-to-follow story that provides little insight into media and its role in society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2199":{"comments":"Not a whole lot of framing of the issue. The anecdotal lead doesn't grab the reader. While the story is trying to create tension and suspense, it never succeeds, and the linear telling of the story is ultimately workmanlike. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2212":{"comments":"There was no framing of the issue. Written as a basic news story.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2276":{"comments":"A basic, well-reported news story. It doesn't go beyond that to make a bigger point about media and its role in society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2325":{"comments":"I wish this were a better edited story. The anecdotal lead doesn't work. It was confusing and unfocused. The rest of the article rambles. Yet the topic is revealing and important. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2373":{"comments":"This reads like a research paper, and doesn't really frame the issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2382":{"comments":"This story is the standard timeline, step-by-step recounting of how reporters got the story. But it reveals so much about media and its role in society, specifically, the role of local journalism. While national news outlets were reacting to the news of the 10-year-old's need to travel out of state for an abortion as a politicized, made-up story, local reporters were doing the hard work of finding the truth. It recounts just how hard that job is, and the day-to-day job of knowing who to speak with, cultivating sources, etc. can only be done by the people on the ground who are committed to the local area their newspaper covers. An important an revealing story, less captivating than the story the reporters were covering, but equally as compelling.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2392":{"comments":"This is informative and enlightening; it's not an issue I had thought much about, and I think the writer deserves points for bringing it to light. I do feel the framing of the issue could have been tighter. It's not until the last third of the article that the writer makes the point that images coming from Ukraine are more graphic, and that there is a double-standard when it comes to characterizing the heroes and the aggressors. It's a powerful point, and I think it would have been a more effective story if that point was made near the top of the story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2464":{"comments":"I think this story belongs with the opinion entries. It starts as straight reporting, but she's definitely got a point of view she's expressing by the middle the article.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2497":{"comments":"The writer brings up a lot of interesting points, but it doesn't go deep into any of them, ultimately leaving the reader with more questions than when they started. This article is written for the entertainment industry, which includes all those \"gasbags\" that go on opinion shows -- I really liked that quote :) . So I get that this story is about the business-driven decisions being made at MSNBC. But it raises real questions about what exactly MSNBC's mission is, and what it can achieve with this new focus. Those questions aren't answered.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2501":{"comments":"By tightly focusing on one event where journalists and the police clashed, then broadening the scope to look at the history of interactions between the two groups, the reporters did a great job of framing an issue that, on the face of it seems cut and dry, but in reality is complicated. In their favor was a police department that was willing to admit some changes needed to be made, and was willing to spend time with the reporters. As a result, they were able to present a well-balanced story that gives readers and listeners a nuanced, thoughtful report.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"noeliasophiadelacruz@gmail.com":{"341":{"comments":"Insightful, timely, well-researched\/sourced and definitely provides a broader perspective on the media, its quickly changing landscape, and its role in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1004":{"comments":"More a piece of service journalism than a critical piece offering a broader perspective on the media and its role in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1037":{"comments":"I thought this piece was really interesting and fun to read. Molly Fischer subscribed to, and read, more newsletters than anyone might ever want to read and arrived at some poignant conclusions. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1057":{"comments":"I enjoyed this. It's a smart concept and it's important to see the varying methods and approaches to consuming the news via people from a variety of demographics. It'd be interesting to see this as an ongoing series. The writer succinctly sums up the anecdotal findings in the introduction, but I think this piece could have benefited from further analysis from her and other sources.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1176":{"comments":"Passionately delivered. However, doesn't really fit the criteria of excellent newsgathering & framing of the issue that is set here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1179":{"comments":"Solid reflective piece with good insights and examples. Short and got its point across well. A lot here on the male gaze but would've been valuable to go a step deeper - I would've liked to hear more of the consumer and talent perspective - and an exploration of how this has had an impact on other areas of modern\/pop culture society. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1208":{"comments":"This piece was illuminating (and disturbing!). We need the media to shed light on the sources of hateful ideology. Per the editor\u2019s note, some of the initial reporting was erroneous indicating lack of careful attention to sourcing, so I removed a few points.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1217":{"comments":"Well-reported and well-written. Clear about the issues, includes sources (including internal documents) to support its statements and offers a broader perspective on the media\/Facebook's role in our society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1219":{"comments":"Timely. However, I found this piece difficult to read--perhaps because of all the key players involved--I thought the writer could've done a better job of outlining the key players and issues.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1237":{"comments":"Includes data reflecting the impact of Covid on movie theaters but I would\u2019ve liked to see more of a human interest story with emphasis on the impact (beyond financial) of small communities whose theaters have closed. It touched upon this a bit but overall didn\u2019t feel very substantial. Writing is fine - straightforward reporting of facts and pretty brief.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1254":{"comments":"Important, thorough reporting. A media piece about the media that over three parts illustrates its role in our society and the importance of holding companies and their executives accountable.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1281":{"comments":"Asks a valid question but overall it\u2019s a hypothetical, opinion piece with no in-depth reporting or sourcing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1319":{"comments":"Well done. Interesting, informative, provides varying sources and perspectives - at times feels a little too pro-YouTube but he also does a good job of acknowledging the crises and missteps they've dealt with. Well-packaged with a lot of helpful data.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1578":{"comments":"Offers more insight on an increasing trend but doesn't feel groundbreaking or revelatory.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1593":{"comments":"This story poses and tries to answer a good question re: how the media can do better to cover tragedies and how journalists can cope. And it also asks of journalists to be more considerate of victims and their families. Veeneman reports on suggestions and solutions for all of the above that make sense, but otherwise there isn't much depth to this piece beyond that.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1594":{"comments":"Important topic and appropriate for its audience but more of a straightforward news story that highlights an important consideration re: the safety of journalists on the field. Sources primarily include PR statements from media organizations and their spokespersons. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1885":{"comments":"Appropriate for his audience and includes various sources, but more op-ed than news & provides a broader perspective on media's role in society from a very biased POV.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Excellence of craft":2}},"1896":{"comments":"Solid piece that addresses the debate surrounding showcasing violence on victims of tragedy. Includes nuanced POVs from both sides of the debate and illustrates how media has already taken steps to do better by victims.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2213":{"comments":"Well-reported piece that offers more depth than its title would suggest, citing many sources and looking at various parts of the company, framing it all within the context of the evolving streaming\/entertainment industry. Think it falls a bit short of providing a broader perspective on media's role in society.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2240":{"comments":"Straightforward news story about Bari Weiss' new venture with all of the pertinent details about how it came together and its future plans\/goals. Otherwise, it doesn't really provide a broader perspective on the media and its role in society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2242":{"comments":"I expected to see more nominations for stories about what's happened with Twitter over the past year... I think this is good but suspect there are others out there that frame the issue re: media's role in society more pointedly!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2325":{"comments":"A clear standout among the rest in my opinion. This was so well-done and has everything we're looking for.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2359":{"comments":"Reads more like an op-ed than a well-reported piece that provides a broader perspective on the media's role in society. The author dedicated his time to watching the coverage extensively and provides his analysis but doesn't provide any sources or data to support it beyond his own opinions (for example, I would be really interested to know where\/if he got his data on how soccer audiences are watching, it's interesting). The most interesting part of the piece is one he alludes to\u2014Fox's avoidance of any commentary on Qatar, a sponsor\u2014but rightfully leaves it to other publications. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2392":{"comments":"Good work that hits all of its marks. This is another piece on how media sanitizes the impact of violence against civilians. It clearly explains the decision-making that ultimately downplays the effects of Israel's bombings on Palestinian communities and how doing so furthers the Israel government's narrative, providing an imbalanced view of the 'conflict' and desensitizes and skews for the audience what is really happening. The Intercept incorporated images of the dead (widely accessible to journalists via databases) to prove the point. I think this story challenges media's self-imposed limits, and I thought it smart to include the comparison of how the Ukrainian resistance is portrayed against the Palestinian resistance. It is also a reminder of how the media can do better when it comes to covering gun violence victims. While another story in the batch asks this question too, the imperative to do so is less ambiguous in this one.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2394":{"comments":"Well-reported and straightforward look at Disney's communications strategy and response to the \"Don't Say Gay\" Bill with insight on Disney's history surrounding LGBTQ issues and their political influence and involvement. Includes sources within and outside of the company and the POV from both the Republican and Democrat parties. This story highlights Disney's diminishing influence in the political realm. It's also about Chapek's effectiveness as a leader and the impact of his and his team's wonky decision-making. The article references the potential impact on his tenure; Grimes was correct that the scrutiny would increase--and as we now know, it was to Chapek's disadvantage. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2486":{"comments":"Important reporting that reveals how the DRC's government has been transitioning from a semi-peaceful government with an unproblematic transition in leadership, to an oppressive, dictatorial one with disdain for journalists. Niarchos' proximity to the issue and similar experience to that of Steve Wembi gives him authority on what has been happening in the country. He connects with Wembi's brother and sources additional information from statements. I think this story asks an important question but doesn't reveal too many answers. (I conducted a quick search to see if Wembi has since been released and if his Twitter is any indication, it looks like he has.) ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"mprussel@syr.edu":{"295":{"comments":"A laundry list of good examples. Simple, straightforward, right to the point. Disturbing to see some journalists expressing the opinion that they are being \"punished\" unfairly for their conflicts. Similar (but not included here) is the argument that\" if my news org paid me a fair wage, I wouldn't have to have these conflicts\".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"331":{"comments":"Interesting behind the scenes look and in obviously poor process. Is author piling on with long list of others in bashing Mike Richards, who evidently deserves it, to the detriment of keeping the focus of the article on the process?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"568":{"comments":"Very interesting, informative -- and disturbing piece. Certainly not new technique but at a more intense level. I wonder if author tried to interview the news organizations who sold themselves out?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"994":{"comments":"Very well done. Informative.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1058":{"comments":"Powerful. Columbia Journalism Review did a service by re-producing Sawyer's excellent piece, which led me to do more research on him and the Empowerment Avenue Writers Cohort. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1165":{"comments":"Overall, good. Important topic, not a good time to be a journalist, even a low-profile journalist. Not sure author provides suggestions for relief--scarier than Carlson are his millions of nightly viewers.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1200":{"comments":"Original research and insights (at least for me) of American journalism practices that aided and abetted, and profited from, the trafficking and outright murder of human beings. Will be interesting to see how individual legacy newspapers confront the past.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1206":{"comments":"Low score on Craft because I found a missing word. Anyone edit these days? VOA is not well-known among many Americans, even some NPR listeners, so, IMHO, this is another valuable look at a pretty bad time in our recent history. Sad because VOA used to be a beacon.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1208":{"comments":"Why are we judging an article whose editors admit that they did a poor job of fact-checking? On the other hand, tracks and gives insights into a not-so-funny but disturbing side of comedy","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1239":{"comments":"I was not familiar with this publication. I enjoyed learning about the PR operations at Amazon, but while some of the tactics used (e.g., getting corrections on media stories within 2 hours of publication) are over the top, it is not uncommon for many organizations--large and small-- to monitor their coverage and respond to perceived errors or bias. I wonder if this article's headline and findings rise to a certain level of scandal because it is Bezos and not an everyday CEO. While the author reached out to a number of former comms staffers, there is no mention of attempts to reach the top people who are running the comms operations","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1243":{"comments":"Good but not a top choice for an award, in my opinion. Fairly straightforward news piece by 2 writers that sets the scene, but does not go very deep. Important news for those who follow the explosions in streaming and in gaming.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1281":{"comments":"I like this post a lot. It uses simple, clear, conversational language to address a complex issue that some writers--and politicians-- make unnecessarily complex. he is smart to tackle one of many fixes FB needs to make: identity v. anonymity and makes a straightforward recommendation: FB users must be forced to stand behind, and be responsible for the veracity of their claims. Reminds me of the \"old days\" when citizens had to sign their letters in order to be included in the Letters to the Editor space--and news organizations actually confirmed the letter writer's identity. What a concept! ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1285":{"comments":"Generally well done. Despite feeling the need to shower after reading this, the piece does its audience a service in illustrating the tactics of the hyper-partisan political media in play today.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1315":{"comments":"I know I should like this article more than I do and I struggled to fairly assign points. Well done, but I vacillated between being bored -- then angry for Netflix getting into bed with the (alleged?) killers of Khashoggi; a government that suppresses human rights, women's rights and takes military action in Yemen. This seemed to cloud my opinion of this piece as journalism, but of course it cannot.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"rshields37@gmail.com":{"295":{"comments":"More of a folo-up piece than an original reporting piece. A lot of links to other investigations.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"576":{"comments":"Really excellent piece with good sources, context and well written. Touches on all aspects of media today.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"613":{"comments":"The headline promised more than the story delivered. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"879":{"comments":"Spends a lot of time discussing things (national politics, social media) that don't really apply to local news deserts.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"996":{"comments":"Interesting but not at the same level of reporting and writing as other entries.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1107":{"comments":"To me, very strong piece, showing, warts and all, how smaller media outlets are struggling yet surviving. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1176":{"comments":"Not award worthy","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1192":{"comments":"Solid piece, nuanced and interesting and important, a bit too opinion in the first third of the article for me.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1208":{"comments":"Not sure how to judge a piece with a correction such as that.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1235":{"comments":"Rather straightforward piece, not exactly a deep dive","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1254":{"comments":"These are well written and sourced stories that achieved results, but I'm confused. If this category is \"single article\" how do we judge these as three articles?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1292":{"comments":"Deeply reported and sourced, well written for the intended audience, truly holds up a mirror to the media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1311":{"comments":"Delightfully written and reported, but don't see how it speaks to the broader perspective on the media and its role. More business focused.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1578":{"comments":"A look at how the other half lives. Sort of a trend piece that you'd knock out as a weekender. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1593":{"comments":"Important story, a bit jumbled in the writing, well sourced but in the end not really an award winner.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1594":{"comments":"This is just a run of the mill story.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1816":{"comments":"For me, the best entry of this group ... sweeping yet personal, wraps its arms around so many different aspects of journalism during the time of COVID. One drawback for me: I'm in charge of this kind of storytelling at Newsday, and this is a bit much with all the scrolling and movement and whatnot. I would like to see this in print and how they did it. Also it's an \"I\" story, which I usually turn my nose up at but didn't mind as much here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1885":{"comments":"I made it to 11 minutes and gave up. It's commentary at best.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2161":{"comments":"removed as eligible for Mirror Awards - rachel ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2206":{"comments":"This is just a daily AP story, well sourced, but just a daily. And why is it entered by US News and World Report?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2208":{"comments":"Another tough one for me. This is more of a column rather than a story. All sources are through the lens of the writer. It's a compelling tale, one told too many times.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2236":{"comments":"An insightful look at the inner workings of soccer, journalism and ethics. Well written and sourced.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2302":{"comments":"Conflicted on this one, it's an ambitious topic to take on , but the story fails to back up its headline. Could have used better framing. It's a strong piece that does a lot with little, through no faul of the reporting.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2445":{"comments":"This is deightful but just a trifle. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2466":{"comments":"More of an opinion piece rather than straighforward reporting. Not a fan of \"I\" stories, but this does put you in the room and gives you the vibes of what it's like to work there","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"denise@denisevalenti.com":{"295":{"comments":"A round-up story about conflicts of interest at NYT and elsewhere. Could have gone deeper, but summary style with links seemed adequate for this publication, format and audience.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"299":{"comments":"Remarkable profile, though the subject inspires very mixed feelings. Ultimately, the redemption that Bill Adair attempts to facilitate here for Stephen Glass is more personal than professional, and in so doing doesn't seem to fit the criteria for this award.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"613":{"comments":"Good overview of Afghan press prior to U.S. removal of troops. Further exploration of the eventual pullout and its implications would have made this piece even stronger.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"872":{"comments":"Review of media coverage that possibly missed the full story of the American occupation of Afghanistan. However, this article fell back on generalizations in some places.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"992":{"comments":"Solid story that looks at how advertisers are adapting to the loss of broadcast\/streaming ad opportunities.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1087":{"comments":"Feels more like a political story than a media story. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1107":{"comments":"I did not know this backstory of the Ahmaud Arbery case. The writer also puts it in the context of news deserts and the demise of local papers, even interviewing journalism experts, to demonstrate the critical role of local media reporting in bringing justice. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1161":{"comments":"As I began reading this, it felt like it was more about Trump and perceptions of Trump than about the women and their coverage, but I changed my mind part of the way through. This was a unique opportunity for media storytelling through a rare lens of women who were behind the scenes in the highest levels of government at a critical time in history. It was a story that absolutely was appropriate to its audience and examined media coverage of the Trump administration from many angles. The scope of this project was impressive and the presentation made it easy to navigate.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1206":{"comments":"Written for an NPR audience, but I still feel it took too long to explain why VOA is important. Could use more context for the broader societal impact, specifically, how this affected our credibility overseas.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1223":{"comments":"Detailed article about the unraveling of AT&T after its acquisition of Time Warner. A solid business and industry story that, for the purposes of this award, would have benefitted from some analysis of broader societal impact.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1278":{"comments":"Full of specific examples of how automation has led to neglect of Amazon's bookstore, with consequences for the entire industry and consumers.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1283":{"comments":"Nice explainer on the potential death of local network affiliates due to upcoming NFL streaming arrangements. Some opinion inserted into the story felt like a weakness here.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1285":{"comments":"A couple of details seemed to be missing early in the story (i.e., how did McPherson meet Caleb Moore?). Otherwise, this was a clear-eyed look at how deceptive and unethical \"journalistic\" practices are being used for political benefit in Alabama.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1294":{"comments":"Thorough reporting with interviews of three dozen women in Chicago radio over 10 months. It doesn't draw hard conclusions, but demonstrates a pattern of toxic work environments for women in media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"andrew.restuccia@wsj.com":{"1816":{"comments":"A stunning example of the power of media reporting to contextualize one of the biggest moments of our time. The layout, visuals and audio elements add a lot to the overall reader experience. And the narrative is riveting. The author not only tells us what happened over the course of the pandemic, he also connects dots and offers new analysis and perspective. The breadth of reporting on display here is impressive. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1896":{"comments":"This story tackles an important issue that is being discussed more and more amid the string of mass shootings across the country: whether the news media should show graphic images of the dead. The author talks to a number of prominent journalists to get their thoughts on the issue, and provides some context about the rise of mass shootings. I think the story would have benefited from interviews with other sources, including families of victims.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2161":{"comments":"removed as eligible for Mirror Awards - rachel ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2172":{"comments":"A well-written and well-reported story on how news outlets are preparing to cover the threats to Democracy. The visuals and layout are also good. The author talks to a range of voices, at large and small news outlets. She clearly lays out the stakes and provides lots of context. One thing that's missing: a more detailed look at best practices and more specific recommendations for what news outlets should and shouldn't do.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2199":{"comments":"A well-written story that lays out how Review-Journal reporters reported on the murder of their colleague. But it isn't very deeply reported and it relies largely on two interviews with Review-Journal reporters.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2206":{"comments":"This is a well-written deadline story, but it doesn't offer the reader something they can't get at every other news outlet that covered this issue.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2212":{"comments":"An expertly written investigation, made more impressive by the fact that the author is investigating his own news organization. The story doesn't hold back. It's deeply reported, and it gives all sides ample opportunity to respond. It's a shining example of media reporting at its best.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2236":{"comments":"This is a well-written story. It includes a number of voices in the sports community and lays out the stakes clearly. It also has a great deal of context about Qatar's human rights record, which are helpful to understanding the predicament many sports journalists find themselves in.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2244":{"comments":"This is a standard deadline story. It provides the basic facts, but doesn't do much more than that. Readers who haven't been following this issue closely likely would come away wanting more, including more details about what the Times Guild is asking for. I also question the wisdom of granting a New York Times executive anonymity to criticize union workers. If the executive wanted to do so, he or she should do it on the record or not be quoted at all.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2252":{"comments":"This story is a decent example of a daily news story about the media, but it doesn't go much deeper than that. The reporter doesn't uncover anything new, and the story's main news is attributed to an outside cybersecurity firm. There were several opportunities to go deeper, but the story reads like straightforward deadline reporting. The story also quotes an anonymous reporter who discusses concerns about hacking. There is little reason for this person not to speak on the record, and if the person refused, it seems worth trying to find somebody who wouldn't demand anonymity. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2382":{"comments":"The reporter weaves a compelling narrative packed with details and context. It's a stellar example of what media reporting should do: explain to the public how journalists do their job and why it matters. It also provides helpful context about the many issues facing local news, and how cutbacks and layoffs could make it more difficult for local reporters to do this kind of work. On top of that, the story shines a light on the flaws in the national media, who in this case jumped to conclusions too quickly.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2445":{"comments":"This is an entertaining read and it likely appealed to the author's intended audience. But I found myself wanting more. It's essentially a series of quotes from a couple interviews, and though the quotes are compelling, there is little broader context about the struggles facing New York City businesses post-pandemic. The story captures a moment in time, but reading it months after it was published, it doesn't resonate. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2497":{"comments":"This story offers a good overview of the challenges facing MSNBC and the broader television landscape. But it doesn't break much new ground and it largely echoes coverage that can be found in other publications that cover the media closely. On the other hand, it's well-written and offers key context about how MSNBC compares to its cable-news competitors ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"yerinkim32@gmail.com":{"2172":{"comments":"Important coverage of an important topic, though I felt there was too much focus on the types of jobs at news outlets rather than how newsrooms mobilized to cover democracy. Provides strong broader perspective on the media\u2019s role in American society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2213":{"comments":"Well-researched, investigative reporting that offered insight into both Iger and Chapek's perspectives, including info from inside sources. I do prefer the other story on the Disney rift (the Financial Times article focused on Chapek's response to the Don't Say Gay bill) because this one felt a little more insider-y with many media players to follow. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2214":{"comments":"The lede packed a punch and grabbed readers, made me interested to dive in. An interesting topic at the intersection of media and politics \u2014 great framing around how an administration can set the standard for and influence news coverage + how reporters can be a reflection of the adminstration they cover. Strong commentary from both sides of the aisle as well","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2240":{"comments":"Easy to follow and laid out concisely, in line with Axios reporting. However, I don't think this is a great fit for this category as it's a more straightforward piece on Weiss's venture with details and quotes from her. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"2244":{"comments":"Great reporting here from sources on both sides, but the story doesn't feel like the right fit for this category, particularly among the deep-dive features. Feels more like a basic news story vs a feature. I was also interested to learn more about how the NYT union's historic walkout speaks to unionization issues at large in media. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"2248":{"comments":"While this story offered interesting insight into the TikTok ad world, I felt that it over-explained info that general readers of the NYT likely understood and knew about the TikTok ad side. I know TikTok spokespeople declined to comment for the piece, I would have liked to hear from more insider sources (like creators themselves) rather than industry analysts. However, I thought it did provided perspective on the future of TikTok advertising and ad buys on social in general. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2276":{"comments":"Lede captures the scene and made the story easy to follow from the get go. Would have liked the writer to dive deeper into the larger impact of the journalists\u2019 reporting (or lack thereof).","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2325":{"comments":"Really insightful deep dive into the evolution of local news like Action\/Eyewitness and how they influenced big-picture societal issues like racism, policing, and effects on marginalized communities, by way of real stories and detailed reporting. Included a variety of sourcing and honest interviews, though I did feel certain sections felt a little long-winded. I also wanted to the writer to bring the story back to the present and how this reflects the state of local media coverage today a little quicker. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2345":{"comments":"Fascinating deep dive into the AT&T\/Time Warner deal and the impact that followed, including political influence. The timeline was complicated but writer made it relatively easy to follow, though it did feel insider-y and long-winded at times. It\u2019s clear a ton of research and interviewing went into this story.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2368":{"comments":"Beautifully written, highlighting a rarely-told story behind such a recognizable photograph. Loved the lede. The writer's chronological storytelling was easy to follow, and I like how she circled back to how it's relevant to the present and connects to race conversations in America today. I also enjoyed how she weaved in her personal perspective without distracting or taking away from the story. Very insightful, especially considering stories about Black women, particularly from this era, are so few and far between. Also insight into the lasting impact of photojournalism","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2373":{"comments":"Enjoyed the interactive storytelling and gained insight into censorship in Chinese media. However, I found myself asking throughout, \"Why now?\" While the story certainly provides a broader perspective on media in China and its relationship to American media, I didn't understand what made the Big Bang Theory example and censorship in itself relevant now. Also appreciated the deep investigation from the writer, but would have loved to hear from other sources, particularly from a source \/expert related to the Chinese government. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2394":{"comments":"Easy to follow and straightforward, yet super interesting story that shines a light on the complicated relationship between media, politics, and culture. Adequate sourcing from both sides of the argument and within Disney, though it left me wanting to hear more from the Republican response to Disney. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2445":{"comments":"Certainly an interesting story \u2014 was definitely entertained by the humanizing of rats \u2014 that offered behind-the-scenes insight into how a magazine cover comes to life. However, not sure why the reader should care \/ how the story ties to a broader, big-picture perspective.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"kristenc23@gmail.com":{"2172":{"comments":"What I like most about this piece is that the writer included the proper polling that backs up the issue that Americans think democracy is in trouble. I like how the writer breaks down how a major publication like The Washington Post and a small public radio station KUNR Public Radio in Reno, Nevada are figuring out ways of fixing that problem by tackling the coverage of local elections.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2208":{"comments":"This beautifully written article explains what happens when people with power try to control content coming out of a newsroom. The writer was able to chronologically explain how this once-beaming newspaper, The Aspen Times, fell prey to the wealthy. My only critique of this piece is that the writer quoted key people during previous conversations but; I would have liked to have heard from those directly part of the unfolding of this local newspaper. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2212":{"comments":"The writer wrote a complete full story about the sexual harassment at Christian Today. It helped that the writer spoke to the victims, people that previously worked in Human Resources at Christian Today, and current experts on Human Resource training. The details that the writer included helped bring to light the nightmare that some of the women faced at Christian Today. \n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2244":{"comments":"This article had broad details about the strike but failed to include other facts that would have made this article robust. In the title, the writer said the strike was historic but never addressed in the piece what made it historical. The writer should have covered some of the history of strikes at The New York Times to help readers grasp why this was historic. Yes, the writer made sure to incorporate key people's voices in the piece but I would have liked to have heard from people that went on strike. The people that went on strike are the center of the piece and for the writer to not include any statement from them is a little of a disappointment.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2248":{"comments":"The writers did a good job of giving examples throughout the piece. I like that the writers were not biased and included facts and backed them up with the proper sourcing. They also had all the people you would want for a piece like this like analysts and company executives. After reading the entire article, I\u2019m intrigued about the positive results TikTok has had on companies looking for ways to promote their merchandise or products compared to other social media apps. However, I\u2019m even more intrigued that some advertisers are still weary of the app. Since the writers wrote about both perspectives I think it brings the article full circle. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2250":{"comments":"The writers made sure to include details such as the statements of some of the people whose accounts were suspended. I think the writers missed the mark and should have talked about the dangers of Mr.Musk\u2019s actions and how his actions could potentially put a risk on free speech on social media platforms. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2345":{"comments":"This article was intriguing from top to bottom; I didn\u2019t want to put it down. The piece explained in full-length everything that went on behind the scenes during the merger between AT&T and Time Warner. It\u2019s astonishing to me that the writer was able to interview some of the people that were at the center of the merger. With the examples and details that the writer included in the piece, he was fully able to execute and answer the title \u201cWas this $100 Billion Deal the Worst Merger Ever?\u201d. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2368":{"comments":"Wow. I have no words for this piece but just wow. The writer did a phenomenal job giving readers an in-depth look at the people that were featured in one of Gordon Parks\u2019s photos that were part of a series that ran in Life magazine. I have seen the pictures of Shirley Blackwell and her aunt Allie Lee but never knew who they were and the trauma that it caused their family. I like the fact that the writer took the time to go and find the letters that Allie Lee wrote to Life magazine editors- it brought credibility to the article and showed the hard times Allie Lee faced due to the consequences of being part of that series. I was impressed and appreciated that the writer reached out to one of the family members who knew of \u201cthe book\u201d and was open to discussing it with the writer. Overall the writer was able to fully tell the story of Allie Lee. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2373":{"comments":"The writer did an outstanding job including examples of clips of the show \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d that showed the censored and non-censored parts. I wish that the writer would of frame the issue better. We know that the Chinese government censors a lot of the material from the U.S. and the UK but I would have liked to know why they are censoring more of the material now. In the article, the writer mentions that she was able to watch \u201cThe Big Bang Theory\u201d in the U.S. version in 2011 however, in 2022 the Chinese government went in and censored a lot of the material. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2424":{"comments":"I like this piece and was taken aback by the results from the poll that shows that many people in the U.S. see journalism as a critical means to our democracy. I wish that the writer included different perspectives from people that are not in the industry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2464":{"comments":"The writer did a good job framing the issue however, I wish she didn\u2019t express her disdain for the major publishing houses. As a journalist, it\u2019s one\u2019s responsibility to tell a full complete story without making known what they truly feel. Besides that, the writer did a nice job including the sources and history on the topic. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2486":{"comments":"The writer answers the question as to why the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to arrest journalists. However, I think that piece is missing details that would have enhanced the article. The writer sets up the piece nicely by telling us who Steve is, the kind of reporting he does, and the condition of the country; however, I\u2019m curious if Steve expressed his views on the Congo on his social media page. If so, the writer should have included it. I also would have liked it if the writer got some kind of statement from the government officials in the Congo. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"jnglass@syr.edu":{"1816":{"comments":"Wow ... as in WOW! This is the ultimate compendium of journalism in the pandemic years. Great job collecting the stories and details and then presenting the effectively between the narratives and interactivity.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1885":{"comments":"A decent explanatory video but wasn't very compelling.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1896":{"comments":"This does a good job of raising many points from all sides of the debate of how mass shootings should be covered and suggests there may be a need to reveal more of the horrific evidence in news reporting. I just wish it led to a stronger conclusion as to what could or should happen.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2214":{"comments":"As a bit of a political news junkie myself, this was an enjoyable read as it nicely covered the legacy and current realities of what would be considered the most coveted beats in the news industry. I learned a few things, too.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"2252":{"comments":"Straightforward reporting on in important issue that journalists should be aware of, but nothing truly revelatory.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2298":{"comments":"This summarized all the shakeups at local media outlets in the Coachella Valley market since the pandemic and drew comparisons to the national trends, but didn't reveal anything extraordinary.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2302":{"comments":"The author had an ambitious goal of trying to identify the current state of affairs for journalists of color in a shrinking industry and does an admirable job pursuing it. The end result felt like it came up short in her findings other than to reiterate that it still remains a difficult question to answer.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2359":{"comments":"This read pretty much like a viewer's blog post critique of Fox coverage of the World Cup. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2384":{"comments":"This is extremely well reported including getting the responses from Audrey Cooper and her team to provide some response. It's clearly about the turmoil at WNYC so the broader picture aspect wasn't as evident.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2392":{"comments":"Well-written argumentative piece that pushes the point about the U.S. media's portrayal of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This definitely fits the spirit of the Mirror Awards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2424":{"comments":"This is solid column based on some of the findings of The 19th's own survey. The writer expanded on the results with outside voices such as Margaret Sullivan but it seems to serve more as a reminder of what The 19th's mission is from the editor's perspective.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2466":{"comments":"The writer did a nice job of blending their personal experiences with the perspectives of several former colleagues to give a rich and well-written take on the still unfolding demise of Buzzfeed. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2497":{"comments":"This is a solid summary on the changes about NBC's news coverage shift in the streaming age and seeming a good fit for the Variety audience. The story is well resourced, however, it reads more like an aggregation of what's unfolded at NBC more than original reporting.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"status":"submit"},"jmpedde@gmail.com":{"2174":{"comments":"A topic rarely talked about that should be. Comprehensive outline of the history of events that if continued could almost read like a novel and serve as a warning for the industry. Perfect for the Post. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2197":{"comments":"Always interesting to read about the other half of the internet and their loose interpretation of journalism. More should be written on these topics and this was well researched, but could have used more. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2206":{"comments":"Similar articles on this topic, but this one pulls together a better overall picture of the events taking place. Provides more context around the safety of Musk and the topic of doxxing. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2213":{"comments":"Well written, but felt more like a profile of the two men and\/or Disney vs a perspective on the media\/role in society","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2242":{"comments":"I've often thought Elon bought twitter just to kick this kid off of his account, so it's an interesting read. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2250":{"comments":"Perhaps because this was written immediately after it happened, there just wasn't much depth to this particular article. This move was abrupt, and the article does a good job of recapping the lead up to it, and it's right in the NYT wheelhouse, but would have rather read a more in-depth piece once a few days went by that was more researched into the fallout and following steps. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2276":{"comments":"An interesting article during and interesting campaign season (one where Oz lost) but overall I don't see it competing well against the other articles in this category specifically for its lack of providing a broader perspective on the media and its role in society. It touches upon the storytelling of this issue and the misleading of reporters, but could have gone much deeper. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2298":{"comments":"Local news article about how local news is hurting, which I think is not only appropriate for the audience, but for the time and overall media landscape. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2345":{"comments":"Excellent piece, well researched, complicated but linear timeline, but I don't think it offered much in the way of providing a perspective on the media and it's role in any meaningful aspect. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2384":{"comments":"This article was interesting and somewhat lost steam as it went. This sentence seemed to sum it up perfectly and made me think that both it's audience wasn't appropriate and that the issued wasn't framed well: \"Ultimately, readers and listeners may not care about any of this. Internal warfare that seems urgent and all-encompassing comes off as petty office politics outside of the newsroom.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2424":{"comments":"Framed well, and it was a survey by them for them, but I wanted more of the meat in the writing. I wanted it to go further and tease out more insight. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2466":{"comments":"Loved the piece as a firsthand experience. Really liked the way it discusses how capitalism & journalism will always be at odds and how the industry can't seem to figure out the right model. Could have used a bit more research\/insight\/quotes from others to round out their experience. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2501":{"comments":"Homelessness and the mistreatment of journalists are topics I don't think get as much airtime as they both deserve, and this was an interesting perspective that happened to coalesce through this particular event. Though I live in California so I may be a bit bias on seeing the homeless camps all around that don't exist in the same way on the east coast and are therefore hard to comprehend on an east coast centric media landscape. It's a perfect fit for NPR's audience, and with the amount of interviews included it's a really well done and researched piece. I do think there could have been more with the broader perspective on where this could get better or worse given this event.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"bwgorham@syr.edu":{"1593":{"comments":"I think this is a good, straightforward, and concise piece about how journalists need to consider trauma - victims' and their own - when cover the horrible things that are covered by the term. I wish this piece had had a little more to say on how a pool system might work in such a circumstance, but it nonetheless makes a compelling case that journalism should be thinking about this issue differently.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2174":{"comments":"Really well written article using the tools of journalism to make a good circumstantial case that a wealthy investment banker wanted to eliminate embarrassing stories about his time as an undergraduate by killing the online archive. Also tells the story of how fragile our history is, as well as how local journalism continues to be under threat from big money.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2197":{"comments":"This is an okay piece about how a pseudo-journalist on the right does not engage in the basics of journalism while decrying mainstream journalism. While it can be useful to debunk these folks, I didn't see an attempt to make this anything larger about media, journalism and society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2199":{"comments":"So... what was the story or stories that triggered the murder to kill the journalist? That seems to be a big part of this episode that is missing from this piece. Also, did the journalists who looked at Google Street View and spotted the suspect vehicle tell police, or did they get there before the police did their own investigating to arrive at the same place? This article seems to overlook some key pieces of the story, and misses an opportunity to focus on how we now live in a time when dogged journalism can push a disgruntled politician to accept that violence is the way - which we have seen rise all across the country.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2208":{"comments":"This is a really well done story, and uses this instance to question the power of big money to stifle journalism at the request of other big money. It is well written, well documented, and engaging with occasional bouts of humor (\"First Amendment, bro\" being a favorite).","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2240":{"comments":"Maybe it was formatted poorly for us, but this article seemed a bit jumpy in bouncing from one factoid to the next, without offering much context or explanation. What was her beef with the Times? Who is Bowles? What does any of this say about the media system? Why should we care?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2242":{"comments":"This is a very straightforward account of what happened when Musk finally decided to ban the Twitter account that followed his plane, and punish the individual who ran that account. But I do not think it says much about the larger issue of free speech vs socially responsible speech, or the right of owners to dramatically control the content on the platforms or media they own, and that is a missed opportunity.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2248":{"comments":"This is a very good article, but I think it could have been stronger to offer some insights into *why* this platform has taken off so much, or why it does so well with young people.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2298":{"comments":"This is an excellent and comprehensive article that mixes data in with individual stories in a way that helps tell the story. It does a very good job describing the turnover and the reasons why journalists might leave smaller markets for bigger ones. I was surprised that it did not say more about the loss of advertising dollars, but I am glad that it discussed alternative revenue streams and the potential for grants and other models to help smaller news organizations.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2302":{"comments":"This is a very good story and about an important topic - I appreciate the discussion of journalists of color and how the layoffs are impacting them. But when I finished this story, I wondered if this was a story about the difficulty of documenting layoffs of JCs, or a story about the difficulty of documenting layoffs. Both are important, of course, and I think this story does a good job of integrating data and telling the story, but which story is it focusing on?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2382":{"comments":"Excellent article, and it does a good job of demonstrating the importance of local journalism, and the pressures facing it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2394":{"comments":"Good article, but I think it missed important parts of the story. It focused mostly on Disney and Chapek's actions, but does not say much about why so many Republicans who reliably carried the company's water for so long suddenly voted not just for the bill, but also to punish the company through the revocation of the special tax status. The focus is more on how Chapek lost his own company's respect, but not about the significant shifts in the GOP that allowed them to legislatively attack a major employer and economic engine.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4}},"status":"submit"}},"higgins":{"williamfleitch@yahoo.com":{"570":{"comments":"Really fascinating, well-sourced, strongly written and powerful. I was really impressed by this, especially with how difficult it must have been to get information out of these countries and these activists. Excellent: probably the series of pieces I've read.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1075":{"comments":"I know that Times gossip is the sort of tower gossip everybody in this industry loves, but I will confess, I am not sure how this story illuminates anything other than \"yeah, this guy sounds super difficult to work with.\" Which is a story that can be told in any industry, about anything.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1079":{"comments":"An important issue, and extremely well-researched. And it's obviously important. It's also written and put-together in such a dry fashion that even the most invested and intrigued will have a hard time getting all the way through it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1183":{"comments":"Just an absolute all-timer of a lead, an amazing, vivid, hilarious scoop that ultimately led to substantial change, and the whole house of cards falling over at Ozy. I understand the frustration with Ben Smith over the Buzzfeed restrictions -- restrictions that come up in this piece, even -- but this is exactly what a media column is supposed to do.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1189":{"comments":"Terrific piece, and obviously made a big difference: This is something a big media company like Reuters can push particularly well. Not a lot of on-the-record comments, understandably, but excellent use of financial filings and publicly available information.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1241":{"comments":"Interesting, and good anecdotes, but I will confess that this did not strike me as a particularly new or pressing issue. This is the ugly, aggressively stupid world we live in. It is unfortunate that it happens to college professors, who are just trying to teach and expand minds. But it's also happening to everyone else.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1250":{"comments":"Well done, with the historical context and the recent ugliness. It also affected real change. It's a shame it requires so many anonymous sources, but I totally understand why it had to.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"pgfreedman@aol.com":{"604":{"comments":"Oh what a leader this woman will be. I commend her efforts that she made an impact towards change. The issue is very prevalent across the board regrettably where racist inferences distort solid reporting and make assumptions. \nThe writing was simple, articulate and concise. I loved the pro-active message to peers! I can't give her top writing but it was targeted well to the student population there. As far as framing, the impact of \"intentionality of storytelling\" guided by the Poynter adviser was significant. It still cannot compare to the top entry.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1071":{"comments":"A sad, tragic story which has hopefully set a new precedent in German law's interpretation for freedom of press and criteria for reporting. I felt the implications were powerful for the future. This drama was well written as a gripping tale but I couldn't mark it at the top for its sourcing which I thought was less than other entries. \nIt is hard to believe that the use of the word \"alleged\" caused this case to be lost as the reporters ALLEGEDLY used the word throughout but failed in their \"obligation to maintain presumption of innocence.\" Head-spinning.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1073":{"comments":"These troubling anecdotes tending to crush freedom of the press were enlightening. But the piece overall was just that. Examples of the growing troubles to eliminate anti-government coverage as well as install inexperienced pro-Beijing executives is so concerning. It didn't seem to paint enough of a picture of what the HK media are doing to surmount this. Another very scary, disheartening piece where the new Hong Kong is only recognizing government registered media outlets and some reputable foreign press. Some exceptional sourcing from the targets and solid quotes such as she \"sharpened her sense of mission as a journalist\"(to not quit) and \"free press is the cornerstone of democracy.\" A dangerous scenario in Hong Kong. This important piece, however, wasn't the best written entry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1077":{"comments":"I found this story provided many revelations to me as a minimal sports viewer but also found it hard to follow at points due to my unfamiliarity. I was surprised by how mainstream this has become and somewhat shocked ( not surprised) by inside betting with journalists placing bets. As noted, the future appears to be tempting with \"journalists capitalizing on behind scenes access\"...it's irresistible. The somewhat obvious fact that viewership by gamblers is twice as much as non-gamblers makes this blending of sports media coverage and gambling also irresistible. And it isn't so new dating back so far. \n\nJust the choppy writing and for many non-sports aficianados who are CJR readers, this might be a bit hard to follow. \n.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1189":{"comments":"This is another excellent expose into the power of propaganda. It's scary and reads like a thriller with the FBI, with bribery and with crooks. The riveting quotes from former employees shakes you to the core as this money-hungry entrepreneur \"exploits the political divide\" and is succeeding. The observation from a professor about feeding millions a lie is what is going on, and the distribution AT&T has afforded OAN is terrifying. However, never really felt the reporting spelled out why AT&T needed Herring to lobby during a Democratic administration for the AT&T Direct TV deal and the need for a far right view. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1250":{"comments":"This expose is a riveting story, well organized and well told. The impact of the investigation by the Times is staggering. It has changed the film industry. They have revealed that a \"marketing tool\" for the film industry is scathed in deceit and unethical practices. The Times spells it out methodically and certainly makes a very powerful, convincing case, enough for reforms. Kudos to these reporters for their exposure. \n","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5}},"2191":{"comments":"Intriguing opening but ultimately some confusing, choppy writing. One cliffhanger was referencing \"same technology as Socrates\" and no more. Socratic oath?\nA moment of importance actually was a quote from NYT that \"misinformation paralyzes ability to function. Problem itself makes us unable to talk of problem. \" Another thought-provoking quote and could have been a stepping stone for more about this issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2210":{"comments":"A just ok piece about a media conglomerate I had not heard of. After reading, concerns about media bias but again, this is not new. Politico is obviously a brand that will be tarnished going forward but nothing new. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2211":{"comments":"Solid reporting, didn't go too much beyond the propaganda machine at these outlets funded by right wing individuals. Quote of \"They are their own beast\" sort of summarizes my feelings about this piece. Surprised by audience numbers and did learn of the Center for Countering Digital Hate which, among others, will hopefully be able to curb the massive influx of misinformation\/disinformation. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2270":{"comments":"This was my winner for its ability to frame the issue to this sophisticated audience who would want to know more about the horrific situations for corporations these days. The examples of Wayfair et al were aaahhhs to me.\n\nAs a retired PR executive, I'm relieved that I'm retired after reading these! The first article was by far the strongest and held its own to be my winner. The other two were just examples of how both misinformation and disinformation have infiltrated our society and with regret, are here to stay. It didn't offer any \"convincing strategies\" because it is impossible I believe.\n\nStrong examples, solid research and sourcing to offer experts trying to counter this mis\/disinformation influx. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2333":{"comments":"The three articles all presented a shift in news sources once called advertorials.. Payola isn't new but the money some make, and even the humor of how one white noise podcast success was developed, was of interest. Ironically, my ten-year-old grandson has been playing Subway Surfers on my phone so I must have downloaded tons of ads!!\nGood writing, not blockbuster. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2386":{"comments":"Maybe this was translated but it was poorly written right from the first, long-winded sentence. Not good journalism, unclear, confusing and redundant. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2401":{"comments":"A research paper has a different tone so it was tedious. As an investigative piece, it's old news. It didn't find any solutions and was looking through rose colored glasses. This in particular after reading a previous entry on content moderators' dilemmas. Increase conversations and the need for international standards all are well and good but not realistic. A point about advertisers being key was important but lost in this report. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2461":{"comments":"OMG is all I can say about these social media dilemmas which seem will never dissipate.\nThe role of these under paid, under served content moderators was fascinating to me. If they are the core to keep audiences and most importantly, advertisers, they should be treated like gold.\nThe writing was solid, the story built empathy and shock. This was a very decent investigative piece with certain eyeopeners as to the concerns over silencing these moderators around the world given political and economic motives. \nI HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS STORY ALOT. IT REFLECTS A STRONG, HAUNTING PROBLEM GLOBALLY. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2490":{"comments":"The integration of PR professionals into the \"ownership\" of editorial coverage is an old story. The misrepresentation of an individual as a credited journalist also is not new. What alerted and concerned me was that this scenario was \"taking advantage of the limited local news sources now\". This obviously is a relatively recent occurrence so creating these digital sites to discredit and persuade was of interest. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"nancy@epicmc2.com":{"1079":{"comments":"Excellent work. The investigative reporting is exemplary. The reporting is objective with sound evidence great quotes. Clear use of language. Really well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1089":{"comments":"If this hadn't been as sensationalized, it could have been really, really good. The articles read like investigative journalism and Perez Hilton had a love child. I wasn't sure if I was reading an old Gawker column or WaPo. There certainly seems to be a story here, but it gets lost.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1104":{"comments":"Excellent subject for the intended audience and serves as an \"FYI\" from community journalists to new and metro journalists. The oral history model is fascinating. The wording is a bit clunky at times. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1183":{"comments":"Outstanding. The article takes an interesting story and makes it a must-read with investigative reporting and superior writing. Well done on every level. The opening is especially significant as it paints the story of the GS call and sets the tone for the OZY saga.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1245":{"comments":"Found myself confused at times as to the cast of characters and what ideology they represent. Even names such as Darnella Frazier get confusing to understand relevance due to unclear language. Great use of objective and verifiable statistics. Good framing of the issue in a larger political context.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"wasim.ahmad@gmail.com":{"383":{"comments":"Is what Brooks did a problem? Sure. Did this article help break that news? Also sure. Was it well-written and engaging to read? Nope. It was also a complex issue that was not made understandable to a larger, non-journalist public as to why this was a problem.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1075":{"comments":"I'm probably a bit biased towards this story - I'm a photojournalism professor and my research has frequently been parallel to the work of Kristen Chick in the past - things I've uncovered through anonymous research interviews later tracked exactly through what she uncovered with her journalism. It's with that in mind that while I have no doubt that her anonymous sources are unimpeachable, I would ding any other writer that relied on them so heavily, as Chick does in this piece. However, that's balanced out with enough on-the-record sources that I think this makes for a good read on a very prevalent problem in the photojournalism industry, and how one of the leaders here (the NY Times) failed completely to address it. That said, building this all around one specific person often makes this feel like a \"hit piece\" even though it can be applied to a broader view.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1077":{"comments":"For a guy who is not sports-inclined at all, the writing and the story really drew me in. It's an engaging read, for sure. However, also as someone who is not sports-inclined, the article failed to make me understand the ramifications of this overlap between sports betting and sports writing, and why\/how the industry is heading in the direction of normalizing (for lack of a better word) sports betting in the world of sports journalism, or at least somewhat merging the two. I failed to understand the full implications of it all - it feels like the writer never tied a bow on the whole thing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1079":{"comments":"This is fascinating data here, but the storytelling is nonexistent. It just dumps all the facts and figures into a large text blocks with graphics that are barely readable (even on a 27\" monitor). There were so many issues with Metric Media here that focusing on one or two of them (the Catholic angle or the anti-CRT sites maybe?) might have given this more focus, but as it is, it gets lost in the numbers and there's no art to this at all that would make me want to read it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1089":{"comments":"I'm not sure how the first one is news - a movie deal that never happened? Seems to follow standard procedure at the Times and relies almost entirely on anonymous sources for what doesn't seem like a huge story here. The second one is a news brief about, again, what seems like internal wranglings of the Times that carry some consequence, but not earth-shaking here. Again, this piece about their sports reporter is sourced anonymously. The same applies for the editor's departure in the Styles section; Anonymous sourcing of what sounds like workplace drama anywhere else. Did Lachlan Cartwright get passed over for a job at the NYT? Because these pieces sound petty and personal, and not at all professionally relevant. He hasn't really answered the question of why should we care about any of these typical staff conflicts?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1104":{"comments":"The project that these professors did is the interesting part. These are two news briefs about that project. Not at all a fit for this category.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Excellence of craft":1,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1189":{"comments":"Great writing and a great read. Interesting profile about the person who created OAN. Very interesting that AT&T had such a hand in it. Where it falls a bit flat for me is tying in the AT&T part. How unusual is it for that sort of partnership? Why is that particular partnership so bad? The article failed to explain that as well, but it's still a really good read and the writing and research help in large part.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1232":{"comments":"Great reading for sure. Lacking in some extra elements (infographics - perhaps a map showing Alden's holdings, or how fast declines have been?) but a strong read nonetheless. It's hard to tell who the audience is for this - it seems very narrowly aimed as a love letter for journalists, since the latter article notes that the public doesn't much care what happens to journalists.\n\nMore to the point, this article doesn't bring much of a new perspective to the table. Stories focusing of the decline of news in one local town are very usual fare for the Mirrors, and while it reads well enough, it doesn't rise to being much more than average. The Alden piece is interesting, but as even the hyperlinks show, it's a story that's been told before (with one addition of this reporter getting an interview with Alden's Freeman).\n\nNeither of these stories make me wonder why I should worry or not worry about this issue any more than I did in 2021, or 2020. It didn't frame things in a new or interesting way.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1245":{"comments":"Were this just the written story with the embedded tweets (which could be taken down by the authors at any time) I'd say this would be a confusing and difficult read because of the formatting, but coupled with the video (which is really just a read of the story) that organizes the clips in a logical way, it works, much, much better. The issue is an important one and I think it required a lot of digging through news footage to find these common names and see what's behind the most viral videos of protests we've seen since the murder of George Floyd. Really well done here. Makes you think about everything you've seen about protests.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2259":{"comments":"This is great info culled from CPJ's 2022 census on this topic, but these aren't really written as stories. They're just lists. Important, but there is no art to this at all.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2314":{"comments":"This, this is what journalism is all about - giving voice to the voiceless - in this case, the Facebook content moderators in Nairobi. A mixture of on-the-record and (understandably) anonymous sources, and all with a similar story to lend this all some credibility. I also appreciated that the authors mentioned that the whistleblowers were getting help from The Signals Network. It was interesting to learn how Facebook outsources this task and the pressures faced by the people working for these third-party companies. The update at the end of the article shows that it clearly ruffled some feathers at Meta, as the update sounded a lot like corporate doublespeak. The correction is a bit of a drag, but this is a well-reported piece that really puts a human face on here and ties it all together with engaging writing and decent portraits.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2379":{"comments":"Feels like this piece was just getting warmed up but then stopped. It's a fine premise, but it's in the same category as the trio of Google-related articles from Pro-Publica, which covers the same territory, with a company that hits a little closer for American audiences. On its own, this piece was OK, but in this category, it pales in comparison to Pro Publica's work on a very similar topic.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2387":{"comments":"This reads like a Buzzfeed-style \"listicle\" of the top TikTok trends. While there's nothing inherently wrong with that, there's no in-depth reporting here to make this a Higgins piece. This would have been better in the Best Single Article category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2401":{"comments":"I'm not sure how this ended up here. This is basically a lit review for a research study. It's written like one, it reads like one, interviewees are all anonymous (as they would be in a research study) and it's not journalism that looks at the journalism\/media industry as such.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2414":{"comments":"This is absolutely fascinating - and chilling. That so many ads could end up in places that companies wouldn't expect via this shadowy \"ad exchange\" that Google, directly or indirectly, controls, and that so many people could game the system this way is nuts. The reporters here did some excellent work, interviewed many, many affected parties (who were surprised to learn what ads were appearing on their sites), and even created code to backtrace some of these things.\n\nWhere I have my faults with this piece is in some of the writing - it's like watching paint dry. It gets so very technical and hard to understand at some points that I feel like I needed a computer science degree to understand what was going on.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2444":{"comments":"This is a fascinating look at the rise of right-wing talk radio, and how we got here. A little bit of history, a little bit of commentary - and some things I would have never have thought of, like how the rules were used to silence black voices during the civil rights era, or how one group can rise like this because radio flies under the radar - hard to archive, hard to share, etc.\n\nI feel like limiting this piece to three entries left some gaps in knowledge, though that's the rules for the entries here - would have been stronger to consider the entire series. It's still a strong piece nonetheless.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2488":{"comments":"This is a well-reported, interesting read for certain. There's a lot of interviews with school districts, children that identify as \"furries\" and a lot of good information here, but other than the passing mention of these unfounded rumors of districts putting out litter boxes for kids being shared on social media, I fail to see how this ties into turning a mirror on the media industry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2499":{"comments":"The first article about CNN didn't really have much reporting, as far as I can tell, there were only two original quotes, both from academics. It was more of an opinion piece that stated the obvious, CNN changed under Zucker and will now change again.\n\nThe piece about NewsGuard is an interesting look, but while it is decently sourced, it is most heavily sourced by NewsGuard's parent company Magna and feels like borderline PR for this product more than a piece of in-depth reporting. NewsGuard turns a mirror on the industry for sure, but it's TBD if it's important enough to warrant this look. If there were more industry voices or news organizations represented, I'd buy this article more than I do.\n\nThe third piece about the rise of news in the afternoon is interesting, but again thinly sourced.\n\nAs a whole, these three feel like single article entries that are inexplicably linked together here for the Higgins category - none really rise to the level if in-depth, investigative reporting.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"yerinkim32@gmail.com":{"570":{"comments":"These three stories by Kumar certainly serve Reuters' international audience and bring great value. I think the reporter made a strong case that these governments controlling media in their respective countries is an issue that has direct impact globally, on society. The piece on Thailand's media freedoms in particular was powerful, as it truly demonstrated and told the story of the shift in the country. While I understand it was tough to glean information from Vietnam and Hong Kong due to heightened surveillance, for the story on online dissent in Vietnam specifically, I would have liked to hear from journalists or reporters on social platforms to speak to the issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1073":{"comments":"The reporter here clearly paid careful attention to sourcing \u2014 getting perspectives from six different journalists in Hong Kong as well as providing context on Hong Kong's history of free press. The various accounts really paint a picture of the experience of journalists in Hong Kong, also drawing attention to the personal obstacles in the way of simply doing their jobs, like safety. I think this perspective will help readers, particularly in America, think critically about the meaning of free press. In that vein, I would have liked to see a stronger tie back to the big picture on a larger global scale, exploring not only how a decline in free press can affect a society, but also how it affects the world. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":5}},"1077":{"comments":"This was a widely fascinating, informative read \u2014 not to mention crafted expertly with various sources and detailed attention to reporting. As someone who knows virtually nothing about sports, I was intrigued by the complicated relationship between sports journalism and gambling, and Funt wrote this piece in a way that's interesting for CJR readers and the larger public. Beginning with the current state of the sports journalism\/gambling industry and delving into the background on the history of sports betting, the story wraps up by providing a broader commentary on the media world, analyzing how sports gambling and journalism have ultimately changed the future of sports media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1104":{"comments":"Another great series on the importance of local news. It's evident Hares did the research on both the oral history project and the community journalists spotlighted throughout, as both pieces provided insight into their role as essential workers, particularly during the pandemic. This story that meets at the intersection of journalism, tech, and public interest is also clearly written for the Poynter audience. The second specifically is broken down in a way that's both digestible and informative. Both pieces, however, did leave me wanting more, especially about the lasting impact these local journalists have had on the pandemic. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1232":{"comments":"Both the stories in this two-part series spoke to the power of local news and its big-picture impact, specifically exploring the role these newspapers play in society \u2014 something that cannot be replaced with national outlets, Facebook groups, online news, etc. They both featured comprehensive, compelling reporting and sourcing, and evoked emotion in the reader. I particularly enjoyed Godfrey's storytelling and personal anecdotes in the Hawk Eye piece. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1241":{"comments":"This was a very well-reported, detailed piece providing both insight into Campus Reform and reporting from both sides of the issue. However, in terms of framing the story, I would have liked for the writer to explore how this student group's actions tie into the larger issue of cancel culture, going beyond its impact on professors and their universities. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"rekameir@syr.edu":{"383":{"comments":"impt story -- not quite an investigation tho basic news piece ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"604":{"comments":"hmm... kudos to students...what\/s the story\/where is the investigation tho? mb more appropriate for a leadership type beat than an investigative award","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1071":{"comments":"!!! -- us context tho? -- feel like im missing something on first read -- 1?s ab tone","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1075":{"comments":"mb strongest reporting out of the batch -- def cjr -- nyt implications -- reader ?s re: the stakes","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1183":{"comments":" inside baseball tbh -- v entertaining to follow but beyond that... -- passive v active","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1232":{"comments":"could do more to universalize, esp 1 -- link to broader issue of short-term profits -- local > nat'l -- context -- ?s ab sourcing","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2227":{"comments":". ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2308":{"comments":". ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2347":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2376":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2378":{"comments":". ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2388":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2488":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2490":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2499":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"cindy.perman@gmail.com":{"383":{"comments":"I think this is a terrific story \u2013 very clearly written and presented. And holy cow, the topic - I can\u2019t even believe this happened, where no one demanded a disclosure until now. But I do wish that maybe a fourth article really framed this in a broader context \u2013 the problem with journalism not being a moneymaking business, why a star columnist at one of the most prestigious news organizations would do such a thing and what needs to change in the industry \u2013 tighter regulations and accountability, etc. Also, I can\u2019t believe the NYT kept him on after that! I would\u2019ve assumed he had to quit the NYT gig not the other way around. Anyway, very interesting and provocative. Just wish it went further!","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"570":{"comments":"I think this is a hugely important topic and I am so happy to see a light being shined on it. However, I didn't think the quality of the journalism and reporting rose to the level of some of the other entries.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"604":{"comments":"Wow! I am so impressed with Alexis Wray and her pursuit of this story. I think it is a hugely important topic and I applaud her for taking it on as a student and not just writing it, as so many of us are apt to do when we feel strongly about something, but actually turn it into a discussion with local journalists to try to create change. I don't think the excellence of craft or depth of reporting quite stands up to the level of others in the category. But, I would love to see us find another way to honor her -- either with an award for a student who has made an impact or a scholarship or something to help her further her education and her work on bias in reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1071":{"comments":"I think this subject is incredibly important but the framing of this issue just felt way off. I felt like it went too much into the anecdotal stories, especially at the beginning, which didn\u2019t feel like a media story at all. It finally toward the end got to the media of it all but it just felt a little bungled.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1073":{"comments":"I think this is a hugely important topic and I am so happy to see a light being shined on it \u2013 and not just from one perspective. I thought the first-person stories were incredibly effective. I would\u2019ve liked to see more of an introduction, setting up each person and publication \u2013 that part was a little jarring.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1089":{"comments":"I think this is a super interesting issue in media and I applaud the Daily Beast for taking it on. I will follow this closely because I think it highlights a lot that our industry -- and its management -- need to reconcile. But at the end of the day, I didn't think the depth of reporting or heft of the topic was quite up to the level of some of the other entries in the category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1241":{"comments":"Wow. Another really terrific piece from The Intercept, pulling back the curtain to show us the coordinated effort to cancel some of these professors. I felt like I wanted it to go a little further, more in-depth, but honestly a really great piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1245":{"comments":"Wow. This is such an illuminating look at a key factor in one of the biggest issues and news stories of our lifetime. You might have suspected something coordinated was going on behind the scenes but this really peels back the curtain. Appreciated all of the detailed examples and unfolding of the story\/investigation.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1250":{"comments":"Really impressed with this deep dive to where, it seems, no man has gone before. I had no idea they were being paid -- and frivolously. This sounds like a movie! And, it's ridiculous that actual working journalists covering Hollywood have been rejected. And, I think it's the sign of a great investigation that it resulted in action. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"adriannemariemorales18@gmail.com":{"2210":{"comments":"I found this article extremely hard to follow, but I think it's only partially the author's fault. There were a lot of moving parts in here so it was going to be a rough article to follow to begin with, but I think the author could have been a bit more thoughtful with the way they put together the article considering the fact. That being said, the article did mention why Politico's new owner is problematic for journalism and how it could affect news consumers, but that information came in way too late in the article in my opinion. I had to read too far before finding out why it matters.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2211":{"comments":"I found this article a bit more difficult to understand. This is one I did have to reread a few times to grasp what was being communicated which is why I rated it a 3 in appropriateness. I'm an avid Vice reader, so I would say I'm usually one to understand their pieces, but I did find this to be a more difficult article to digest. That being said, I thought it brought up a new issue on something I hadn't heard about specifically so I appreciate the depth of research it took to get this information and I appreciate this article being written for the sake of bringing this issue to light. I do think this matches the category's requirements, but rated it a 4 as I feel it could have been written more effectively. It didn't stand out, but it did align. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2227":{"comments":"I think this is a great article and I love how it's framed like a story\/profile. It makes it very readable and personable. It does bring up something unfair a media company is participating in, but I again bring up the point that this isn't really about information distribution, it's about workplace malpractice. I think that becomes a broader issue in today's society rather than a problem just the media is responsible for. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2259":{"comments":"There was tons of data which is great in terms of creating a case. All three articles were easy to understand and were thoughtfully put together, but where this entry fell short in my opinion was explaining \"why it matters.\" They gave numbers and statistics, but they never really explained why we should care that journalists are imprisoned and why the rising number is a bad things. It was just numbers.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2314":{"comments":"The article is impactful and well researched and put together. The issue isn't exactly new, but I don't mind because it is something incredibly important to flag. I enjoyed the read and found it to be mostly in line with the category's requirements. However, even though this was about Facebook as a company, I don't think it has much to do with the information the media puts out. It has to do more with the workplace and malpractice rather than actual news or information put out to greater society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2333":{"comments":"I think this entry hits this awards category right on the head. It gives a look into a form of media that is growing in today's society (so it's relevant to most, regardless of interests); it explains what, why, and how it is happening; and it advocates for society in a place where the media is being misleading. It was extremely easy to read and digest while still being unique and fun. It was shareable, and did a deep dive into the issue, its effects, and also tied in the government. It was well framed and well-studied.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2379":{"comments":"I didn't find this piece to be very specific to the media and its role in society. It does touch on disinformation online, but it was more of an investigation than it was an explainer of how the media affects information. It was well researched and well put together but I didn't find it to overwhelmingly identify with the category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2389":{"comments":"I didn't love the format of the article. I think question and answer pieces like this are great, but I also think they enable readers to skip over things and just go to the answers they're interested in. So I feel like readers could easily skip over some of the most important parts of this piece just because they have the opportunity to jump from answer to answer. That being said, the answers provided and the questions asked were very insightful and digestible so I appreciate the simplicity of the delivery and also the thoughtfulness of the questions asked. It got the point across and was easy to understand.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2414":{"comments":"The articles were very thoughtfully put together and provided in depth insight on Google and its role in enabling the said problems, but the only place I felt the articles, not lacked, but missed the mark of the entry was tying together how Google's actions are part of a larger issue in society. The articles just give us the who what when where how but not really the why it matters past the article.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"omneya.ashanab@nbcuni.com":{"2191":{"comments":"I didn't really find these pieces to be all that captivating or interesting, I think a regular person would have a hard time getting through them. I think the second piece was better than the first and a bit easier to read. It was also more clearly talking about media and society but I don't see any reliable sources or outside voices besides the authors. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2210":{"comments":"I think this piece is well written and has various sourcing. It is an interesting read and uncovers a lot about what money can buy and do in the world of media. Overall this is one of the stronger submissions. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2211":{"comments":"This is a strong piece with good information and it certainly provides a broader perspective on the media and society. Money is powerful and this piece highlights one of the many ways it can manipulate the news cycle on a certain platform. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2227":{"comments":"I thought this piece was very interesting and well written. It introduced me to a topic that I knew nothing about and to me, that is good journalism. I'm just not sure that it does much to provide a broader perspective on the media and its role in society. The topic is certainly important and people should know the ugly truths behind a lot of companies that they blindly support but I don't think it is necessarily a good fit in this category. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2377":{"comments":"I found this piece to be really interesting. The Arab Spring was all about people having a voice and this piece highlights that well with the subject. It gives a voice to an up and coming digital magazine that is likely to change Tunisian media forever. The author did a good job in giving background information that is relevant to why this magazine was started while also deeply explaining what makes this new outlet special. A journalists first duty is to the people and that is clearly shown throughout the piece using the thoughtful quotes from the subjects. Great reporting and a great article overall. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2386":{"comments":"This piece has good information but the layout doesn't allow it to be compelling. The author does a good job at breaking down the role that Mass Media plays in investigations but they are likely to lose readers by the 3rd or 4th point. Despite that it does provide a broader perspective on the media and society. This piece would have scored higher if it included another voice. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2387":{"comments":"I liked this piece and I think it was easy to read \/ very relatable for an everyday person. TikTok is a continuous conversation starter but I think this piece does a good job at bringing it full circle by providing the different trends that directly relate the media to society. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2389":{"comments":"This piece was very interesting and had an extremely knowledgable subject. But there wasn't much writing on the Author's part so I can't judge that accurately. I think the Author asked good questions and that is just as important in providing information so that is why I scored this high. Misinformation is arguably the biggest problem that journalists are facing right now and it largely impacts society. Journalists have to make sure their work isn't influenced by misinformation but it is also their job to do no harm to the public which means they need to do everything in their power not to help spread that misinformation. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2461":{"comments":"I think both of these pieces are clear and easy to understand. This is great reporting on an issue that many TikTok users do not know about. Children to Grandparents are consuming content on the platform but who is making sure that content is safe? That was the question at stake here and it was answered. Not only was is it answered but the ugly truth behind it was uncovered. I think platform users would feel very differently about using the app if they knew the potential harm it was causing to some people in order for them to consume content safely. TikTok is where a lot of everyday people are getting their news and information so this piece really does show how the media fits into society and gives that broader perspective. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"cmlieble@syr.edu":{"2191":{"comments":"Entry 1. No. To me, this is not the sort of piece appropriate to the award.\nEntry 2. No. Same here.\nEntry 3. No. Same here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2268":{"comments":"I really liked this piece. It does an excellent job of spotlighting the influence news media can have on public opinion. It's very readable and pulls good examples from Oregonian content to support the narrative. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2270":{"comments":"Numeric ratings are based on entry 1.\n\nEntry 1. Solid. Very readable, informative. Broadly sourced. Definitely touches on the role of information in society.\n\nEntry 2. Not a lot there; Moderna PR campaign, highlighting direct comm w\/ consumers. \n\nEntry 3. Same here. Helpful overview but not all that much here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2376":{"comments":"Good overview on important work, with considerable emphasis on the role of Viewfinder. \nBut award worthy?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2377":{"comments":"Good overview. Strong sense of Alqatiba, the context in which they are reporting, and why. But it isn't all that in depth of a story. Left me wanting more.\n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2378":{"comments":"Just not much depth here.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2388":{"comments":"The story provides some helpful insight into Meta via anonymous sources. Not overly impressed by this piece; just doesn't seem like there's that much there. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2488":{"comments":"The piece comes together at the end, but the effort to weave together litter boxes, LGBTQ students and furries falls a bit short. Overall, though, quite readable and an important topic. But I don't see it as appropriate to this award.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":2}},"status":"submit"},"denise@denisevalenti.com":{"2259":{"comments":"Such important work. Would love to see context around the numbers and incidents. Also more of the \"why\" this matters. It is implicit, yes, but likely differs in each of these countries.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2268":{"comments":"Self-reflective reported piece by the Oregonian on its racist legacy and the impact of that legacy. Includes interactive media. This was written and edited by white men, and the editor's note states that while Blacks and sensitivity readers were engaged, they did not take all of the suggestions. While I appreciate the transparency, it left me curious to know what those were and why that decision was made. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2347":{"comments":"This was remarkable in its breadth delving into Tucker Carlson's personal history and evolution as a broadcaster. Innovative presentation featuring extensive multimedia.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2378":{"comments":"This is about investigative journalism\u2014not investigative journalism illuminating some aspect of media. It's straight up reporting about legislation. Doesn't seem to fit the category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2387":{"comments":"Fun take, but illuminating economic and social trends more than media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2388":{"comments":"Recap of an internal Facebook phone call. Does not seem appropriate for this category.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2401":{"comments":"This is an academic paper. Disqualifying for me.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2414":{"comments":"Of all the entries I was assigned, this one is truly original and innovative in terms of its reporting and reporting methods. ProPublica wrote software to scan websites so it could better understand how Google advertising works and expose the myriad ways in which Google's ad network is obscured. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2444":{"comments":"In-depth research and lots of context about the development of right-wing radio and the Salem Media Group, in particular. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"kalux@syr.edu":{"2308":{"comments":"Excellent investigative reporting on a very serious issue. The broader perspective on how these media sites operate and how they impact society is skillfully incorporated into the story. The inclusion of the activism surrounding this piece is something that others are missing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2314":{"comments":"This article is very similar to the Tik Tok moderators article. Again, there is little conversation regarding what could be done differently, other than to treat the workers with some human dignity. There are larger issues here that are not addressed or touched on in passing (ie FB outsourcing jobs that Americans don't want to extremely low paid workers in Africa). I didn't learn anything new in this story.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2376":{"comments":"Seems kind of short for an in-depth piece. Left wanting more.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2379":{"comments":"This piece could have been better with more quotes from officials in the US government or others who can hold these firms to account. Is is a short piece, and lays out a complex partnership between the parties. Framing of the issue as a broader perspective on the media is minimal.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2389":{"comments":"I don't think this fits the parameters for the prize. It is an interview. I have seen numerous other stories with similar information from other outlets. I will rank based on it it were an investigative piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2444":{"comments":"Excellent all-around. Great storytelling for an important story.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2461":{"comments":"The author talks about the issue as one that is pervasive in social media, but I'm not sure the role in society is covered. It's also difficult when all of the subjects interviewed are anonymous. I read a very similar story in Wired several years back about FB moderators, so it isn't surprising to me that Tik Tok operates the same way. I would have liked to see more discussion of what could be done differently in order to tackle the issue.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2490":{"comments":"Well researched article with broad ramifications for news. Shows how the lack of professional local news outlets leaves a vacuum for those practicing quasi-journalism with questionable ethical practices.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"status":"submit"},"nicci.brown@gmail.com":{"2268":{"comments":"This was a strong piece and I appreciate the head-on approach taken by The Oregonian\/OregonLive. It would have benefited from the inclusion of graphic\/ multimedia elements.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"2270":{"comments":"These pieces were all strong. However, the Moderna piece did not seem like a good fit for the Mirror Awards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2308":{"comments":"This piece raises issues of deep concern. However, mI found it meandering in execution.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2333":{"comments":"I found this series very interesting, but would have liked to have seen more attention paid to the societal role played by the media.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2347":{"comments":"The comprehensive and interactive approach of this series provides a powerful example of integrated storytelling. I recognize that not all of the information was revelatory, but the execution was just so good.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2377":{"comments":"Outlets like Alqatiba are perhaps more important now than ever before. I appreciate the way this piece touched upon funding, as well as strategies followed to build broader audience appeal. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"2386":{"comments":"Not a good fit for these awards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2499":{"comments":"These were interesting pieces (I enjoyed the artwork accompanying the \"nutrition labels\" piece!). However, the focus was more on the inner workings of the media than the role it plays in society. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"}},"profile":{"bplogiurato@gmail.com":{"966":{"comments":"A solid entry and well-reported profile. What I think it lacked a bit was a sense of the overall stakes -- why should I care about this person's tweets and what do they mean for the broader industry and its role in society?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1035":{"comments":"I thought this might be the best-sourced and reported profile of the bunch. I feel like I've read a lot about Buzbee but still learned new things here, and it provided a good inside look at how WaPo approached the discovery and hiring process. Only thing I wonder is if it's a bit more a profile of The Post at large than of one individual.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1036":{"comments":"I liked this piece, but I'm not sure it belongs in the profile category. It is more a profile of a media organization than one individual. That said, it's well-explored and well-written.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1064":{"comments":"I thought this piece was very well-written and provided a good perspective on someone with whom I wasn't very familiar. (I always appreciate a profile that helps me learn lots of new things!). At times, I feel like it strayed a bit from DeFranco, and I wasn't sure whether comparisons to Substackers were completely applicable. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1109":{"comments":"The author's writing was good in places. In other places, I thought the author unnecessarily inserted herself in (we don't need to know where they're meeting all the time). I also don't think Cooper's flaws and controversies -- perceived or real -- were explored as well as they could have been. I thought the author could've have explored Barstool much more extensively. Cooper is also dominant as a source, and the broader stakes for the media industry aren't explored as much until the end of the piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1111":{"comments":"I really liked this entry. It did a good job of fairly profiling an unusual subject in a 10-year-old kid who happens to be a mega-superstar (that my 10-year-old nephew watches). I think it did a great job of balancing the profile with the wider framing issues -- what it means for society, for the growth and mental health of kids, and the future of this type of media. Also the best anecdotes of these entries. (One of my favorite details was kids typing gibberish in the comments.)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1198":{"comments":"Similarly to the Tucker Carlson entry, I didn't feel this was the best profile I've read of Jen Psaki. Not sure if this is a completely fair way to judge it, but it also doesn't feel like the laissez faire tone of the piece holds up. I might've liked to see more examination of her earlier life and stops than White House reporters commenting on her now.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1202":{"comments":"I really liked this as a way to profile Stuber and provide a larger examination of Netflix's rise in the movie industry. I didn't think the writing was among the best of these entries, however, and at times I wondered if the focus on Spielberg detracted from the larger profile.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1247":{"comments":"A decent entry, but I wasn't overwhelmed and feel like I've read better and timelier profiles of Carlson. A lot of it is rehashed, and I didn't feel I learned much new. But it is well-written and well-framed.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"fionalgibb@gmail.com":{"339":{"comments":"Intriguing profile and very pertinent, given the importance of the streaming media wars. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"956":{"comments":"Interesting piece, but to me, it's more about political music than the media per se.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"966":{"comments":"Interesting and unexpected piece about a music publicist's embrace of Twitter. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"990":{"comments":"Interesting, but not exceptional, piece about an up-and-coming sports broadcaster. While it does present an interesting POV (calling games from your bedroom in these COVID times), it does seem limited and very geared to the local sports-loving audience.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1062":{"comments":"I've read many of these types of pieces in the past several years\u2014about the consolidation of local news sources and beats. The focus on Gartrell made for an interesting and intimate read. Getting his perspective about how passionate he is about his job covering his community, but how extenuating circumstances make it near impossible to do to the best of his abilities was, heartbreaking. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1064":{"comments":"A fascinating, well-written look at the rise and times of a news influencer. As a Gen Xer, I would not seek out news on YouTube, and not from a personality like DeFranco, but clearly younger generations are connecting with him and others like him. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1178":{"comments":"While, highly entertaining, this video piece feels more like a long video recap for an entertainment show than a profile on a media figure. As far as I could discern, no original reporting was done for the piece. Although the opening opera moment was highly original.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1247":{"comments":"Very comprehensive\u2014and enjoyable\u2014profile piece on a despicable (but too influential) subject. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1313":{"comments":"I'm still not sure why we should care about NFTs, but interesting profile. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"nicholasjdesantis@gmail.com":{"261":{"comments":"This story worked as an excellent microcosm of the struggle legacy media has with growing, and maintaining, its subscriber base. The Murdoch-supplied conservative slant as an albatross around the neck of growth is an interesting wrinkle as well. This was a well-reported story with plenty of interesting anecdotes, but I feel it could\u2019ve benefitted from a little more cohesion. I found myself backtracking to keep up with the story, as it seemed a little scattershot at times.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"339":{"comments":"A very well-written, super-comprehensive profile, at time intimate, and at other times very expansive. Sometimes a bit too expansive: this could\u2019ve used an editor, as I felt it got repetitive in reiterating points like \u201che\u2019s a low-key regular guy, but also super-powerful with loads of a-list friends.\u201d Some trimming and streamlining would\u2019ve made this a more impactful read.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"483":{"comments":"This is the second of the two Tucker profiles I\u2019ve read, and I find this one to be more narrow in scope and a longer read, and weaker in impact as a result. Although very well reported, with Kranish harnessing excellent framing devices throughout, it seemed overly long in making the case for a fact that seems glaringly obvious with even a passive watch of Tucker\u2019s content. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"884":{"comments":"This is an example of an article that I was very impressed by the reporting and the often light, humorous tone of voice it took, but yet I felt was bogged down by parts that almost seemed like too much of a data dump. Even with so much data and research, this might have been a better read with some streamlining. Maybe adding even more dataviz in lieu of text would\u2019ve made the read breezier? I almost feel guilty saying that, as clearly O\u2019Brien has crafted a very thorough profile of TikTok and the current state of social media in general, but I had trouble getting through this one.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1039":{"comments":"A captivating article that deftly juxtaposes Mary Ann\u2019s history with that of photographer John Filo. Some fantastic voices and arresting detail throughout really gets to the bottom of the callous attitude people had towards Vietnam protestors and hippies in general at the time, all based on the fascinating premise of \u201cthe story behind, before, and after the photo.\u201d I really enjoyed reading this.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1111":{"comments":"A great article that uses the crown prince of kidfluencers to lift the hood on the dark side of the genre. It\u2019s a tough tightrope to walk because the center of the article is a child, and Ryan\u2019s parents of course feature prominently, but part of me wished to hear a little more from Ryan himself. Even if he didn\u2019t volunteer his voice, I feel that getting more of his perspective about his fame and his awareness of it would cast a truer light on his parents\u2019 statements. I would\u2019ve liked to know more. Regardless, Luscombe went into great detail regarding the breadth and perils of kids YouTube entertainment.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1113":{"comments":"This is a phenomenal piece. Fantastic quotes coming from incisive, fair and sometimes hard questions, and a murderer\u2019s row of additional, relevant voices. Alter\u2019s tone throughout was also on-point: humorous when it needed to be, urgent when it needed to be, and with perfectly deployed background information to put it all into context. Masterful. I gave \u201cframing of the issue\u201d a 4 because, as great of a piece as this was, I feel I\u2019ve read this genre of profile, \u201can interview with the notorious conservative media personality\u201d many times before, and I\u2019m unsure if it\u2019s exceptional in that regard.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1274":{"comments":"I found this article a bit too vague and general. Although hearing an account straight from the founder is interesting and valuable, the addition of more voices would\u2019ve been welcome. I wished for more detail, more perspectives\u2026 just more than what this profile contained.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1313":{"comments":"\u201cIt never hurts to hide the vegetables in the pasta sauce\u201d is an excellent line, and the perfect encapsulation of this article, which deftly uses Gharegozlou\u2019s profile to also chart the nascent rise of NFTs and the future of crypto. It\u2019s dense, heady material for sure, but Goodkind\u2019s writing makes it pretty accessible. There were moments where I wondered if Gharegozlou was taking a backseat in his own profile, but ultimately it circled back in a satisfying way.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"nmibrown@syr.edu":{"267":{"comments":"Interesting and informative, although occasionally choppy. The writing improved towards the middle of the article when the focus shifted to Powell Jobs and away from the magazine's start. Tough that no comments from Powell Jobs, McGray, Edwards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"884":{"comments":"Solid piece with good reporting and coverage of TikTok's operations and rise to prominence. Perhaps provides too much of a deep dive on brand-driven partnerships, but since that's such a key part of TikTok's revenue it seemed appropriate.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"956":{"comments":"It's an interesting and well-written piece, but I'm not sure this entry satisfies the description of \"covering a person or organization noteworthy in the media industry.\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"966":{"comments":"The quality of the writing and reporting were appropriate for the publication, but certainly lacked the polish and sophistication of some of the other entries. It is a decent profile, but not noteworthy.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1035":{"comments":"Excellent reporting and writing. No criticisms.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1039":{"comments":"This was a truly fantastic profile. The piece was beautifully written, informative, gripping, and moving. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1178":{"comments":"Please read these comments in opera buffa: noooooooooooooooo.\n\nUnclear that there was any serious newsgathering that occurred here, let alone careful attention to sourcing. Perhaps this piece was appropriate for its intended audience, but the author didn't use the story to provide for a broader perspective on the media or the Cuomos. It was (lousy) entertainment at best.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1194":{"comments":"Unclear how careful the research was because the author made it clear the purpose of the research was to reach the exact conclusion she reached. Some otherwise good writing was undermined by statements like: \"At least to some extent, Koch-funded entities have manufactured this cycle of outrage . . . This is not just a guess. UnKoch My Campus did the research, and we know it\u2019s true.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1198":{"comments":"While the piece contained some interesting information, the organization was poor and it didn't have great flow. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"rachel@ByRachelChang.com":{"261":{"comments":"A very NYT piece about its own competitor, acknowledging its own role at times, but that does add any limitations to the objectiveness? Clearly a strongly reported piece though and among the top contenders.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"267":{"comments":"Also another solid CJR piece. The three I read seem rather equal in craft and audience, so it\u2019s really the framing that will edge one over the others. Not sure if this is the one. I was struck by the sudden assertion of first-person opinion about 2\/3 of the way through the piece with the \u201cas I do\u201d\u2026 the ones following didn\u2019t seem quite so opinion-based.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"301":{"comments":"While there is some good reporting in here, it also seems the only purpose of this piece is to \"cancel\" Waxman. Also, the writing often got in the way of itself... either trying too hard to be clever or just cramming too much in, leading to choppy craftsmanship.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"325":{"comments":"Solid piece\u2014and an important aspect to bring to light other ways China controls Hong Kong's press\u2014but somehow just lacks some oomph and wider context.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1021":{"comments":"Fascinating look into a world I was unfamiliar with. All done well and hit the right tone of the audience, yet didn't quite stand out as some of the other pieces.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1035":{"comments":"Thoroughly researched and expertly crafted\u2014great use of a narrative opening lede to hook in the readers and coming back to those dinners as the impetus for the hiring decision that represents so much more at both the Post and in the wider newspaper industry. Bonus points for the little dig at AP about \"over\" and \"more than\" tucked in there (and then using \"more than\" in its own writing!). This would be the top of my batch of stories.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1036":{"comments":"Another solid CJR reported story, rooted in one magazine\u2019s history, but providing the greater historical context for the evolving role of teen magazines\u2026 with plenty of \u201ca-ha\u201d moments, both rooted in the past and questions for the future. (Full disclosure: Though I haven\u2019t been involved with any of the publications focused on, I was a teen magazine editor for a decade and perhaps should excuse myself from this one in retrospect.)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1065":{"comments":"This hits all the Mirror essentials\u2014deep reporting and research, paired with historical context of why Ramsey is relevant now and will be for years to come, while tucking in the elements of religious backing and realistic financial tips in an objective manner. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1202":{"comments":"A solid profile, both of Stuber and the studio with well-rounded original reporting and context...as well as pushing ideas forward about the future of the film industry. Framed in a compelling manner. But is it enough to raise it to Mirror level? Depends on the rest of the pack. This would probably get the silver medal of my batch.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1266":{"comments":"This piece does its job focusing on Maria Bartiromo's future, but as a profile, it's a bit one-note. Even as a write-around (which most of the reporting seems to be), there could be a little deeper dive back into her past and how that's setting her up for her future. There wasn't any big reveal, just seemingly a summary of where things stand.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1576":{"comments":"A fun read \u2014\u00a0and Elan Gale is such a character! Very fitting for Bustle. Yet all that said, I can't see this as a top contender.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1583":{"comments":"While this is an absolutely heart-tugging human interest story and she is a member of the media, I regret to say it's not \"about\" the media, so it doesn't feel like the right story for the Mirror Awards. (In full disclosure, only the first part showed up. I Googled up the second, but didn\u2019t locate the third.)","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1588":{"comments":"Love that this was entered, but just it\u2019s just not in the realm.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1813":{"comments":"It\u2019s definitely a challenge to pit a podcast profile up against a written one, but as far as audio storytelling goes, this is finely done. Trying not to be swayed by the sentimental timing of it, but it's such a lovely look at an unsung hero of the print magazine world, and hearing so much of it through his own voice definitely hit home. A fine piece, but not probably not in my Top 3, though I could be convinced. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1818":{"comments":"Compelling storytelling from the start. Such tremendous detail about their lunch meetings that really showed the Smiths first as humans, and then media figures. Truly effective. The overall arch of the birth and mission of Semafor, yet through the views of the two Smiths. Well crafted and perfect for a CJR audience. Would have perhaps liked a bit more context about other news disruptors and how the publications fares now after the initial parodies, but overall a fine contender for Mirror honors.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1898":{"comments":"Solid piece, just right for its Vanity Fair audience. Opens with the intrigue, but gets into the state of the media and what legacy brands are doing to stay relevant, through the eyes of Noah Shachtman. Several times, just as I had a question come up, it answered it in the next sentence. (Like when I was curious why he didn\u2019t just go into music journalism early on.) An approachable story well-reported and executed for a general audience.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2148":{"comments":"It has all the right elements, yet somehow lacks pizzazz. The lede is engaging and immediately builds intrigue over why he doesn\u2019t want his picture taken. There\u2019s sufficient background on his early years, but maybe it\u2019s that it loses itself in the more \u201cinside football\u201d moments with specifics. That said, it does raise the greater context of journalism ethics in sports reporting and makes the reader wonder \u2014 it\u2019s the \u201cinside journalism\u201d parts that make it fascinating.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2150":{"comments":"A solid news feature that\u2019s really more focused on The Athletic\u2019s NYT acquisition more than profiling The Athletic itself. Relevant for the WaPo audience in a way that makes the media side the focus and not just the sports side, but just doesn\u2019t rise to Mirror Award level.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2201":{"comments":"Lovely to see such a thorough a non-personality profile in this category with The American Prospect at the center of it. Comprehensive historical perspective of how the publication came to be, as well as the personalities involved. While the background was thorough and interesting, it really picked up when it got into Dayen\u2019s story \u2014 that\u2019s when it hooked me in (maybe would have been more captivating to start there and then flash back to the past). Overall, detailed reporting shedding insight on both the publication itself and this faction of publishing, as well as the blogging world. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2232":{"comments":"Yes it\u2019s a profile, but it took a beat to get into it since it was so into the tour and politics. For a while I wondered if this was truly \u201cMirror\u201d since he really is a more an entrepreneur seeking fame and fortune than a media figure. But I suppose with his podcast, that\u2019s media \u2014 and it could be argued that these tours are also a form of media. That all said, while it was done just fine, there weren\u2019t a wealth of resources for a greater context and just lacked that certain oomph. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2274":{"comments":"Refreshing to read a good old-fashioned magazine profile, written skillfully with voice (like the \u201cher words\u201d\/\u201cfans\u2019 worlds\u201d asides), and reported out so thoroughly, from reaching out to all sorts of sources across the industry (execs, former cohost, analysts) to really researching and knowing the historical context of the podcast and quoting early ones. Plus paints a first-person picture of what her life is like with all the fan recognition IRL. Also then places it in a larger industry context. Fun to read, great storytelling with insight into the podcasting world for both those who do and don\u2019t know it.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"zandile@zandileblay.com":{"325":{"comments":"\nA worthy topic. \nA professional approach.\nGood reportage.\nSolid writing.\nIt did the job. But it did not wow.\n\nExcellence of Craft (2) \nThere detail relayed that the writing plodded along - heavy and lumpy. \n\nAppropriateness for Audience (4)\nFor the Atlantic? This felt very appropriate. \n\n\nFraming Of The Issue (2)\nThey dived in to the issue more than they framed it. While writer connected a lot of dots in terms of how the paper evolved and context as to how - a lot of the framing was anchored specifically to China and not the broader media at large. \n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"606":{"comments":"As a profile - awesome.\nTicks all the boxes.\nAnd really in as much as its telling us the story of an excellent journalist - its so clear the journalist doing the reporting is extremely excellent herself. \n\nI learned a lot about the journalist - and about Syracuse. As a profile it did a neat job in pulling double duty - the story of a journalist and the story of journalism in a region. Loved it. \n\nExcellence of Craft (5)\nI enjoyed the anchor. Her energy. Her delivery. Her excellence. \n\nAppropriateness for Audience (5)\nSuch a special story for the Syracuse audience because it resonates with the rich population of journalists there and also resonates with residents in general. More than being appropriate - this brings pride to the audience. \n\n\nFraming Of The Issue (4)\nAgain to a degree. I think the nature of the story naturally ushers it into the category of providing \u201ca broader perspective on the media and its role in society.\u201d \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"884":{"comments":"This article really started on a high note. I loved the energy, the cadence - just a fun read. \n\nBut what makes it amazing also disorients the excellence here. This story is under the profile category - and as such its like profiles on crack. It\u2019s tucking into so many different characters and topics related to Tik Tok\u2019s rise - that it doesn\u2019t feel like the focused story that makes a profile a profile. But I am at peace with this - this does not merit a lowering of score because ultimately its too much of a good thing , and that is not so bad. \n\nExcellence of Craft (5)\n\nReally great reportage. What came thru here was not just excellence - but passion. That the reporter cares about this topic and consumes it came through in the approach to the story. \n\nAppropriateness for the Audience (5)\n\nBang on!\n\nFraming of The Issue (5)\nVery strong in this category as well - the focus was not on traditional media - but as a social media anchored piece - it framed the issue excellently for the industry and its audience. \n\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1021":{"comments":"An excellent piece. Like a lot of articles in this category - the dime truly turns on the subject matter. This one was fascinating. I enjoyed the writers approach.\n\n\nExcellence of Craft (4)\nA solid output. The language had no languor - ultimately a story about Charisma lacked some charisma in writing - yet he story still had so much style. The writer kept a tight tone from start to finish. \n\nAppropriateness For Audience (5)\nAbsolutely.\n\nFraming Of The Subject (5)\nAgain - like the best in this category the framing is consistent yet subtle \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1064":{"comments":"This is one of the few stories that gave as good as it got with both the COPY and THE LAYOUT. \n\nLoved the design of the story - and the sidebar. (Selections could have been more...comprehensive! But alas\u2026.)\n\n\nExcellence of Craft (5)\n\nVery solid. A professional job. \nWould have loved more flair in the writing - but the flair of the subject really more than makes up. \n\nAppropriateness for Audience (5)\nExcellent. \n\nFraming Issue (5)\nTight! This writer provided context and meaning for media every step of the way. Felt as much a profile of the subject as of the medium and the media. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1065":{"comments":"So good.\nSo good. \nSo good!\n\nLike a movie - this writer truly gripped you from the beginning - and so did the subject.\nThe piece maintained a strong, steady clip and focus. \n\nExcellence of Craft (4)\nThe strongest most glittering gem in the crown and glory of this article - was the intro. Seat gripping - great narrative story telling. Also too the end - I enjoyed the vagueness and open ended nature of the end.\n\n\nAppropriateness for Audience (5)\nFor CJR - absolutely. Especially because so much of this story is about how a mystic has become a media powerhouse. \n\n\nFraming of Issue (5)\nSolid and subtle throughout \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1109":{"comments":"Interesting person.\nInteresting article.\nAlmost half of the word count could have been deleted and we\u2019d have the same article. \n\n\nExcellence of Craft (4)\nThis writer WORKED on this piece. It\u2019s very clear. The word count, the narrative, - even the photoshoot and how it echoes the personality profiled show the work. This was not best in show for me - but its clear someone worked hard.\n\nAppropriateness for Audience (5)\nStrong. \n\nFraming Of The Issue (5)\nStrong - yet subtle - which I really enjoyed. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1113":{"comments":"Two articles on Tucker Carlson in one competition - and this was the lesser. \n\nSimilar to the profile on Maria B - this is a reporter with a clear agenda.\n\nBut even worse, this reporter has a tendency to insert themeselves intimately into the profile of the subject - and consistently tries to come off as the beleaguered voice of reason. Example in this sentence here: \u201cI tried to make a point to that effect to Carlson; once again, I got derailed..\u201d\n\nJust YUCK!\n\nIt\u2019s the audiences job to not like Tucker Carlson - not the reporter. Show us why he\u2019s not like able (as the other version of a Carlson profile did so well) dont just show us you dont like him.\n\nThis article had no air or finesse. No lightness in the wrist. Just vitriol. \n\n\n\n\nExcellence of Craft (2)\nI noticed craft. \nI did not notice excellence.\n\n \nAppropriateness for Audience (2) \nMild \n\nFraming Of The Issue (2)\nTo a degree \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1247":{"comments":"THIS IS WHAT I CAME FOR!\nTHIS WAS A PROFILE!\nTHIS WAS SO GOOD!\n\nThe writing ( \u201cHe Never Sought Respectability Again\u201d a mantra for all jaded journalist) the reportage (I very much loved when the beat dropped , and the author switched gears to a traditional bio packed with facts, the subject matter (a person worth profiling - he is such a reflection of the times) \u2026.everything was CHEFS KISS. \n\n\n\nExcellence of Craft\n\nBravo. Bravo. Bravo. This was a long read - but never dulled and never ceased to inform. \n\n\nAppropriateness For Audience \nVery. \n\n\n\nFraming of The Issue\nTop notch and exemplary. The parallel between Tucker\u2019s growth (or lack thereof) and how conservative media has grown (or lack thereof) is consistently shown. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1266":{"comments":"A profile in poor taste.\nOn one hand - Maria story tells itself. This was not gossip. \nBut the approach - especially for something in the profile category - comes across as gossipy. And with a bit of an agenda - almost chomping at the bit at every insinuation of her career in jeopardy.\n\nOdd. \n\nExcellence of Craft (2)\nFor me any excellence of craft was dissolved by the gossipy tone here. That she made some choices that have definite very put her on the wrong side of history and career in peril is the fact - but there was a way report that fact with that blood thirsty tone i felt. \n\nAppropriateness For the Audience (4)\nTo a degree. The subject matter is someone the audience of this publication is familiar with and influenced by. It\u2019s a great attempt at a human\/human interest for a publication thats usually all business. \n\n\nFraming The Issues (3)\nTo a low degree. More implied than stated. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"drpachec@syr.edu":{"261":{"comments":"This was a great piece and it should win some major awards! But I'm not exactly sure why it was submitted as a profile as it's more about the Wall Street Journal and its strategy in general. There is some focus on the editor and publisher, but they don't get too much into the depth of those individuals beyond some of their decisions and what people say about them.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"301":{"comments":"She sounds like a terrible boss. But the treatment is a little too TMZ for this contest IMO.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"483":{"comments":"This profile masterfully lays out Tucker Carlson's rise to influence and his subsequent role in fanning the flames of hatred and division. It also lays bare his outright racism, right from the beginning and then backed up with example after example.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"606":{"comments":"This was very much a puff piece and promo for the station, but it could have been much more than that. As profiles go, the piece didn't get too much into Linsey Davis' background and early life. It also didn't cover her influences other than obvious ones in her industry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"956":{"comments":"Good to see international hip-hop getting some attention. Other than that, this doesn't seem as newsworthy as other profiles.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1021":{"comments":"Good piece about an important topic, but not as well written or researched as others. Nor of as much importance.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1111":{"comments":"The writer did a good job using Ryan Kaji's story as a hook for explaining the larger \"kidfluencer\" phenomenon and the increasing number of kids who watch unboxing videos. I also liked how they interviewed academic experts who are researching how this phenomenon is impacting kids and their development.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1227":{"comments":"This was a really in-depth investigation and expertly crafted narrative piece about how eight social media influencers posing as journalists have used misinformation and media interviews to feed a false narrative about Black Lives Matter protests to conservative viewers. It explains a lot from the last couple of years. I liked how the journalist included relevant social media clips. The video form of the story at the top was also very well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1276":{"comments":"This was a good profile of Joe Rogan, but it didn't reveal anything that wasn't already out there in my opinion.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"csbrody@syr.edu":{"301":{"comments":"This was tough to read--so disappointing to read so many horrifying (anonymous) stories graf after graf. It felt like more of an expose than I would call it a profile. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"606":{"comments":"Enjoyed learning more about Linsey and her connection to Syracuse, but Carrie only interviewed her--wasn't very deep. There was so much more she could have showcased. Appreciated the clips throughout though.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1065":{"comments":"Excellently written and well reported. Weaves interviews and background data effortlessly throughout the piece. \n\n\"But then there is Ramsey: sixty-one, white- bearded, and tan, he oscillates between warm and blisteringly cutting. He\u2019s funny, off-kilter, really likable. An evangelical Christian who holds worship services at his headquarters, in Franklin, Tennessee, Ramsey made headlines in 2019 for allegedly pulling out a gun to teach employees a lesson about gossip, about which he has a strict policy (don\u2019t). Also at headquarters, people who have completed the Ramsey journey and vanquished their debt can record themselves doing what\u2019s called the Debt-Free Scream, which The Ramsey Show sometimes broadcasts. The show itself, of course, is not violent. But it is not exactly relaxing.\"\n\n\"Though The Ramsey Show is ostensibly about money\u2014or, more pointedly, debt, of which the average American holds around ninety thousand dollars\u2014it is also about faith, hope, morality, and shame. And like much of talk radio, The Ramsey Show sits in a murky zone between journalism and entertainment. It is not\nquite a news program, religious service, reality show, infomercial, or financial advice; it is somehow all five. Between thirteen and twenty-three million people tune in weekly; the audience size ranks just below Sean Hannity\u2019s.\"\n\n\"The number of Bible passages relevant to budget-setting varies depending on who you talk to, but Ramsey counts more than two thousand verses with which he might advise fellow Christians to act as stewards \u201cof the resources God has placed in our hands.\u201d\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1113":{"comments":"Well-written, well sourced and great interviews throughout. Did a deep dive with stats and stories as well.\n\n\n\" Seth Weathers, founder of BringAmmo.com, an online retailer that sells right-wing merchandise, reports that demand for Carlson-themed T-shirts and mugs has spiked: he\u2019s already sold five times as much Carlson merchandise in 2021 as he did in 2020. \u201cOur Tucker stuff is actually selling more than our Trump stuff,\u201d he said.\"\n\n(A Fox News spokeswoman notes that as of the past quarter of this year, Carlson had 150 advertisers.)\n\n\"His rants sometimes have a grain of truth to them\u2014more often than his critics would like to admit. Or, more specifically: there are kernels of fact within the miasma of misdirection.\"\n\n\"According to the Washington Post, the anti-CRT organization No Left Turn in Education, which is dedicated to opposing antiracist education, saw its Facebook group jump from 200 page views to 1 million in the week after its leader appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1178":{"comments":"Well executed for his audience, but there was no original reporting. He does a nice job aggregating content\/videos\/quotes\/intreviews, but I wouldn't call this a proper profile. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1198":{"comments":"I enjoyed the way this was written--felt like a natural progression of who she is and what people thought of her. Wish she was quoted, but appreciate the note:\n\n\"The White House didn\u2019t make her available to speak for this story, and the person offered in her stead spoke of Psaki in such a bland, anodyne manner\u2014Jen is so good at multitasking; she\u2019s calm, cool, and collected; etc.\u2014it was as if they were trying not to be quoted at all, which, well, they won\u2019t be.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1202":{"comments":"\" In four short years, Netflix has done more to reshape the way that movies are made, distributed and consumed than perhaps any other single company in the history of the film business. Through it all, it has fallen to Stuber to convince A-list moviemakers to exchange box office bragging rights for the pleasures of the Netflix \u201ctop 10.\u201d\"\n\n\u201cScott has done exactly what he told me he was going to do,\u201d says Levy. \u201cBack then, he was just a guy with a new job and a mandate. In 2021, he\u2019s a guy who used that job to build something. What he\u2019s built is not just a staggeringly prolific level of output but an array of storytelling. \"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1227":{"comments":"Well reported and well sourced profile of the #RiotSquad. I appreciated how the writer used the embedded videos and Tweets throughout. \n\n\n\"As a reporter focused on protest movements, I\u2019ve been studying video of chaotic events at demonstrations for more than a decade, since I live-blogged Iran\u2019s disputed election and then covered the Arab Spring and Occupy protests, from the United States to Brazil. And one thing I\u2019ve learned is that, whether a clip was posted online by a witness in Cairo or Kenosha, it always helps to know who shot the video, and why.\n\nOver the past year, as I researched viral clips of contested incidents at protests against racist policing and far-right movements, I found that I was coming across the names of the same handful of videographers again and again. At protests in Minneapolis, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Washington, Louisville, Philadelphia, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, I discovered that many of the most viral clips were shot by a handful of field reporters for right-wing sites or freelancers with conservative politics.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1274":{"comments":"Interesting read, but it was all first person, with no newsgathering. Felt more like an application for an award about what she did than a profile.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2145":{"comments":"Really appreciate the focus on how she chose to scale back her days--and was able to get paid more--inspiring and the wellness theme is touched on throughout. I don't think that was really what Pompeo was going for though and not sure how strong of a piece it is to show a broader perspective of the media and its role in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2238":{"comments":"The one piece that truly felt like it was talking about broader perspective on the media and its role in society: \"The Pegasus hackings had impaired [the journalists'] ability to work as journalists and maintain sources' trust.\" Strong reporting throughout, and a true profile of Gressier.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2254":{"comments":"Missing the reporting I saw in the other pieces, and didn't really dig into who Zaslav is--didn't feel like a true profile. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2292":{"comments":"Great reporting and research throughout (sourcing was fantastic)--the citations were long, but helpful at framing the profile. I think he's trying to say the \"issue\" is \"the future of journalism often circles around reporters\u2019 individual brands\" but I don't think he spent enough time \"framing\" that the issue.\n\n\"These days, talk about the future of journalism often circles around reporters\u2019 individual brands \u2014 the sort of word journalists take a strange pride in hating. Build up a reputation with an audience? Quit your job, lose the constraints (however real or mythical) muzzling your voice, and start a Substack!\"\n\n\"There\u2019s no doubt that the technology-enabled rise of journalists-as-solo- practitioners has its benefits. But I worry that it\u2019s better at incentivizing journalists to make themselves stars than it is at creating the editorial infrastructure they need to do the most meaningful work.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2316":{"comments":"Good read, nice writing and it flows nicely, but doesn't dig deep into any issues. \n\n\"To some conservaTives, that Behar has not been canceled yet is evidence of hypocrisy. But it may ac- tually be evidence of something else: that Behar plays a useful role in the current media ecosystem. Her age, willingness to offend, and impen- etrable hide make her a sturdy dart- board in the rowdy dive bar political discourse has become.\"\n\n\"Being the scapegoat for America\u2019s most pernicious difficulties is quite a lot for a comedian to carry.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2320":{"comments":"Easy read, and I would have ready more, but didn't feel like anything I hadn't read about her in the past.\n \n\"Rhimes cast Kerry Washington as Smith\u2019s fictionalized counterpart, Olivia. When the series premiered in 2012, Washington became the first Black woman to play the lead in a prime-time network drama since the mid-\u201970s. If that sounds inconceivable now, it\u2019s probably because of how rapidly Scandal changed the TV landscape, leading to roles for Black women like Taraji P. Henson in Empire, Viola Davis as Murder\u2019s Annalise and the stars of Zahir McGhee\u2019s recent ABC musical drama Queens.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2331":{"comments":"Well done--nice stories throughout, strong reporting, and written for a Bloomberg audience.\nAlthough he was a relative newbie to the film industry, Aron had popcorn in his his blood","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2380":{"comments":"Phenomenal writing:\n\"Lately, Leonhardt has served as a sort of Rorschach test for liberal America. For those who are healthy and ready to move on with their lives \u2014 or those who, by choice or necessity, already have \u2014 his message is comforting and authorizes their behavior, their exhaustion, and even their resentment toward those who still insist on caution. For others, Leonhardt is a dangerous font of wishful thinking: a Pied Piper leading the nation\u2019s liberal elites into a self-satisfied state of necro-normalcy in which thousands of lives are disposable.\"\n\n\"When I first spoke to Leonhardt over the phone in late December 2021, I was struck by how similar his demeanor is to his writing style. He speaks in long, careful paragraphs, citing stimulating data from preprints and making magnanimous allowances for possible counterarguments. It felt like having a conversation with a newspaper column.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2431":{"comments":"Loved this profile and it had fantastic reporting throughout (the gazpacho story was great--so many moments throughout that made it memorable). I just don't think it hit on providing \"a broader perspective on the media and its role in society.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2449":{"comments":"Loved the writing in this and great interviews\/quotes throughout that made it easy to read and flow nicely. \n\"Honovich remains IPVM\u2019s public face, which has made him a target of anonymous blogs and Twitter accounts. Some accuse him of being a self-promoting gadfly or a bully who uses IPVM to besmirch companies he dislikes. Honovich occasionally tangles with his detractors in IPVM\u2019s comment section and on LinkedIn.\"","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"aegallag@syr.edu":{"267":{"comments":"Critical examination of funding sources and expectations of donors \/ funders in a changing landscape. Strong reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"339":{"comments":"Very friendly profile of a media mogul that doesn't actually say very much. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":3}},"990":{"comments":"Timely puff piece. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1062":{"comments":"Wonderful profile. Explains why the courts beat is so important to the public and the toll it takes on the journalists who cover it. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1194":{"comments":"This is not a profile but a commentary piece. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1227":{"comments":"Well researched and reported profile of a group that is contributing to misinformation and racial \/ political tensions in the U.S.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1274":{"comments":"To call this a profile is pretty generous. However, what she created is noteworthy and fascinating. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1276":{"comments":"Great Joe Rogan profile that hit all the major points that would become even more critical when Spotify \"cracked down\" on him. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1313":{"comments":"More about NFTs than a profile. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1595":{"comments":"Writing is weak compared to other entries. Feels like the most boring way to cover these journalists. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1818":{"comments":"An unintended 21st century media history. The story exemplifies its own argument -- would this startup get as much press if it weren't these two guys doing it? Fun read. Great detail and good reporting. Just not sure its worth it. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2148":{"comments":"This is a juicy read that doesn't try to paper over Schefter's sins or the consequences of a truly Twitter-driven news cycle. Wish more ESPNers would go on the record. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2150":{"comments":"Good insight into the Athletic's relationship with the NYT. Covers a lot of ground with great economy. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2238":{"comments":"Strong piece that shows courage in its reporting and among its sources. The court angle isn't as well explored, but that could be a headline issue. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2274":{"comments":"Good business overview of this podcast and creator, but not much more depth than that. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2318":{"comments":"This story is too long. Well reported with a variety of sources. Could be tighter. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2320":{"comments":"Hasn't this profile of Shonda Rhimes been written several times already? Friendly sources. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2361":{"comments":"Single-source puff piece. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2380":{"comments":"Uses Leonhardt as a stand-in for wider social argument about COVID and related coverage. Lengthy but compelling read. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2431":{"comments":"Well reported piece that is catnip to its insider audience. Story doesn't quite deliver on the promise of the nutgraf. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"cdhedges@syr.edu":{"325":{"comments":"This is a close contender for my top - excellent reporting and on a topic far from home, but important to the integral role of media in the global society. Excellent reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"483":{"comments":"Excellent! Well researched and written. Provides thoughtful context and extensive sourcing. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"990":{"comments":"Nothing too notable here. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1036":{"comments":"Alexi McCormmand is an alumna of Newhouse\n\nGreat piece on a publication that has made a big impact. Well sourced and written. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1039":{"comments":"Great piece and absolutely great read. I'm not seeing as strong a connection to media, but definitely to the role of images and imagery shaping our society. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1062":{"comments":"I'm a sucker for this topic and think this was an excellent profile that highlights a fundamental issue in news media today. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1109":{"comments":"Not as strong as the others in this category. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1194":{"comments":"\"at least to some extent\" - this paragraph is where the author started to lose me. This is more of a piece providing exposure to an organization the author runs and less of a profile about a media reaction. It's relevant and interesting, but not sure it's for this award. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1266":{"comments":"This article had a lot of great context and some interesting insights around the general state of FoxNews and the role\/reason for Bartiromo's relevance. I thought it was well-researched and had a good narrative arc. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1276":{"comments":"There were some missed opportunities here and the structure was a little rambling at times. The topic is relevant and there's a lot that could be said here. I think there was some great research and a thoughtful approach, but it was missing some additional connective tissue to the greater media landscape. I am also left thinking or wondering \"is he too big to cancel?\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"taylormichelepps@gmail.com":{"1576":{"comments":"What an interesting perspective to read about. I really feel like I know this guy, despite his behind-the-scenes nature, and that's all thanks to the author's great writing. As a 20-something woman who loves reality TV and can recall many a Bachelor Monday, this was such a fun read. It doesn't really go further than fun, though. It was a good start to peeling back the curtain, but then kind of just dropped the curtain once peeked behind a little. Very well done, just falls short of what we're looking for in my opinion.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1583":{"comments":"This was so sweet! You can feel the love in this piece and it's clear this is something this team worked very hard to produce something more than just a quick tribute to their coworker. Great research and graphics work here and great to even take it a step further with the segment with the Assemblywoman. I'm just struggling to pull something deeper from it, that broader perspective and newsgathering and research I've seen in these other pieces. Great stuff, just maybe better suited for an award with different criteria than what we're judging.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1588":{"comments":"Kudos to these Newhouse students for a really great conversation about the industry! They had some great perspectives and fresh takes. Really looking forward to hearing these names again and maybe even getting the chance to judge them again. This was a great conversation, but I'd argue had little to no newsgathering or research. They're clearly comfortable on the mic and brought up great points, but as a whole, this lacked that broader perspective and depth compared to the other pieces.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1814":{"comments":"Good journalism teaches you something, not only did the authors do that, but this is the kind of thing that makes you want to be a better journalist. It had a story within a story that connected back to the original piece, it had great context (which admittedly got a little into the weeds at times), and a stellar character to focus the story on. As I was reading I could picture the movie. There was just so much to enjoy here and at no point did I feel it was lacking. Such an interesting topic to delve into and it shines such a bright light on the great work being done. It was well done from beginning to end, this is my favorite in this lineup.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1815":{"comments":"I really enjoyed the writing in this piece, I thought it was really well done. I thought reaching out to journalists and journalism professors really helped the story provide that broader perspective on anonymity's role in journalism and how it's evolved over time. I thought it was a very interesting read and it really sparked my curiosity. The author's ability to write about anonymity while keeping the main source of this profile anonymous and still being so detailed in the piece was great. I'm not sure it's the strongest one I've read in this lineup, but it's up there. I think there was room to add context and talk more about Dobbs rather than spending time on her upbringing. I liked it, but for some reason just feel a little iffy about giving it full marks.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1898":{"comments":"This was a well-framed, well-researched piece. You can tell the author really learned a lot between her own research and her time with Shatchtman to draw these conclusions, it's clear she was curious to get the full picture here. I really like that she didn't pull any punches in critiquing Shatchman's work to date and the publication's struggles with growth. I'm in two minds, I think it's great, but I will say, if you care about the Rolling Stone or music journalism, then I think this is a really interesting read, but if not, I'm not sure it adds the broader perspective we're looking for here. Shatchman's strategy about running a legacy publication in a new way says a lot about where the digitization of media is going and I wish we spent more time on that. I liked getting into the numbers at the end and thought all of the embedded links along the way really helped the piece. It just didn't really scream out to me in the way some of the others here have.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"2207":{"comments":"This one is completely out of place in this lineup. This was a quick recap writeup following the cancellation of a show, no more, no less. There was no extra work done here, no extra research, no broader perspective on the media and its role in society other than what Stelter himself said in his final moments on CNN. It's a no for me.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2232":{"comments":"I loved this one. It's one of the most well-written pieces here, with so many powerful quotes, so many embedded links, and crucial, well-curated context to tie the entire thing together The obvious hurdle you run into when reporting on extreme right or left-leaning people in the political sphere is the perception of bias and I was worried about that when I started reading the piece, but the research and fact-based writing helped to ease that worry and give credibility to the writer here. I think this profile of someone the average person may not have otherwise known was a great idea to pursue, especially with getting so many great quotes from Clark himself. I think the larger message on the perspective of the media is just the fact that a guy like Clay Clark can do what he does, but I do wish that point was driven home a little harder. Great stuff overall.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2410":{"comments":"I loved this piece, what a great follow-up to an incredibly tragic story. It had great legs, great quotes, great context throughout, and some really hard-hitting and powerful moments. It really highlighted that broader perspective of the media's loss of local newspapers well, but I felt like I got left at the end wanting just a little bit more. Everyone took buyouts and the shooter got sentenced to life in prison, so now what? What lies in the future for this paper? How are they able to run day to day and will they continue to be able to? The answer is they probably can't and it's bleak, but I think it adds to the overall somber tone this piece strikes. Overall really well done.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2447":{"comments":"This was awesome. Such a terrible thing to read about, written very well with transparency and protection for sources, which was paramount for a story like this. This was a story about the continued battle for freedom of the press, seen through the lens of one man whose ups and downs followed that battle perfectly. I learned a lot, it was well-researched and very powerful. I maybe could've used more context on Hong Kong's suppression of the media and some more proof of that, as well as some photos of the people, discussed and of the illustrations described. It was paced quite well, but at some points, I begin to question which direction we were going. Overall I really enjoyed this.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"2455":{"comments":"While this was a very comprehensive and well-documented piece about the breakdown of the relationship between Xie and Hearst, I'm struggling to pull something truly meaningful from it, other than Xie's final point about the importance of a strong representation of media employees. It felt less like a profile of Xie and more like a slightly one-sided retelling of events between employee and employer. As someone who didn't have any prior knowledge about Xie or this show, it was interesting to hear about what happened here, but what are the larger implications? It would've been cool to hear some of the recordings or see some examples hyperlinked or embedded in the piece. I think there's so much to discuss regarding the future of media when it comes to building brands behind influencer-like personalities and what that means for media companies. It was contextualized and well-written, it just left me wanting more.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":2}},"status":"submit"},"mprussel@syr.edu":{"1815":{"comments":"Very well written. Almost like a fictional short story in places. Very relevant discussion of changing relationship between reporter and source; the rising need to re-examine the use of anonymous sources; the impact of smaller newspaper staffs; the dangers facing reporters and sources in a divided and threatening society; and a rising need for media training even in small, not-for-profit organizations.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2238":{"comments":"Spyware -- an important topic not only for journalists, but for any citizen, to understand how these tools are being used to suppress freedom of the press, and by extension, democracies. Good sourcing but writing is a bit convoluted, and I wonder if the average reader of Vanity Fair engaged in it.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2254":{"comments":"Writing is a bit dry, but fitting for its platform and for its audience. Good overview of today's situations facing top executives like Zaslav, but would have liked to hear from employees in light of severe job cuts.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2292":{"comments":"Great, great piece! Appreciate that the author took the occasion of Sussman's death to tell the full story. Also valuable is the descriptions of the interface of editor and reporter.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2316":{"comments":"Learned a lot about Joy Behar that I never knew before. Well done and fun to read, but not sure I'd move this forward as a Mirror contender.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2331":{"comments":"Enjoyable, interesting piece. A true human \"profile\", but also a profile of one company in a post-pandemic re-boot. but Hopefully, author will follow up on this CEO in a year or 2 to see where he is--and to see if his tactics helped save\/re-invent a company and an industry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2410":{"comments":"Used the tried-and-true writing technique to return to the scene of a major event as time has passed. What authors learned was both a re-telling of a workplace traumatic event, and a depressing picture of what is happening at local community-focused newspapers. Writing quality OK, but a bit disorganized coming from WAPO, in my opinion.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2447":{"comments":"Poignant profile of a single, passionate and courageous journalist whose story brings into focus the big picture of the serious and frightening situation of press freedoms in the allegedly \"independent\" Hong Kong. Well written, engaging. Perhaps using more sources would have moved my scoring upward.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2449":{"comments":"Very interesting look at a small media company's contributions to exposing the dark state of Chinese surveillance. Writing is good. Sourcing good (e.g., email exchange with Marco Rubio) but would have liked it if author had spoken with major news organizations (NYT, etc.) to learn how they work with this small group to expose abuses.\n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2455":{"comments":"I liked this piece very much, giving me and other readers a look inside a very small segment of media: food, and online food media at that. But the author does a very good job writing an engaging case study of one individual while framing many overarching workforce issues pre- and post-pandemic: pay inequity for persons -of-color; the relationship between managers and employees; managers who may not be prepared as managers; a new generation of employees taking managers -- and taking them on publicly; seeking open debates over policies; unionizing; challenging managers whom they don't respect; etc.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"apbauman24@gmail.com":{"1595":{"comments":"The author did a lovely job highlighting the personal challenges of female war correspondents and how they have shaped the reporting we see today.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1813":{"comments":"Interesting profile but a bit slow","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1815":{"comments":"Well written article about an important topic, the author holds a mirror up to journalistic practices in the modern age. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"1884":{"comments":"Project Veritas gives the craft of journalism a bad name, and Beau Davidson is not a journalist. Beau spends 26 minutes blowing smoke up Project Veritas' ass, basically putting their \"About Me\" page in his own words. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"1898":{"comments":"An interesting look at a manic editor in chief, the article falls short of convincing me why I should care.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2145":{"comments":"The article is well written and does a good job of explaining Maddow's role in the media. I wish it went a step further to better show Maddow's role, and the type of media she represents, in society.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2207":{"comments":"The article had who, what, when, where, but not much else. There's also a typo in the entry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2318":{"comments":"While this is a well written article, I'm not sure it fits with the Mirror Awards intended purpose to honor journalists who hold a mirror up to their own industry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3}},"2380":{"comments":"I think the author's nuanced understanding of their subject matches the subject's nuanced interpretations of the pandemic. The author did a wonderful job of presenting the significance of Leonhardt in the media landscape, of personalizing a subject who seemingly was not interested in being personalized, and finally, of presenting the valid arguments of Leonhardt's critics. In profiling this COVID journalist, the author beautifully characterized the many different facets of our country's stance on COVID, post-pandemic.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":5}},"2447":{"comments":"I think the author did a wonderful job explaining the significance of Ronson Chan in Hong Kong and in media overall. The descriptions of Chan as someone in a jersey and headband livestreaming protests painted a distinct picture of who this person is and why he is important in the quest for truth and transparency. I wish the author delved a bit deeper into Chan's motivation and personal experience. ","scores":{"Framing of the issue":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3}},"status":"submit"},"djspiegel@gmail.com":{"1583":{"comments":"A nice tribute to a colleague but I wouldn\u2019t say it highlights an issue in media or journalism. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1588":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1813":{"comments":"A very nice piece, but not really fitting of the mirror awards mission. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2145":{"comments":"Winner. Does all the things a profile is supposed to do to win this award. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2232":{"comments":"Fascinating and a little bit terrifying. Good access and reporting. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2254":{"comments":"I have to recuse myself from this one. I work at CNBC. -- David \n\nAILEEN'S SCORES: \nExcellenct of craft: 3\nAppropriateness for the intended audience: 5 \nFraming of the issue: 2 ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2318":{"comments":"We\u2019ll written and reported. Does it matter if moviepass is doomed to a second failure? Is it more about the dire position the movie biz is in, as seen through the eyes of someone who desperately wants it to survive? Kind of fits the brief perfectly then, but how many mirror awards should we be giving to stories about the dying parts of media? Written of course by a pub that was very near death itself not so long ago. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2361":{"comments":"What's the issue? Is this anything more than a well-placed bit of earned media for NBC's PR team to promote SNF and our fellow alumnus, Mike Tirico? ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Framing of the issue":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1}},"2449":{"comments":"Wow. Excellent piece, exactly what a profile should be - tells a story that illuminates broader important issues. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2455":{"comments":".","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"molly.simms@gmail.com":{"1814":{"comments":"Feels like a feat of journalism--very gripping. The only reason I'm not rating it higher is that it doesn't feel as much like a straightforward profile as some of the others, but maybe I'm seeing it differently from the other judges? Look forward to discussing.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1818":{"comments":"Incredibly fun and lively-- a metric ton of quality writing and sourcing. The pair at the heart of the story bounce off each other in such fascinating ways, and the story unfurls at such a lovely pace. I felt totally immersed, and got a great sense of their personalities. (And the ending was a joy)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1884":{"comments":"Nope.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":0,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":0,"Framing of the issue":0}},"2148":{"comments":"This was a juicy one, with a clear eye toward the conflicts of interest, moral questions, etc that plague Schefter's work. Vivid and lively, with great quotes \u2014 feels somehow like a profile of a journalist from another time.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2201":{"comments":"Dense and thoughtful, packed with insight and fascinating little details. Really impressive, especially in the way it shows the way the magazine sits squarely within a web of so many major players in the media world.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"2207":{"comments":" Very insubstantial--was this miscategorized?","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2274":{"comments":"A strong and lively piece, but it doesn't feel like the writer got past the surface level with Cooper, so I'm marking it a bit lower based on that scale. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2292":{"comments":"This doesn't *quite* feel like a profile, more like a historical analysis of an admittedly important and under-told story. But I don't think it paints as strong of a picture of Sussman as it should to cause it to rise to the next round \u2014 it feels like an investigation of the circumstances that surrounded Sussman at the time.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2320":{"comments":"I really didn't love the lede but this is a very capably written piece. Not sure it ascends to the level of some of the others (I didn't find it as deft and witty as the AMC piece, for example) but a strong showing. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4,"Excellence of craft":4}},"2331":{"comments":"Packed with fun details, an absolute pleasure to read, and I got a very rich picture of the subject. This felt more business-oriented than media-industry-focused, but that would be my only ding so far as our charging system is concerned.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"status":"submit"},"aforesto@popsugar.com":{"1576":{"comments":"While I appreciate that this profile is highlighting a little-known subject responsible for many of the most important cultural moments in reality television in recent years, it does not do a good job at highlighting the impact of the subject, those moments he created, and reality television on society. It barely touches on the many controversies surrounding the shows the subject worked on, which feels like a disservice to the reader. The writer is not particularly inspired and repetitive at times. It feels like a light and superficial profile \u2014\u00a0which I think speaks well to the audience for the outlet.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1595":{"comments":"This set of profiles is a great little feature, however, I have one major criticism: All the women featured are white women. This feels like a complete disservice to the reader and a huge miss from the publication and author. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1814":{"comments":"While I think this article on media censoring is well written and sourced, it's another example of a piece that is not necessarily a profile, but a news article that uses an individual's personal story to offer background and make the news piece more robust. The story is not about the person who discovered the radio waves were jammed, it's about the radio waves being jammed. \n\nIn a different category, though, I do think this piece does a good job at explaining the importance of media in political opposition. It's use of audio clips and imagery are also very impactful in showing the revolution and protests (again, not really in enhancing the story to be a profile). ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1884":{"comments":"This video is very simplistic in its style and feels very much like a fan video more than a profile \u2014\u00a0the host does not remain unbias and is very much a fan of the organization they are covering. It's also unclear who the intended audience for this outlet is as the bio of the host says he is \"using the gift of music and artistry to analyze issues of great public interest.\" ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2150":{"comments":"This piece feels like a news article with relevant and important background versus a profile. While it does touch on the history of the outlets and the acquisition, the piece is about the merger of two publications, where they overlap and where they differ, and does not center on making the reader get to know one particular subject in depth. It explains the importance of this merger for the New York Times' business model, union, etc. but it only briefly puts the importance of the acquisition in the larger scale of the media's current state into perspective for the reader. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":2,"Framing of the issue":2}},"2201":{"comments":"This piece is well researched and truly walks the reader through the full history of the magazine and its editor. However,\u00a0at times, passages felt too in depth and too in the weeds and far from the full bigger picture of the profile; it could have been several thousand words shorter and still gotten the same impact. However, I do feel like the writer did a great job connecting the profile to the overall importance of the magazine in media and politics, connecting the rise of both the magazine and the editor to current events, given the reader the context they need to understand the history.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"2316":{"comments":"The tone of this piece perfectly matches the subject of the profile. The story is snappy and funny while not shying away from criticizing Behar. It succeeds in connecting Behar's work in media to the larger impact she has had in culture and politics. It utilizes Behar's quotes to give us a full view into her career and her personality while providing the necessary context to the reader on why each of those events drove he to where she is now. It's a solid magazine profile!","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2361":{"comments":"To me, this piece is straight-up coverage of a news event in sports and not a profile. The piece simply uses original quotes from the subject, but in my opinion does not account for a profile, simply focusing on this one event versus attempting to give the reader the full picture on the subject's life. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"2410":{"comments":"This story does a great job explaining to the reader the unique and complicated situation that journalists find themselves in when they become the news. It both highlights the humanity of those in the profile and captures why they are special and worthy of the reader's attention. Good profiles are those that make you feel for or with the profile subject, and the writers in this piece definitely made you feel connected to the staff of the Capital Gazette, with impactful quotes and imagery.\n\nWhile it centers relevant topics around media's current state (acquisitions and mergers, budget cuts, attacks on media, etc.), it's a little inside baseball for a Washington Post reader who might not fully absorb how common the issues mentioned are in media. The writers, however, do a good job at often bringing the importance of local news into the forefront of the story time and time again (ironic given this piece was published in a giant national newspaper). ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":4}},"2431":{"comments":"It's hard to judge this piece given that it's part one of a series. As it stands, this first part of the profile doesn't clearly tie back to the importance of the profile subject in media, society, politics. While it does a good job finding interesting anecdotes and sources to highlight, Kahn's early career, it doesn't tie those moments to Kahn's current life\u00a0\u2014\u00a0even though the piece is meant for people in media, the reader is left wondering why all of these moments in Kahn's life are relevant to his present. It feels more like a biography than a profile, with little analysis . It also doesn't utilize Kahn's interview and exclusive quotes to strengthen the piece \u2014\u00a0his quotes feel like superficial filler. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"status":"submit"}},"special_category_2":{"nicoleacevedorodz@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"The beginning seems insightful about news desserts and how it ties to mis\/disinformation, but I don't get a sense that the writer went far and beyond in terms of newsgathering or sourcing. While the subject matter of the piece seemed appropriate for a publication focused on serving professional journalists, I think the issue was framed in an overly simplistic way.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1054":{"comments":"I believe this story could have greatly benefited from having much more engaging writing in it. At times, it felt draggy and slow. The framing of the issue seemed a little all over the place, but the subject matter of the piece seemed appropriate for a publication focused on serving professional journalists.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1181":{"comments":"After reading this story, it's not clear to me how this piece fits into this award category since it does not dissect any kind of media coverage of issues pertaining misinformation around mask mandates and Covid-19 vaccines.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1228":{"comments":"While the Fox News story by Tiffany Hsu was well written, I believe the writing could have been more engaging. The topic was well explained, particularly to readers who may not regularly follow conservative programming. The story counted with good examples that showed the intersection of political views and health-related choices. \n\nThe writing quality on Sheera Frenkel's story about Dr. Joseph Mercola is great, particularly in the beginning when she uses a few words to simply describe the nature of the misinformation and the large scope of its impact. Excellent sourcing and newsgathering support the story's strong framing of the issue. She maximized the opportunity she had to focus on Mercola as the main character and show the nuances of how misinformation spreads on social media and why it's difficult to fully regulate it.\n\nTheir joint story on how local media helped spread Covid misinformation is excellent and extremely comprehensive. It provides a broader perspective on the local media's role in society which helps explain the scope of the harm these outlets can cause when they publish misinformation.","scores":{"Framing of the issue":5,"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1262":{"comments":"I don't think these submissions effectively represent the main purpose of this category, which focuses on stories that scrutinize the media coverage of issues pertaining to misinformation around mask mandates and Covid-19 vaccines.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"status":"submit"},"sldancy@syr.edu":{"1052":{"comments":"This piece was great writing that explored territory that is not found any day of the week in a daily newspaper or television newscast. The interviewee offered facts plus *insight* about the consequences of news deserts, and the ways in which people have tried to compensate for that lack of information. The author took the interviewee into the future, so we heard her thoughts about what is happening now, but also what might be on the horizon regarding trends. The examination of online nurses groups that embrace misinformation was really poignant, and not something that can be found on any given day in any newspaper, magazine or tv newscast. This was fresh content - a joy to read.\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1054":{"comments":"I thought the author did a great job of finding media examples to illustrate points about media coverage of Powell's death. But the examples were partial quotes and one liners; I would have liked more than a sentence (or two) to strengthen his position. That supporting evidence for the author's viewpoint was numerous, but shallow. The heavy reliance of one or two sentences from media outlets divorced the sentences from context, which I did wonder about. Had the author quoted more from the news outlet, would his argument have fallen apart? If the media outlet did give more than a sentence or two to support your statement, why not tell the reader? This piece gave multiple one-line sentences, but not broad perspective. The depth was lacking and the author struggled to force Colin Powell's career into the article in a way that was clunky - and couldn't hide the fact that the author failed to incorporate Powell's career into the article in a way that was natural.\n","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1,"Excellence of craft":2}},"1181":{"comments":"The writing is seasoned and the story flows well; this is really strong work! The author's reporting is clear - Florio presents us with facts and strong quotes that vividly portray support for -- and opposition to -- mask wearing in Montana. That part is excellent. I don't think the author quite gets this far: \"she documents what happens when disinformation, Montanans\u2019 fierce sense of independence, and public health collide.\" This is a great \"Montana was safe, then COVID numbers increased\" story, but I'm not sure this report tells me anything about what happens. This is the usual \"one side is for masks, one side is against masks\" story, although told exceptionally well. The territory explored here wasn't anything new. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1228":{"comments":" The writing is clean and crisp, and the depth of reporting is strong \u2014 the writers do a great job highlighting examples of amplified vaccine skepticism in media channels identified as \u201cconservative.\u201d The writers also do a great job highlighting the potential impact of that amplification, such as \u201cit could harden reluctance of those who might otherwise be persuaded to get a shot.\u201d The challenge here is the perspective is no broader than others; it is identical to others, absolutely, but there is no new expansive territory covered here. Media amplifies voices of skeptics is territory that has been explored ad nauseam for months. \n The article about Joseph Mercola does an admirable job of doing what the article about Fox News hosts article does not; the Mercola articles does a great job outlining the evidence to support Mercola\u2019s influence and sphere. One thing to note, the writer offers two researchers after offering readers this statement: \u201c\u2026.he has become the chief spreader of coronavirus misinformation online, according to researchers.\u201d Citing more researchers would have given this premise a stronger foundation. Two researchers can only offer so much as a foundation for the article\u2019s main point. \n The third article covers newer territory in its point that small publications \u201calong with dozens of radio and television stations, and podcasts aimed at local audiences\u201d have also \u201cbecome powerful conduits for anti-vaccine messaging, researchers said.\u201d This article presented the same strengths as the previous one (well-documented examples of how the local outlets are powerful conduits) but again the same weakness: two researchers offered to support the claim \u201cresearchers said.\u201d \n The stronger two articles were heavy on media examples, but woefully thin on research to buttress the broader perspective (although the writing was superb!).","scores":{"Framing of the issue":2,"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4}},"1262":{"comments":"I think the fact-checking here is wonderful, and one of the writers' strengths is that they track down the original offending source, show that information to the reader, then clearly debunk it (even tracking altered social media edits). The articles take on the more breezy and casual tone appropriate for fact checking. I do think the fact checking offers a broader (i.e., honest!) perspective on the fact-checked issue, but I'm not convinced there's a broader perspective on the media and its role in society. Very good work here, though.","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Excellence of craft":3,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"chandran@repustar.com":{"1052":{"comments":"This was positioned as a story about news deserts but it really wasn't. The author being interviewed has done a good piece about mom groups online and their struggles with information. This is an important subject, but this submission makes no meaningful connection to the category under consideration here. And it's an informal Q&A - no great writing or analysis involved - so it's hard to get excited about craft. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1054":{"comments":"This was a great synthesis piece on the media 'mishandling' of Colin Powell's cause of death, the complexities created by this happening in the midst of a pandemic, information flow fractures, weaponizing of public health... Loved the smart writing and the many rich links to other pieces that helped flesh out the story. Appreciated the connection to the broader story that really didn't get told as a result, of his life and legacy, and thought that added some value even if it was off topic for this category. I left with a richer understanding of the treacherous ground facing even the best news organizations, and learned a great new word - hagiography. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1181":{"comments":"This piece doesn't fit in the category. It's about the many public and political fault lines around masking policies, vaccine resistance in Montana - NOT about the media coverage of these subjects. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":2,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1228":{"comments":"I treated the Fox news piece and the Local Media piece as the main entries - and the Joseph Mercola piece as context. Enjoyed the story-telling and insight, but had to work past the faint scent of activism that comes from viewing any skepticism that is not aligned with public health guidelines as illegitimate. Found the absence of source links to the various referenced local media sites and broadcasts an important deficiency that prevented a fuller exploration of the story. Some useful learning such as 'trading up the chain' in the different ways a story gets legitimized, and how it travels once legitimized, and the role local news plays in that chain. Overall a strong entry.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1262":{"comments":"RECUSE - please don't count the votes here.\nI am recusing myself from judging this entry since the publisher Lead Stories is a content partner on the Repustar platform. But I will raise the question as to whether fact-checking claims, while central to our future, falls in the category definition of observing media coverage. For this to be considered, we would need to treat the 'broadcasters' on social media whose claims are being debunked as the \"New Informal Media\". Which they are perhaps - but may be a new category for next year? ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":1,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":1,"Framing of the issue":1}},"status":"submit"},"vilasboas.eric@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"I appreciate this entry a lot, but as a Q&A with a single source (despite being an engaging convo), it feels like it's not in the same level of competition with the other written-through entries here. The work feels different.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1054":{"comments":"While a great second-day analysis on the death of Powell and the specific role that vaccine misinfo played into the public and media's reaction to it, I feel like this piece doesn't do the degree of reporting that other entries do to advance this problem. As coverage of a particular moment it's great, but it feels low-impact.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1181":{"comments":"I really, really liked reading this piece. I thought the framing of the issue was fitting and exciting for The Nation to cover, and spoke to battlegrounds like this around the country too.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1228":{"comments":"These are all good news stories on the shades of vaccine misinfo, using the resources and reach of the NYT to highlight villains like Fox News and Joe Mercola. I appreciate them a lot, but they're also not my favorite pieces writing-wise in this mix. (They're a #3 for me, after the Nation's and Lead Stories' entries.)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1262":{"comments":"Really appreciate the clarity, minute-by-minute meticulousness, and the persistence of debunking bullshit in a focused and accurate way here. This is my #2 after the Nation's piece.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"status":"submit"},"nicci.brown@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"This was an interesting piece, and the questions were well-crafted. The discussion of effective messaging in areas such as public health is particularly important, given shifts in perceptions of authority and expertise, and the rise of social media. I appreciated the reference to the need for context--in this case the lack of support that might make audiences more susceptible to misinformation. However, I wish there had been further exploration of the role journalism\/ the media has in addressing these needs and how that interfaces with our the broader societal infrastructure. ","scores":{"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Excellence of craft":4}},"1054":{"comments":"The first part of this article was a good fit for the awards, but overall, the fit was tangential.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":2}},"1181":{"comments":"This article included good reporting, but the piece does not fit the criteria of the awards.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":3,"Framing of the issue":1}},"1228":{"comments":"These articles are well-sourced and solidly written. They succinctly articulate the way audiences can easily be duped when media organizations cede to political and business interests and sacrifice news at the alter of opinion and ratings. \"The Most Influential Spreader of Coronavirus Misinformation Online\" demonstrates how deft marketers (and snake oil salesmen!), with the cooperation of unethical outlets, can harness headlines and uncertainty to sell ideas and products. And \"How Local Media Spreads Misinformation From Vaccine Skeptics\" showcases the power of local media to reach audiences and assign credibility, sometimes mistakenly. This highlights the tension between the need to produce original, independent, and well-sourced content and the need to make a profit. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5}},"1262":{"comments":"These articles are direct and get to the point. They are also highly appropriate for those looking to fact check claims being disseminated on social media. There could have been more discussion on the broader perspective on the media and its role in society, but I'm not sure that's the intent of these pieces. I appreciate the spotlight placed on the need for context--to quote Al Tompkins from Poynter, \"The difference between accuracy and truth is context.\" The submissions in this entry showcase that principle.\n\n(Final note: questions as leads may be encourage for SEO, but they don't make for a great reading experience!)","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"},"jmpedde@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"My favorite of the group as it\u2019s covering topics we\u2019ve only really begun to discuss, but that they\u2019re all connected. \u201cNews Deserts\u201d will be something that comes up more and more in the future, and their connections to online communities will play a large role. The interview didn\u2019t point fingers, but rather the groups that are spreading misinformation aren\u2019t doing it on purpose, but that they\u2019re often marginalized and don\u2019t have anywhere else to go or support systems in place to avoid it. Held up a nice mirror to journalists who need to think differently about different audiences. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5}},"1054":{"comments":"Good overview of a complicated story. This took place as Delta was waning, but before Omicron had really picked up. The quotes and balanced nature of the interviews were well done, and it told an interesting story surrounding the death of such a high profile republican. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1181":{"comments":"Well written, but felt like a timeline piece of a he said\/she said argument. Perfect for the nation\u2019s audience which just wants to hear about the political division, but not much else. ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"1228":{"comments":"Each piece hits the right notes, and has some decent overlap. The last article was the most interesting since it focused on the media industry shrinking and how there\u2019s a lot of non-journalist individuals out there spreading information - good and bad. Podcasts, local news, community groups etc. are overpowering quality journalism. What you\u2019d expect from the Times. \n","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":4}},"1262":{"comments":"Just fact checking pieces\u2026. No real \u201ccraft\u2019 involved beyond the research, and not really editorializing or thoughts on the industry reporting.","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3}},"status":"submit"}}},"final_voting":{"single_final":{"jkkaplan@syr.edu":{"1107":{"comments":"This is a fantastic story; to me it rises above the rest because it is a story on two levels: 1. How a small newspaper ended up playing the key role in the arrest of Ahmaud Arberys' murderers and 2. The context about how the likes of newspapers like the Brunswick paper are dying across the country. \nOn both levels the reporter did a tremendous job of showing the importance of local journalism but how local journalism is dying and the consequence of that.\n\nOverall I thought this was a strong category; I would rank this ahead of The Nation in second and the Intercept in third\n\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":5,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":5,"Framing of the issue":5,"Overall Score":5}},"1174":{"comments":"I like this story but it is a one-trick pony--America's hospitals didn't let journalists see what was going on during the pandemic.\nThat's true and it would have been better if journalists were allowed in but the beginning of the pandemic was confusing and scary and easy to see why hospitals were closed up tight. However, I do understand the author's point and one only needs to look at what is happening in Ukraine to see how important access is.\n\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":4,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":3,"Overall Score":3}},"1200":{"comments":"This is a terrific piece but left me longing for more. I feel that the author just touched on the surface of the institutional racism that permeated the newspaper industry but he jumps around a little too much. I would have preferred a bit more context and a bit more reporting other than just asking the industry for apologies.\n ","scores":{"Excellence of craft":3,"Appropriateness for the intended audience:":4,"Framing of the issue":5,"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"I like this a lot but this, to me, is stretching the idea of Best Single Story since it really is a compendium of blog posts over several years","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2174":{"comments":"Like the story but I'm not in favor of speculation and guesswork; either you find out or you don't","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2325":{"comments":"Great topic but one of the most poorly-written stories I've read. The top is way too opinionated and I'm still waiting to find out what happened exactly","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2368":{"comments":"Wow; this is quite the story and goes way beyond the where are they now genre\nreally impressed with the reporting and writing here; top notch","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"maryromano556@gmail.com":{"1107":{"comments":"Nice background piece but the reporting was thinner than the others.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1174":{"comments":"Excellent, all-around reporting. And it had a larger scope than the others--why this lack of access can be detrimental to the public.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1200":{"comments":"Story provided excellent insight in journalism's own role in racism. Solid sourcing in that the writer reached out to various media outlets--and their answers, and non-answers, were quite telling.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"I loved the use of graphics, photos, links to other coverage, and links to podcasts. The design was beautiful -- easy to use and navigate. This was truly a comprehensive look at how U.S. journalism reported on the pandemic at the start. The reporting was in-depth, and it weaved together journalism, politics, racial justice, public policy, and medicine. This piece was an outstanding piece of journalism, especially in a format that uses digital tools in all the right ways. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2174":{"comments":"Very interesting story. It highlights the fact that digital archives may not last, and the need for preservation. This article wasn't as strong as the others--it never gets to the bottom of who the buyer was, even if it seems obvious.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2325":{"comments":"Excellent in-depth look at how the manner in which news gathering on crime in Black neighborhoods decades ago remains the standard on how this type of crime reporting is conducted. And it clearly show the repercussions of this type of reporting in perpetuating stereotypes and influences public opinion and public policy--especially criminal justice policies.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2368":{"comments":"This writer found a story that hadn't been told before. It's the story behind the photos, and it was well written. It's a good example of how journalism can play into systemic racism without proper reporting, adding context, following up. And lives are at stake. Shirley and her family indeed ended up as collateral damage.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"hpolskin@gmail.com":{"1107":{"comments":"This is a well-written, well-researched nuts and bolts story about how journalism works in a small market. It tells you everything you need to know about the state of newspaper journalism in 202. And it shows that despite the enormous financial challenges that local newspapers face, a determined journalist can still make a difference. I particularly liked how the focus of the story toggled between details about the state of the industry and particulars about the Brunswick News and reporter Hobbs of the \"sun-weathered\" face. And bonus points for the image of Hobbs, which told me a lot about the man. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1174":{"comments":"I had a hard time buying into the premise of this story. I followed the pandemic news very closely for the first year. I never felt that I was missing something. I recall many instances of footage or images from hospital, patients on incubators, medical personnel gowned from head to toe. The kicker about hospitals being run by lawyers not doctors is a bit of a cheap shot. The legal POV is always critical with big, powerful institutions. The arguments contained in the article just didn't really sway me. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1200":{"comments":"There is no question that this is a powerful story exposing a shameful distant past of the newspaper business. While the revelations are shocking, they are not surprising considering the country's original sin. But the story doesn't make a strong enough case that -- and I'm quoting here -- \"a significant part of America's existing news business was built on oppression...\" There's no question that it's part of the industry's history, as evidenced by this piece. But it's unclear how significant...","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"The everything but the kitchen sink story. There is a lot to unpack in this story. A whole lot. I liked how Alsop threaded some of his personal challenges into the piece. He sense of panic in the very first weeks of the pandemic was conveyed in powerful but language. The article certainly shows where journalism worked and failed in covering the pandemic. But I often felt like it was trying to do too many things on too many different platforms, which made the story feel more like an obligation than a compelling piece of journalism. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2174":{"comments":"Well written, well constructed \"mystery\" story about who bought the digital archive of a small VA weekly and made it vanish. At first glance, it seems like a small, insignificant event but as one gets deeper into the piece the larger context reveals itself. It shows the fragility of digital archives from news outlets and it shows how bad actors might be able to erase embarrassing moments from their past. I particularly liked the way it was written (good lead) and constructed. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2325":{"comments":"This is an extremely ambitious, thorough examination of the Philly-born Eyewitness News tv news format and how it harmed Black Americans. It's certainly a fresh take on the much criticized Eyewitness News format. It made many important points. However, I found that it could have been cut by at least 20%. There were too many historical asides that went on too long which blunted the impact of the story. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2368":{"comments":"Powerful, well-written story that hits with the force of a gut-punch. The story not only examines what happened to the subjects once the story was published, but there's a subtext about the responsibilities of a journalism institution. My only quibble with the story is that it never puts takes really describes reporter Dick Stolley's outsize role at Time Inc. (founding editor of People, acquirer of the Zapruder film for Life magazine).","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"dadamssimmons@gmail.com":{"1107":{"comments":"A crisp, detailed assessment\/review of the anatomy of local news coverage of a single story, a metaphor for the impact of local coverage on the national discourse.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1174":{"comments":"Excellent story on the role of hospitals in shielding Covid-19\/limiting coverage. Ultimately, the story is more about hospitals than holding a mirror to media. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1200":{"comments":"a well-researched story -- with an eloquent personal touch -- on the historical impact of racist coverage. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"A solid assessment of the industry\u2019s response to the pandemic.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2174":{"comments":"A consequential story expertly told.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2325":{"comments":"Great historical context. Provided information and insight that is not well known.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2368":{"comments":"Deep, nuanced reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"Merrillbrown02@hotmail.com":{"1107":{"comments":"Well done. Not particularly unique in the coverage. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1174":{"comments":"Multiple approaches to telling the story. Very thoughtfully conceived, researched and presented. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1200":{"comments":"Excellent story, writer has a great deal to say and clear point of view. Dry if disturbing. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"Fine deep work. Do wish it had pierced the consciousness more, both of the public and a too often lazy press. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2174":{"comments":"Good choice is stories as it's a rarely told slice of the death of the daily print newspaper. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2325":{"comments":"Reviews not especially interesting or new local phenomena. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2368":{"comments":"What a fine read. Telling a story that provides so much rich history for the many people unfamiliar with the civil rights period. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"mchessher@mail.smu.edu":{"status":"submit","1816":{"comments":"The initial graphics on this piece made me feel like I was watching \"Everything Everywhere All At Once\" on a compressed, continuous loop, which, I guess, was sorta the point ( but distracting nonetheless). And, really not a knock. \n\nTackling the story of the coverage of Covid-19 through the lives and experiences of a collection of journalists made such a huge and sprawling story personal, manageable, hard to stop reading. The depth of reporting, the range of storytelling, the experience of engaging with this piece made it a remarkable standout. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2174":{"comments":"The digital erasure of this alt weekly (and a multitude of others) is definitely a compelling story\/issue, but, for me, it ran out of steam toward the end when the \"who done it\" aspect remained undone. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2325":{"comments":"What a powerful, compelling, painful dive into how a local broadcast operation leveraged the intersection of crime reporting, sensationalism, and racism to build a successful \"news\" playbook that preyed upon and further damaged marginalized communities and became a model copied around the nation. Nice package -- particularly the mini-documentary. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2368":{"comments":"In terms of narrative storytelling, this piece offers much -- compelling, heartbreaking characters, evocative scenes, and undeniable sense of place. It also illustrates many, many ethical issues while telling such an important story that was almost lost to us. So many valuable lessons told through an important voice that is often not heard on the pages of this magazine. How many more Shirleys must exist and whose stories we will never know. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}}},"commentary_final":{"hub.brown@ufl.edu":{"1046":{"comments":"It is extremely rare to find work that so unsparingly critiques not just past media behavior that has substantially contributed to the marginalization of people of color, but present actions as well. To actually document the role of newspapers in helping facilitate the murder of Black people is courageous in the times we are in. The author lets no one off the hook, and that level of accountability is essential if we are ever to move to a place that actually begins to repair the damage done to Black, Hispanic, Indigenous and other marginalized people over the centuries--damage that prominent newspapers nationwide have been complicit in.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1158":{"comments":"Very strong reporting. Very engaging stories. It was very hard to turn away, because the content was so compelling.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1305":{"comments":"Good, deep examination of the issues in three different cases. The Attica work stands out.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"Narrowly focused on newspapers and fairly large ones at that. There are innovative approaches that this doesn\u2019t discuss.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2282":{"comments":"Substantively calling out both-sidesism is an underrated skill, and is done well here. It swings for the fences, but not wildly. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2440":{"comments":"At a time when we are seemingly awash in punditry, an effort to hold the pundits accountable for their pronouncements is refreshing. And in the process, we learn something about process of arriving at opinions\u2014how it works and how it often fails the public.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2482":{"comments":"This brings in multiple perspectives and spares few in its criticism of our collective COVID response. Comprehensive and well-argued.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"jkkaplan@syr.edu":{"1046":{"comments":"This is a great piece but it is not commentary; it is journalism history; well reported and well written but I don't think it fits the category","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1158":{"comments":"No question this is tremendous stuff but I'm having a real difficult time wrapping my arms around what this really is: is it commentary? Clearly these are really interesting stories about three journalists who came upon difficult times but I see these as deeply reported stories. These are more explanatory rather than commentary though I'm open to being convinced these are unconventional commentary. This should be a Mirrors winner; I just don't know if this is the right category.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1305":{"comments":"These are three solid columns though densely written. Much of this is more traditional reporting than commentary though that is often a good thing.\nHe makes some very good points in each column but I'm not sure many readers are willing to wade through much of it.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"Not really commentary; it reads like a good business story especially the top","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2282":{"comments":"not very good at all; one pundit criticizing another; she needs an editor","scores":{"Overall Score":1}},"2440":{"comments":"These are good and provocative columns; taking a counter-intuitive approach to the usual narrative and well-argued; he did what a good columnist should do; let the dust settle and explain why others are wrong--or right. In many years I'm not sure these would win but this year it seems like the only viable candidate","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2482":{"comments":"Other than the piece on the gridiron, this doesn't fit the Mirror awards since it is not commentary on the media","scores":{"Overall Score":2}}},"rthompso@syr.edu":{"1046":{"comments":"My top pick. Densely packed, but highly readable. A semester's worth of history, power, journalism, and lots more all gracefully jammed into a few pages.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1158":{"comments":"The Economic Hardship Reporting Project is a noble venture, and the \"Going for Broke\" podcasts are edifying, often moving, always compassion-inducing. I think it's important that we judge these as audio works, not as transcripts. The three episodes submitted were good representatives of the series. I think these also deserve a 5, but I rank it just a little under the Neason essay. Also, aren't these more profiles that commentaries?","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1305":{"comments":"Three fine pieces; the Attica one with the most original (to me, anyway) material and ideas. Although I'm ranking this third, it does seem to fall most clearly under the traditional definition of \"commentary\" (Neason being history and Suarez et al. being profiles). ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"This piece provided some compelling data about an obviously urgent subject. Some of it, however, seemed oddly underwhelming--- \"After the Denver Rocky Mountain News closed in 2009, the authors found, municipal borrowing costs rose by an average of more than one-third of a percentage point,\" for example. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2282":{"comments":"The structure of the argument---and the writing, overall---wasn't very felicitous. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2440":{"comments":"The retrospective compilations of how journalists covered various subjects (in this case the \"red wave\" and the future of Roe v. Wade) are useful reminders of the limitations of expert analyses and their methodologies. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2482":{"comments":"Of the four entries, these pieces seemed the strongest. The argument exposing \"public health apartheid\" has been made before, but it's re-articulated effectively here, with convincing energy.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"andrew.edgecliffe-johnson@ft.com":{"1046":{"comments":"I found this submission thorough, gripping and challenging - uncomfortably so, but appropriately so, as it was meant to challenge. Neason makes her case powerfully by confronting readers with the disturbing history of newspapers\u2019 role in whipping up racism, and her analysis of the recent spate of apologies for that coverage is sharp (\u201cToo often, conversations aiming to assess a newsroom\u2019s performance come with an urge to self-congratulate.\u201d) I wished she had given us more detail on what reparations might look like, and how they should be designed.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1158":{"comments":"This is a highly original series that is doing valuable work in making us think about people who have been economically marginalised. Lori Yearwood\u2019s account of homelessness and sleeplessness was fresh and personal; John Koopman\u2019s journey from war correspondent to bouncer was a vivid, human take on media layoffs; and Ray Suarez turning the interviewer\u2019s microphone on himself was a powerful illustration of the effects of ageism. Maybe it\u2019s the podcast medium, but I found this package a little thinner and less satisfying than the other finalists\u2019 submissions, though. The episodes have been well packaged up for this award but I\u2019m not sure any of them was designed primarily as a piece of media commentary. \n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1305":{"comments":"I found this a fresh and forceful package of stories about media biases and blind spots. Whether he\u2019s writing about the big media story of the moment, like Chris Cuomo\u2019s conflicts of interest, the lessons of something that happened 50 years ago, like the Attica prison riot, or new information demanding a rethink of many a recent headline, as with the Steele dossier, Erik Wemple has a knack for confronting his industry (and sometimes his own publication) with uncomfortable truths and constructive lessons.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"If you\u2019re sitting down in 2022 to write the umpteenth piece about the decline of local news I think you need to deliver something more original and more deeply reported than this. And if you\u2019re going to mention your own proprietor, (who has been accused in the past of financial misrepresentation, self-dealing, price gouging, and fraud) you might want to do better than just implying that civic-mindedness was his only motivation for buying a newspaper.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2282":{"comments":"Both-sideism in journalism is a strong subject, but this felt like a rather thin treatment of it. Also, can you simultaneously go after both-sideism in a politics story and bias (here defined as a failure to quote both sides) in an economics story? There\u2019s definitely a strongly expressed point of view here, but the arguments don\u2019t feel well supported.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2440":{"comments":"I\u2019m not wild about the writing style of some of these columns but there\u2019s no question this is media *criticism*. Wemple doesn\u2019t pull his punches, and occasionally aims one at himself for what he realises in hindsight were lapses in his earlier coverage. I thought he picked good topics and did the reporting to back up his opinion (eg. \"The Erik Wemple Blog has asked about 30 Times staffers whether they still believe their 'danger' tweets\".)","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2482":{"comments":"These pieces force those of us in positions of shaping public narratives to confront the question of who declared the pandemic over. Gonsalves challenges us to ask which voices have been left out of in this debate, which I found valuable. But is this really about the media, or about those with power and privilege more broadly? \n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}},"Dorothy.Bland@unt.edu":{"1046":{"comments":"Alexandria Neason\u2019s commentary titled \u201cOn Atonement\u201d in The Columbia Journalism Review gets my vote for the commentary winner. It exemplifies excellence of craft and depth in writing, newsgathering and sourcing. She provides historical perspective dating back to the 19th century with details on how Josephus Daniels, a North Carolina newspaper publisher, waged an \u201canti-Black propaganda campaign\u201d via his newspapers as well as 21st century atonement efforts by publications such as the Los Angeles Times and The Advertiser in Montgomery, Alabama. The package clearly documents how \u201cthe history of American journalism is inextricably linked to white supremacy,\u201d in her words, but also includes the $3 million settlement in a class action settlement for 240 journalists who had worked at the Times between 2015 and 2020. She also shines light on the Media 2070 essay by Free Press, the need for \u201cmedia reparations\u201d and stresses that equity isn\u2019t lip service, but requires financial investment and much more work. It's a marathon and not a sprint. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1158":{"comments":"Ray Suarez\u2019s \u201cGoing for Broke\u201d podcast entries illuminate the economic hardships of three journalists, including himself, who have lost jobs and been forced to retool in many cases. He\u2019s a terrific storyteller with insightful guests and the archival audio is compelling. The podcasts submitted humanize the challenges of ageism with his personal journey (including cancer), the interconnection between the lack of sleep trauma and homelessness from Lori Yearwood\u2019s perspective, and John Koopman\u2019s remarkable insights about the value of being a veteran who moved from being a star war reporter for the San Francisco to a strip club manager, Uber driver and bartender. This entry raises the question of whether it should be in a podcast category rather than commentary.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1305":{"comments":"The three commentaries submitted by Erik Wemple are impressive in that they are well researched and range from the recent CNN debacle, which led to the dismissal of anchor Chris Cuomo, to the 1971 Attica prison uprising, which involved an officially-sanctioned misinformation campaign by law enforcement as well as the mainstream media\u2019s failure to accurately and adequately cover the tragedy. Wemple raises excellent points that the Attica coverage \u201csmeared a group of people with no power\u201d and acknowledges the \u201cfallout from the misinformation is still with us,\u201d but stops short of offering opportunities for the media to take corrective action going forward.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"This entry by Michael Hiltzik gets my vote for \"Best Commentary.\" He does an excellent job providing an overview of how the Gatehouse acquisition of Gannett has not led to cost-saving economies of scale, and has instead \"cut costs by offering readers less --- fewer reporters and editors producing fewer local news stories.\" The author goes beyond Gannett to look at the state of the industry with mention of other companies such as Lee Enterprises. A.H. Belo, and the LA Times. He acknowledges that \"The newspaper industry connived in it own decline.\" The writing is strong and highlights a variety of initiatives, including nonprofit news models such as the Texas Tribune and university partnerships such as the UC Berkeley journalism collaboration with Richmond Confidential. It's also interesting that he describes \"other efforts\" including links to the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act and Local Journalism Sustainability Act as \"dubious.\" ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2282":{"comments":"Interesting, but not exceptional.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2440":{"comments":"The assortment of Erik Wemple's media columns tackle issues ranging from the New York Times Tom Cotton op-ed column to the media to commentary related to . Kavanaugh and Roe commentary. The column about the NY Times' editorial page editor's departure and the Tom Cotton op-ed column speaks to to Wemple's humility. His columns are generally well researched. The strongest of the three was about the midterm debacle with many mainstream outlets predicting a red wave that didn't happen. He labeled it \"Mainstream Media Bend-Over-Backward Syndrome.\" ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2482":{"comments":"The author provides strong commentary on why the Covid-19 pandemic is not over. In his words, \"Covid lingers, too, among the potentially millions with long Covid, among the hundreds of thousands of orphan children, millions more grieving their dead.\" He writes of \"public health apartheid\" and cites \"carelessness, fear and arrogance\" as the reigning spirits of the age. \n\nOne of the columns focuses on the work of photographer Camilo Jose Vergara, and he ends the column tackling the need to confront race and class.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"carlson.margaret@gmail.com":{"1046":{"comments":"This is such a work of scholarship, it's hard to compare to the others. It made me ashamed of journalists who not only lied but then covered up their complicity. She mixed history and the present well and though it was a short book--and should be published as a long one--my interest never flagged. It's like Roots for journalism, as gripping to a general audience as to the CJR one. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1158":{"comments":"This reached heart and mind, the latter by using experts and expanding to two other journalists running into the wall he did. His choice of Lori Yearwood was especially good because she added to our understanding why it's so hard for the homeless to escape homelessness--the toll of sleeplessness. I miss onenight and Im hopeless. John said he never thought he could be let go--he risked his life for the paper. \nBy baring so much of his soul, Suarez helped everyone walloped by layoffs and firings. I hope it reaches the 400 hires at CNN, who'll get six-months severance but may never find other jobs in the profession. I loved the CJR piece but I was overcome by this one. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1305":{"comments":"Wemple has a wider range than many press critics, Attica more like On Atonement but Steele more ordinary, one of many of the stories chasing Trump and those who tried to nail him. The latter gets into weeds of sourcing where the general reader might not go and it gets a little hard to go back and forth between the indictment and the Journal's story. It shows the limitations of one journalist versus a full blown team of investigators. Wemple is part lawyer, part writer. That has great advantages--no one's quite taken apart the Steele dossier as he did--but it also might not reach a wide audience that's largely interested in whether there was a Golden Shower or not. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit","2215":{"comments":"I've read the death of journalism and and how it deprives communities of knowing who the bad guys are many times and this isn't the best of them. Taken as a news story, it had some interesting tales, in particular that Chevron created a corporate PR site that pretended to be a community news source. If you're a huge refinery.you don't want to be at the mercy of local reporters, that is, if there are any left. A good follow up would be how many businesses are following Chevron's lead. And you too Gannett, you family enterprise, you're paying your all ready well taken care of board members close to $250,000 a year for a few meetings at which they may sigh and approve of laying off journalists who make less than $50,000. Hiltzik wasn't outraged enough. Put his facts in Kaufman's hands and you'd have commentary. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2282":{"comments":"Now this is commentary that's so satisfyingly brisk and direct, you watch her quote chapter and verse to show how pernicious mindless, required 'on the other hand' journalism is. She chose the right culprit to make her points. Giving both sides equal time should have stopped a long time ago but surely should have been put to death when Trump came into office. Her other two pieces weren't of the caliber of the first but they were all better than the competition. .And in Substack. I'm gong to subscribe. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2440":{"comments":"I'd never thought about it before but now Wemple has given soft quotes from lawyers about SC justices a name: legal logrolling, although there's a Willie Sutton bank-money problem: reporters go to lawyers because that's where the expertise is.I don't think Kathleen Parker is a lawyer and he really lights into her, that pretty brave because she has more standing than he does. He left out--or I missed--that it wasn't all having to argue before the court and not wanting to piss any of them off or wish-writing that it wasn't going to happen, or Parker being a conservative who does know Clarence Thomas but didn't know the company he was keeping but the fact that all Trump's appointees lied about their position on abortion under oath. I always thought it would be overturned but I'm a cynic and didn't believe the lying liars. On news outlets standing by their lame midterm predictions, that's not news worthy of Wemple's talent. I love mea culpas and there aren't enough of them but it's curious how journalists leap to eat their own. to prove ---what? a pack of hounds baying. It makes you want to cancel your subscription to the Times. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2482":{"comments":"Do I remember that Adler quoted Gonsalves near the end of his piece saying what normalizing COVID by Leonhardt and others was \"corrosive,\" a pretty strong word. I wondered if Adler was being even-handed or if he was using Gonsalves to express his real opinion. The pandemic revealed what good journalists doctors and public health officials make and Gonzalves belongs there. Although the spring dinners last year weren't important enough to me to take any risk, at the time I didn't fault the organizers for going forward post vaccine. Gonzalves showed how elite that decision was, one of many choices I could make that separates me from the checkout clerk at Safeway. Choosing the Gridiron Dinner is shooting fish in a barrel but it worked as the frame to make his points. The second piece wasn't as powerful because we heard less from the writer him as he gave the floor over to long quotes from others. That form works for Tom Edsall because that's what the scholarly Edsall does. Gonsalves is probably too modest to think we want to more of him. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}}},"higgins_final":{"tbreton@cox.net":{"1073":{"comments":"A really important piece about what is happening to journalism and reporters' attempts to cover news in Hong Kong. But I'm not sure this entry is in the right category for judging. These are mini profiles of reporters who are being punished for covering news that China doesn't want disseminated, and\/or are working for news outlets that are being dismantled in a crackdown on press freedom. Is this piece \"investigative reporting\" or explanatory journalism? ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1183":{"comments":" This was a really well-written column that I learned a lot from. It was balanced and fair while at the same time damning. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1245":{"comments":" Scary story and very revealing. Interesting to learn that just 8 young conservative videographers are influencing so many Americans with edited and distorted footage. But the story is not well organized and is much too long. I felt like I was reading the same thing over and over again. I would have liked to know more about who these 8 videographers are. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1250":{"comments":"Stories had big effect and caused further damaged the reputation of the HFPA. They exposed real problems within the organization and ethical lapses that probably violate tax laws. The stories will force reforms. Holding truth to power is what good investigative journalism does.\n\n I do have a few issues with the reporting and structure of the main story : The organization's financial reports provided a road-map for reporting and contained some really explosive stuff. But almost all the rest of the reporting was based on anonymous sources. The story seemed repetitive in places and could have been trimmed without the reader missing anything. I also think it could have been better organized, There was some important detail regarding ethical issues buried in the story. It also seems like a lot of this bad stuff about the HFPA has already been reported on in previous years by other news organizations. \n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"save","2268":{"comments":" This was quite a project but I question why it took the Black Lives Matter protests to get the paper to write exhaustively about this if the editors really believe that The Oregonian's racist and xenophobic history has had such an impact on current day demographics in Oregon -- and the state's criminal justice system. \nI also think it's a very big leap to state that the reason there are so very few minorities living in Oregon today is because of racist and xenophobic columns, editorials and news stories published more than 100 years ago -- without much from interviews to back up that assertion. \nWhile I applaud the exhaustive archival research, I don't think this project has been entered in the right category. Is this really \"investigative\" journalism? \nIt also seems, based on the stories themselves, like a lot of people have already written about these issues and are currently still writing about them. \n In addition, I have some ethical concerns: Why would The Oregonian need to get $30,000 in outside funding for one of its own fulltime investigative reporters and editors to produce this series? Isn't the paper owned by Advance Publications? Why didn't the Newhouse family, which owns The Oregonian, fully subsidize this project? Or did it and was the money used to pay outside reviewers\/advisors who were asked to comment on drafts? I also have concerns about the editorial decision to let members of the community look at and critique drafts of the story before publication. Did The Oregonian use the $30,000 it got from The John Farmer Memorial Fund to pay these members of Oregon's minority community for their feedback and suggested editorial revisions? The editor's note says that the paper \"contracted with\" community members to review the pieces which is very unusual. How much did their input change the final product? \n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2308":{"comments":"Very important topic but as a reader, I felt like it was an octopus of a story with too many tentacles, too many talking heads and too many quotes. I didn't like the way the story was organized. While the piece was very thoroughly researched and the writer got a lot of great material from interviews, I don't think I was really surprised by what I learned. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2347":{"comments":"Incredibly well researched and informative stories. They were very long but kept me reading as they were so deeply reported and well organized. I learned so much about Tucker Carlson, the Murdochs and Fox that I didn't know before and also about who Tucker Carlson's most loyal and ardent fans are. Sadly, this is the type of investigative reporting that has in large part disappeared in recent years except at the very largest media outlets. These could have been partisan pieces but Nicholas Confessore let Tucker Carlson's own words and actions -- along with data sifting -- show who he is and why he does what he does -- and why his employer does not rein him in. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2444":{"comments":"I learned so much from this entry that I did not know about the explosive growth of right-wing, Christian radio talk radio and the people behind it. This is an excellent example of explanatory investigative journalism presented in a historical yet entertaining context. Thornton shows us how and why one side of the political and religious spectrum came to dominate talk radio and the people who were responsible for that. She also showed us how Salem Media has spurred more right-wing candidates to run for public office -- many of them winning in recent elections. This is great reporting focused on the intersection of media and politics. It shows us how talk radio shapes public opinion. I didn't know anything about Salem, Eric Metaxas or Phil Boyce before listening to this podcast. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"dorian@teemingmedia.com":{"1073":{"comments":"A strong portrayal of the threats faced by journalists and journalism in Hong Kong, and a crucial look at the challenges to journalists in an economic hub at the crux of one of the world\u2019s largest economies that is also under the control of a non-democratic society.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1183":{"comments":"Scores high in each of the categories for looking at Ozy and its leader, presenting the controversy around him with strongly substantiated sourcing and citations. (It is a story that has gotten a lot of coverage elsewhere, too.)\n","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1245":{"comments":"I would want to elevate this one because of the importance of the story. I did not know as much about it as the others despite having consumed a fair amount of news about Jan. 6. Curiously, I would rate the video more highly than the text page. The video is constructed compellingly, with sourcing that\u2019s hard to assail. The article covers the same ground but is less well-crafted, more of an assemblage of similar material that makes the reader work a lot harder to glean the important info.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1250":{"comments":"A well-written and researched story that tells the story of, and the controversy behind, the HFPA. While this is a Los Angeles newspaper \u2014 and therefore may be appropriate in going into lengthy detail \u2014 at some moments it seems to be adding facts upon facts that do not necessarily help the narrative. It is also a story that has gotten considerable coverage, however this article appears to have been one of the seminal ones that kicked it all off.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"A thorough mea culpa put in historical context. While it brings to mind other cases of what we might call apology journalism \u2014 the cases of Janet Cooke, Jason Blair, and Wen Ho Lee, for example \u2014 this case likely surpasses those in longterm societal import. Still, while the Oregonian did a necessary and important job of reporting about itself and its damaging history, it is a work of self-reporting that would not top others for the award this year. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2308":{"comments":"A thoroughly researched, well-crafted and unassailable investigative look at a segment of the media industry \u2014 and a set of companies \u2014 that deserves this kind of highly professional scrutiny. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2347":{"comments":"On balance, the Tucker Carlson series takes the award. The data analysis and craft in presenting that made a convincing case \u2014 one of the rare cases I\u2019ve seen of valid data-driven linguistic analysis for this type of journalism. That put it ahead of the Pornhub piece. My one misgiving was that in a few spots the language used in the articles seemed to tip into opinion.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2444":{"comments":"This series gracefully and with impact examines an important and substantial aspect of American media history and contextualizes that history\u2019s influence on today. And so it breaks my heart a bit to not recommend this one for the ultimate prize. It\u2019s fabulous. But two other pieces in this category this year showed stronger levels of investigative reporting and analysis, while also putting them in context.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"dmrubin@syr.edu":{"1073":{"comments":"There is no question that this is an important topic. I was happy to be introduced to some of the young journalists on the front lines in Hong Kong trying to practice their profession. However, all the news from Hong Kong over the last decade has made it clear that press freedom, and all other civil liberties, are doomed. So the question raised in the title of the piece is not really a question at all. No, press freedom cannot be saved in Hong Kong, and this piece didn't change my long-held view on this subject. \n\nI also grew tired of the approach; that is, o\ufb00ering small pro\ufb01les of journalists confronting the repression. A sameness set in and I didn't learn much in the second half of the piece. The writing was pedestrian, or perhaps functional. But that is often a problem with entries from CJR. \n\nIn sum, it's an important topic but it didn't o\ufb00er much new to those who have been following events in Hong Kong since the British turned the colony over to the Chinese. It was \"game over\" right then. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1183":{"comments":"I read this story by Smith when it came out and knew immediately that it would have dire consequences for Ozy Media, as it did. Smith had a good source and did solid reporting. The story is no longer than it has to be, unlike some of the over-long entries. \n\nThe only reason it is not a 5 is similar to the entry on the Golden Globes; that is, it is less consequential than The Intercept story. While the Smith story certainly was consequential to Ozy, driving it out of business for now, not many in the general public had any idea what Ozy media was. Nor do we miss it now. \nWhile this probably doesn't matter, and didn't a\ufb00ect my vote, Smith has now left The Times, so we would be giving a Mirror to someone no longer there. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1245":{"comments":"I was aware that such video of street demonstrations existed and that it often went viral. But I had not considered the source of the video or the fact it was being systematically gathered and then distorted to re\ufb02ect badly on protestors of police violence. \n\nI am impressed that the Intercept reporters identi\ufb01ed these activist right-wing videographers and presented so much of their work product so that we could see it for ourselves. I learned a lot about the manipulation and distortion of this information. They presented information that makes me even more convinced that Rittenhouse should have been convicted of murder or manslaughter. \n\nThe only drawback in the story was that the writers never reached an overarching or re\ufb02ective conclusion. How concerned should we be that this is going on? Should the media that pick up the video not use it as they have been using it? How are the mainstream media at fault, if at all? Are there any legal consequences for the videographers? If so, I don't see them. How important in the demise of our democracy has this sort of Twitter activity been? I don't know, and I wish I knew. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1250":{"comments":"The story had a huge impact on the Golden Globe organization and may have led to its permanent demise. It is well reported and written, if a bit long. To the Hollywood community, this is an important story. \n\nHowever, to the broader public, how important is this organization? Not very. I therefore downgraded it from a 5 to a 4 because the consequences of the reporting are less signi\ufb01cant than other entries in this category. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"This is a worthy effort that all daily newspapers in the U.S. ought to undertake. \n\nI was not aware of Portland, Oregon's racist past. I think of Portland as a \"liberal\" city. The paper provides examples of the racist portrayal of the small Black community, and the violence done to it. \n\nThe writing is on the pedestrian, dutiful side. I also wish the focus had not been mostly on the Portland of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Surely the Black community in Portland has suffered in many ways after World War II. For example, how did the paper cover red-lining in the mortgage industry and restrictive zoning that kept Blacks out of White neighborhoods? How has it covered segregated schools? How did the paper cover the civil unrest around the BLM movement? It is easier and less controversial to look at coverage from 1890. It is potentially more controversial to determine if racism still exists, or has recently existed, at the paper. This entry provides no answer.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2308":{"comments":"This is the second time in the last few years that The New Yorker has focused on Pornhub. This time the magazine whiffs on the topic. The exploitation of children and child sex trafficking is not primarily taking place at Pornhub. Kolhatkar ought to have looked at Google, Facebook, Instagram, and many \"tube\" sites that do nothing to clean up their act and that carry far more child pornography than Pornhub. Also, her main sources seem more intent on attacking Pornhub than in ending the exploitation of children on social media. The site, so far as I know, requires releases from its performers and only permits content from consenting adults 18 and over. If so, what's the problem? Kolhatkar doesn't convince me there is a problem at Pornhub. She was captured by her sources.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2347":{"comments":"This is a very strong entry on a very important topic. When it first appeared in The Times, I skipped it. I wondered why the paper thought Carlson deserved so much space and prominence. Now I know. \n\nThe series explains how Carlson came to be both the present and the future of Fox News in the post-cable age. I now understand his embrace of Trumpism without Trump, and what that implies. The Times exposes how nativist, racist, and anti-Semitic Carlson is, all to serve his unruly audience. \"Respect the audience\" is the network's mantra, and it has gotten them into a heap of trouble in the Dominion libel suit. The link between Carlson and his supposed white \"victims\" is made clear. I learned details about his upbringing and his early struggles to gain a foothold in cable news that made him desperate to succeed at any cost. Confessore provides many telling little details, such as Rupert himself telling Fox News chief Scott to \"clean house.\" Meaning....good bye to anyone trying to be a journalist at Fox. This is one of the strongest entries of the last few competitions.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2444":{"comments":"In most years this would have been the top prize winner. I found it a close second to the Confessore piece on Carlson. In many ways they are related in subject matter. This one deals with how commercial radio fell into the grasp of the Christian right and Trumpism. Confessore updates the story to include cable and Carlson. The history of the age of public interest broadcasting is very valuable. How many people know about the Fairness Doctrine any longer or its importance? Or the WLBT case and how the public could successfully challengeda license renewal? Or the ascertainment requirement as a part of license renewal? All gone. \n\nI had not heard of Salem Broadcasting. Shame on me. I was focused only on Clear Channel. Nor was Phil Boyce on my radar. He is now. The coverage of Limbaugh is also quite good, although his story is more well known. \n\nI liked this series enough to listen to parts of it that were not included in the three-part entry. \n\nIf my fellow panelists vote to give the top prize to this entry over Confessore, I would not object. Both are excellent.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"andyabrahams86@gmail.com":{"1073":{"comments":"\u201cYou could\u2019ve spent 100 percent of your energy on a story, but now you spend 50 percent working on it and the other 50 dealing with pressure from the higher-ups,\u201d she says. \u201cThis very much deviates from our principles of journalism.\u201d Such is the reality of reporting in Hong Kong now and Elaine Yu does an excellent job here with many first-hand sources in laying bare how the repressive censorship dictated by Beijing in mainland China has more than crept into Hong Kong's media landscape. \n\nWe have read these kinds of foreign media censorship stories before for Mirror Awards but this feels urgent now, with China's repressive regime at the forefront of global politics in general.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1183":{"comments":"This is my winner, with the Hong Kong piece a close second. Smith delivers one of the best first grafs in a media story I've read in ages, with the Ozy exec posing as a YouTube exec. While Watson may not have duped as many high profile people as Elizabeth Holmes, this has all the intrigue of a Theranos sequel. Smith's piece is well-written examination of how so many were under the thrall of Ozy and Watson and how, like Holmes, Watson hit up big-name players like Steve Jobs widow from the start for funding. First-rate media story. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1245":{"comments":"Mackey does a good job of revealing exactly who the sources are for the deceptive or inaccurate depictions of widespread rioting during the BLM protests. Then he cites specific examples of how Trump, his press office or FOX deliberately skews the coverage. It was a bit murky for me when you bring antifa or anarchists protests in, say, Portland and they get thrown in with the general protest movement in the wake of George Floyd's murder. It seems that they were just contributing to general mayhem and not supportive of BLM. I am sympathetic (I stress, to a point) when the general audience of TV and video viewers then get confused as to who exactly is protesting what, and the means some go to to express their views.\n\nBut this doesn't take away from the well-sourced analysis of how the cherry picking of video can serve as conservative right-wing talking points in a dangerous way.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1250":{"comments":"A well-reported look into Hollywood's too-cozy relationship with the HFPA, and the organization's shady practices. I have followed and been a part of the entertainment reporting world for years, so these were not particularly revelatory for me. But for most of the public, this pulls back the curtain on the glitz of the Golden Globes and this series forced the HFPA to at least address the charges made and what they plan to do about them.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"This is my runner up as a winner. I don't know what other media entities have done in terms of mining their own archives and reflect on past (we hope) racist, xenophobic or sexist views. But the Oregonian gets major kudos from me for delivering not only a meticulously researched series but also for raising an interesting issue: can newspapers make editorial reparations for blatantly ignorant and destructive reporting? I now want to go back into the archives of my hometown papers (WashPo and the long-defunct Washington Star) for starters to see what coverage was like in the predominantly Black city they covered.\n\nFirst rate series and hopefully others will do some similar digging into their own past reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2308":{"comments":"This frightening and excellent investigative story was deeply reported in the usual New Yorker fashion and well sourced throughout. But I wondered why this was entered at all as it's not a story about the media industry. It's about a shady porn website that has put many lives at risk, but it's not a news website nor does it look or smell like a media entity as we know it.\n\nMaybe I'm nitpicking but I was trying to be true to the mission of the awards. I'm happy to debate it in our Zoom call and I gave it a 4 to recognize it's contribution as a good example of enterprise reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2347":{"comments":"I might be swayed somewhat by the timeliness of FOX's settlement of the Dominion suit and this series. But Confessore's well-reported pieces are still my winner in this category. He gives the reader loads of context of how Carlson came to define FOX and draws a pretty undisputable line between Carlson and the Murdochs in terms of their tacit approval of the show's POV. If there ever was a FOX show that belies the \"news\" and fair and balanced tropes at FOX, it's Carlson's, and Confessore lays that out in extraordinary detail. \n\nConfessore's writing is sharp and he really gets you inside the FOX \"news\" operation and I thought the deep-dive into the white farmers in South Africa \"story\" was particularly illuminating. The infographics\/data visualization segment in this series was also a clever way to literally illustrate the dog-whistle aspect of how Carlson amplifies the nativist agenda of his show. An excellent series all around.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2444":{"comments":"This was the weakest entry in the category. My ears glazed over (you know what I mean!) listening to some of the FCC history and there wasn't much new here like shock jock radio and the rise of Rush Limbaugh. There's also the ponderous delivery that's kind of endemic to the On The Media segments I have listened to, though I admit I'm not a loyal listener. But I didn't know about the Salem Media Group and how much of a hold they have in the Christian community and beyond. \n\n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}},"jmaxrobins@gmail.com":{"1073":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1183":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1245":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1250":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2308":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2347":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2444":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}}},"bstelter@gmail.com":{"1073":{"comments":"Vital, but I felt I had read a version of this story many other times.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1183":{"comments":"Clearly impactful reporting, but with limited consequence beyond Ozy. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1245":{"comments":"Critical reporting, showing how video sometimes DOES lie.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1250":{"comments":"An earthquake of a story with long-lasting ripple effects ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2308":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2347":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}},"2444":{"comments":"-incomplete- ","scores":{"Overall Score":0}}},"w.slater@tcu.edu":{"status":"submit","2268":{"comments":"Not often does one find a reporter bashing his\/her newspaper for earlier, or even current transgressions. But this story went full force. However, it didn't have a conclusion. I was waiting to discover how The Oregonian has progressed in the 21st century. What was in this offering, however, was quite interesting and disturbing, but not surprising, given those times. I recognize this as the newspaper's mea culpa for earlier transgressions, but it would have been interesting to what today's Oregonian looks like. In any case, the research and writing were outstanding, and the newspaper should be applauded for taking on such a task.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2308":{"comments":"It's a good history and background of Pornhub and the origins of the Porn industry. but the piece did not excite me, I am not sure I discovered a great deal through this article.The story was well-researched and reasonably we;;-written, although I had to wake myself a few times to get through it. It's a good effort, but others, in my option, were better.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2347":{"comments":"-cooper test-\nGreat writing and comprehensive reporting on a topic of great interest to journalists and consumers of news and information. The issue is thoroughly investigated and superbly organized, albeit, longer than some readers might be able to endure. One criticism which has long been an issue with me, is the author's frequent use of unnamed and unidentified sources. I recognize that often toe only way to acquire the information one needs for the story is the use of unidentified sources. And in this case, it is certainly appropriate. The writer provides a most thorough investigation into Fox News, its operation, its people and raison d'\u00eatre, and he\/she does it superbly.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2444":{"comments":"I've never understood why podcasts are placed in a category to compete with major print and broadcast media. Podcasts are at a distinct disadvantage, in my opinion. Nevertheless, some good information came from this entry, but did not measure up to the quality of the print entries.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}}}},"special_category_2_final":{"tbreton@cox.net":{"1052":{"comments":"This isn't a story. It's a short Q & A with one journalist who is asked questions to address why so many people are susceptible to misinformation about COVID. ","scores":{"Overall Score":1}},"1054":{"comments":"An op-ed that sheds little light on who is spreading vaccine misinformation. It does make an excellent argument that the media was focused too much on Powell's vaccine status and not enough on his history as a public servant in the stories that were published concerning his death. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1228":{"comments":"The story about Dr. Mercola was especially revealing as was material in the local media story about payments to local media made to place misleading information about the vaccine. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit"},"dorian@teemingmedia.com":{"1052":{"comments":"It is a good interview that has some enlightening moments. Not sure I can say there was much craft to it. Also, it is as much about the medical profession as media or journalism.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1054":{"comments":"While the article starts and ends with mention of Powell\u2019s vaccine status, it is not really about that. It\u2019s an observation of the coverage of his death, yes, but also his role in his most famous undertaking \u2014 the Iraq war. \n\nAfter saying the coverage of his illness was insufficient, the piece then talks of how the coverage was corrected within the news cycle. It makes the assertion that, nonetheless, \u201cthe anti-vax horse had already bolted,\u00a0along with its ivermectin\u201d but without substantiation. This piece is not strong enough to be in the top tier in this category.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1228":{"comments":"The first article, alone, blows the other two entrants out of the water. It demonstrates how vaccine misinformation has been spread, contextualizes the impact Fox and others have had, and provides expert quotes, data and more \u2014 all in a perfectly appropriate journalistic style and tone. The other two articles go more deeply into relevant and related topics \u2014 a lead spreader of Covid misinformation and how local media contribute to the spread.\n\n= = = = =\nSide comment: Are we allowed to put forward an entrant we were not asked to judge? This category was thin and missing some good possible entrants, including:\n\nAmazon Is Pushing Readers Down A \"Rabbit Hole\" Of Conspiracy Theories About The Coronavirus\nhttps:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/craigsilverman\/amazon-covid-conspiracy-books\n\nWhy no one really knows how bad Facebook\u2019s vaccine misinformation problem is\nhttps:\/\/www.vox.com\/22622070\/facebook-data-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation-researchers-access-nyu-academics\n\tWith: How the Covid-19 pandemic broke Nextdoor\nhttps:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/22217343\/covid-19-misinformation-nextdoor-local-network\n\nVaccination from the Misinformation Virus\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/vaccination-from-the-misinformation-virus-a6mhdw\/\n\twith: New book shows how disinformation, mistrust worsened pandemic in the U.S. https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/new-book-shows-how-disinformation-mistrust-worsened-pandemic-in-the-u-s\n\n.... to name a few. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit"},"dmrubin@syr.edu":{"1052":{"comments":"If this piece was entered at all, Mother Jones should have entered it since Kiera Butler's piece for them was the inspiration for the Q&A format in CJR. I am not a fan of Q&A pieces. I think it's a lazy form of writing. It also wastes a lot of the reader's time, wading through the questions and answers to get at the meat. \n\nOverall the piece is very thin. I am not surprised that people are frustrated with the information they get from their doctors or the CDC. I am not surprised that Facebook spreads nonsense to young mothers who are desperate for health information. \n\nBut the piece, for me, adds ups to a shrug. So what? There isn't much in it on vaccinations and misinformation. \n\nSo we are left with The Times entry as the only possible winner. ","scores":{"Overall Score":1}},"1054":{"comments":"This is an odd entry. The thesis seems to be that the media erred in not pointing out right away that Powell had cancer and thus his passing from Covid, even though vaccinated, can be explained. CJR's bigger point is that the media didn't spend more time analyzing his controversial military and political career. \n\nI didn't see it that way. I saw and read enormous coverage of Powell's career, both good and bad. The fact that some media may have led people to believe, brie\ufb02y, that he died of Covid even though vaccinated, without mentioning the cancer, strikes me as a very small point. Even if true, it is relatively insigni\ufb01cant within the raging debate about vaccinations. Nor is it worthy of a prize-winning entry. ","scores":{"Overall Score":1}},"1228":{"comments":"This is the best of the three entries in a very weak \ufb01eld. None of the three news stories entered by the Times is anything other than a decent job of reporting. They are not prize winners, but they are the best we have in this category. \n\nThe \ufb01rst story on Fox News coverage of vaccination has been told many times. Criticizing Fox about anything is like shooting \ufb01sh in a barrel. Yes, it should be done repeatedly. But it doesn't take much to watch Carlson and the rest of them, do a little fact checking and then write a story. \n\nThe best of the three stories submitted by The Times is the piece on Marcola as a super spreader of misinformation. I was not aware of him before I read this piece (originally). It is particularly useful in showing how he operates and his connection to his girlfriend, another scam artist. \n\nThe third piece on local news and the pandemic is weak. It o\ufb00ers no data other than the anecdotal. There is no hard data on how many people read these phony \"local media\" or what their impact is. I don't deny that local radio is a super spreader of all sorts of political misinformation. But again, there is no data on the importance or impact. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit"},"andyabrahams86@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"This was the weakest entry. There isn't really any reporting here, and while Butler's observations about the echo chamber of social media and \"mom's groups\" are well taken, I couldn't grasp the focus of the Q&A. Yes, news deserts can lead to folks going anywhere for information (not really a revelation), but I mainly just had a problem with the lack of original reporting here.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1054":{"comments":"This is an intriguing take on how vaccine status got politicized in reporting on Powell's death, and overshadowed other aspects of reporting on his extraordinary life. But I'm not sure it entirely took over the narrative in obits about his role in the start of the Iraq war. As the piece says, updates\/clarifications were issued as it became clear that his cancer treatment likely overrode any vaccine immunity, and most obits I read stated pretty high up that his UN speech tragically helped make the case for going to war. It was inevitable that Powell's backstory would lend itself to hagiography in obits and Karen Attiah's quote encapsulated the conflict many felt between his political rise and his \"good soldier\" defense of the erroneous intelligence about WMDs.\n\nBut Allsop's point is still well taken and as always, context is important in all reporting, even on deadline.\n\n\n\n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1228":{"comments":"A thoroughly comprehensive series on the many purveyors of vaccine misinformation and the sources of media that perpetuate them. The local media piece was especially revealing as resource and financially-strapped outlets can't always afford to report out vaccine (or other) claims and they resort to trusting dubious online sources. Local news is also often a place where the next Dr. Mercola or Sherri Tenpenny can get traction and less scrutiny than at the national level. Less experienced staff at smaller outlets also may not have the skepticism required to ferret out those who are only interested in getting attention for spurious claims.\n\nThis would be my winner in the category.\n\n","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit"},"jmaxrobins@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1054":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1228":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"save"},"bstelter@gmail.com":{"1052":{"comments":"Brilliant answers from Butler, but doesn't seem to fit, IMHO.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1054":{"comments":"Strong framing, but didn't stick with me the way the Times submission and the other CJR submission did.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1228":{"comments":"Incredibly informative, impactful, and chilling. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit"}},"profile_final":{"hub.brown@ufl.edu":{"1035":{"comments":"Good inside-baseball profile that explores important moves that changed the fate of the Post, and gives us insight into the new leader for a new type of media company.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1039":{"comments":"This is a sensitive portrait, and a warning. Photography students should be assigned this article as a lesson in the ethical issues that should be considered when they go out to capture images of people in dire situations.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1062":{"comments":"This is a compelling walk through a crushing day-to-day routine of a courts reporter in a drastically downsized news environment. This shows the tremendous pressure local journalism is under, and what is at stake if we lose it. In this profile we see the power of journalism--to help facilitate justice, to uncover wrongdoing, and to bring accountability to powerful governmental agencies that could act with impunity without it. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":"A masterful profile. Balanced, with real perspective. Reading this, you learn about Maddow from a variety of angles in a variety on points in time. Really rich in detail without being a valentine to her.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2380":{"comments":"This had a bit less about how he came to view the pandemic the way he does, and more about how he has argued the issues over time, his detractors, and how he reacts to them. It\u2019s very insightful and perhaps not as biographical.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2449":{"comments":"An important profile of a consequential outlet that most have not heard of, but should. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"carlson.margaret@gmail.com":{"1035":{"comments":"No better way to appeal to a general audience than open with a dinner in a mansion co-hosted by the girlfriend of the second richest man in the world who also happens to own, to those o us who live in DC) the second most important paper in the world. \nBut after a good start it sputters, giving too many insider-y inches to who DIDN'T get the job. I love the drama, but can't imagine it traveling outside the beltway. \nThen it gets business-y and digital revolutionary. It reminds that inside every fat piece there's a thinner one struggling to get out. . \nP.S. Journalists are the worst. I lost count of how many said \"no comment.\"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1039":{"comments":"\"Where are they now\" pieces have a lot of appeal and ones that correct the record of misperceptions of iconic events more so. Vecchio was 14! Her life changed for the worse ,almost forever. Nate Gatrell is more important to know about then the girl in the photo but the narrative drive McCormick brings to this tale. (and the somewhat happy ending) make this the better entry. A piece is only good if people stick with it. I may give too much over to the writing as opposed to reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1062":{"comments":"This was definitely general interest, despite being from CJR, a netflix movie, Nate Gatrell as the saintly gumshoe. Problem with this otherwise admirable piece of reporting is that the writer thought so too. He or she went beyond the necessary set up of \"why you should care about this person\" to cheerleading. Not that I was looking for gratuitous \"whataboutism\" or \"on the other hand.\" But it's NOT remarkable that he learned the numbers for crimes in the Penal Code. He could have just written them down . Lots of good quotes why quote him on the meaning of mayhem when it's common knowledge or repeatedly how long it took to get from one place to another. It's importance overcomes some of its failings and the reporter reported her heart out. That's why it's a 4. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":"I'm a pushover for a gushing profile and enjoyed Pompeo's intimate look at a public person who is generally so private. Comparisons are odious but that's why we're here. And comparing it to the Adler entry, it was too credulous. Adler had a walk along the Hudson with Leonhardt; Pompeo put on waders, jumped in the lake for some ice fishing with Maddow, and was a goner. VF allows it, and when they send Annie Leibovitz for the photo spread, may want it. And the piece was a tour de force, Pompeo brilliantly tours of her properties, the details of her new contract, the incongruity of a wealthy success living such a modest life far from the madding crowd and so much more and organized it so well., the long piece galloped along. My interest never flagged. Because it's so good, I have to explain why I didn't rate it higher. Maddow deserves a lengthy look: She is to MSNBC as Tucker is to Fox, and it apparently hasn't gone to her head, but I had the feeling that if it had, we wouldnt know if it. He concedes her critics find her pedantic and snarky but when he gets into a few of her controversies, he lets her over explain. Her fervent belief in the Russian dossier ended up hurting her side's case against Trump. The Trump tax return story hyped to the max was a bust when it consisted of two pages of a return. Pompeo explains that those two pages led to the NYT's Susannah Craig's breakthroughs. And he seemed to buy her take on the Dan Rather debacle. Because it's true that George W. Bush got a cushy position in the National Guard, it doesn't detract from that truth for Rather to make his case on CBS with a forged document. Existentially, perhaps but in the here and now, it weakens your case and gives strength to the opposing view. Can there be too much access? But I'm comparing this entertaining look at the private life of Maddow who we didn't know much about to Adler who had a higher mountain to climb and did. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2380":{"comments":"Adler gave a sharp, full view of Leonhardt (he wasn't born a pointy-headed intellectual) and a deep analysis of the two sides (or three or four) on how long daily life should have been disrupted by COVID, and who got hurt the most. He didn't settle the tough question but I sussed that he was more on the Leonhardt side of getting back to normal more quickly after the two vaccines were available. It's hard to be as interested in the pandemic now that it (seems) over but I was transported back to those days when every decision, and every commentators opinion of it, seemed life and death. It came through that he respected, even liked, Leonhardt but he didn't pour it on. A profile is one thing, an argument another, and doing both at once well a high bar he cleared. Extra credit for not calling it The Pandemic Whisperer. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2449":{"comments":"McLaughlin did a great job telling the story of surveillance through the spectacular growth of a firm in the business that did it over 14 years through scoops and dogged work and pivoting when it turned out China was the most dangerous culprit, not Silicon Valley. What didn't come through was a picture of the improbable hero, John Honovich. Tracking his rise told us he was important enough for profile treatment but skimped on the profile. When Honovich said that \"being unethical is a great competitive advantage,\" I heard his voice. The opening graf describe his surroundings and the one sentence about how he threw cameras out the window to test them were gold. It needed more of that, actually a little of the Rachel treatment. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}}},"rthompso@syr.edu":{"1035":{"comments":"The inside material about the job search and the final candidate procedures was fascinating. The Bezos\/Ryan stuff was also solid. The profile of Buzbee, however, seemed a little slight. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1039":{"comments":"An illuminating double profile of photographer and subject, and the relationship between the two. I've taught about Kent State and made pilgrimage to the campus--much of this was news to me. The writing here is perhaps not as elegant as some of the other things I've read by this author, but I rank this first of the three.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1062":{"comments":"A sound old-school profile of someone whose story we don't know but is worth knowing. A compelling visit with a yeoman working a few acres of local journalism.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":".","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2380":{"comments":"A solid survey of a contested subject.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2449":{"comments":"I ranked this the highest of the three fine profiles because I learned the most from it. Of the three, it covered the territory least traveled.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"andrew.edgecliffe-johnson@ft.com":{"1035":{"comments":"Andrew Beaujon\u2019s account of how Sally Buzbee became the first woman to top the masthead of the Washington Post sets up the high stakes of Jeff Bezos\u2019s first choice of editor, offers good insights into his global ambitions for the paper and sets them in context well. He also illuminates the internal tensions over why Buzbee prevailed over inside candidates and whether she can both match up the mythology around Marty Baron and avoid his mistakes over journalists\u2019 use of social media. But I emerged feeling that I still didn\u2019t know much about what makes Buzbee tick, so this didn\u2019t feel like a definitive profile to me. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1039":{"comments":"I loved this thoroughly researched, beautifully written, empathetic profile, which delivers its media insights lightly but powerfully. In Patricia McCormick\u2019s telling, Mary Ann Vecchio is first of all a human being caught up in a moment of inhumanity that becomes a defining image of C20th America. But she also tells us so much about how media can use people, and how people can use media. Taking us from a photographer running out of film to evening news shows years later, McCormick makes us reflect on how - 50 years on - we still create public figures without their consent.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1062":{"comments":"I found this an engaging portrait of what has become something of a trope in media writing: the last journalist standing, someone persevering in covering a beat on which other newsrooms have given up. Jaeah Lee profiles Nate Gartrell, an East Bay Times reporter pumping out 15 stories a week whose doggedness secures the release of a video of police brutality that gains national attention. There were lines I wanted Lee to give us much more detail on (eg. the murder of Gartrell\u2019s first journalism teacher), but overall I thought this was well-reported, made the right points about the civic importance of such work, and the choice of a 31-year-old subject was a refreshing twist on the trope of grizzled veterans making their last stand.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":"I\u2019ve read many Rachel Maddow profiles which felt like fan fiction so I approached this one with caution. From their first ice-fishing outing it is clear that this is access journalism - but it\u2019s pretty thorough access journalism, with Joe Pompeo getting a lot of key players on the record and digging up some good nuggets, such as the details of how her contract negotiations played out. This is undoubtedly a sympathetic portrait, but Pompeo doesn\u2019t bury the case against Maddow. I thought it was well rounded, too, capturing her significance to her bosses and her audiences equally well. In short, I found it vivid, perceptive and pretty much what I want as a reader from a Vanity Fair media profile. \n","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2380":{"comments":"David Leonhardt made for a very good subject for a media profile in 2022 and this one, identifying his role as \u201ca sort of Rorschach test for liberal America\u201d, was well framed. Sam Adler-Bell is upfront about his own point of view but gives others space to explain theirs. I found this story a well-argued examination of how one of the most influential voices in the media has shaped views of this phase of the pandemic but I thought that Leonhardt's character and motivations remained rather elusive by the end. \n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2449":{"comments":"This was a really fresh subject, and I thought Timothy McLaughlin did a good job of explaining how an obscure company that tests video-surveillance technology came to be a source of investigative reporting valued by the likes of Reuters and the New York Times (and targeted by lobbyists for arms of China\u2019s surveillance state). Somehow, though, it left me wanting a little more - maybe because it\u2019s trying to be a profile of both a media outlet and the individual running it.\n","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"Dorothy.Bland@unt.edu":{"1035":{"comments":"Andrew Beaujon\u2019s article headlined \u201cInside the Plan to Make Jeff Bezos\u2019s Washington Post the Everything Paper,\u201d in The Washingtonian is well reported and sourced. However, it is more a story for media insiders about how The Washington Post, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times operate than a profile about Sally Buzbee. The detail on digital subscribers speaks to the shift in the industry and focus on business metrics. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1039":{"comments":"Patricia McCormick\u2019s article headlined \u201cThe Girl in the Kent State Photo\u201d in The Washington Post speaks to the impact of a single photo and how it changed the lives of the subject, Mary Ann Vechhio, and the photographer, John Filo. The following sentence from the profile also speaks to the simplicity and power of good storytelling: \u201cKent State had haunted them both, from opposite ends of the lens.\u201d I wish there was much more detail on each of their lives in the profile. \n \n","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1062":{"comments":"Jaeah Lee\u2019s article headlined \u201cThe Courts Beat\u201d in the Columbia Journalism Review was a terrific read and rich with detail. Not many court reporters have memorized the penal codes and can quickly translate them such \u201cHS\u201d for a meth charge and \u201cPC 459\u201d for burglary. The writer found a way to weave in Nate Gartrell\u2019s passion for questioning official police narratives, including those associated with the murder of George Floyd murder, as well as why public records requests matter. This story also speaks to the impact of journalism making a positive difference as noted by the Martinez family winning a $7.3 million lawsuit and California passing legislation that requires investigations of fatal police encounters being publicly accessible.\nThe writer also took the time to follow Gartrell\u2019s journey from high school to finding his career path despite challenging times in the industry. I appreciate good quotes from Gartrell as well as his wife. This one stands out: \u201cI live in a pasty-white suburb, what I thought was a crime-free, Beaver Cleaver land, and were people selling meth by the ten-kilo pack, stashing Uzis, building secret compartments in their homes.\u201d This is the kind of story that excites, encourages and inspires journalists \u2013- newbies and veterans alike. \n","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":" Joe Pompeo's profile of Rachel Maddow gets my vote for the \"best profile\" in this category. The profile in Vanity Fair exemplifies excellence in craft and is packed with wonderful details that provide a sense of place and humanizes Maddow. For example, the author met Maddow on her Maine home turf \"in the parking lot of a frozen lake rimmed by low-slung mountains Maddow in buffalo plaid, a baseball cap emblazoned with the logo for YUM fishing bait and tortoise shell Coke-bottle glasses\"... \nOf course, there are good details about a variety of projects planned for Maddow's next chapter, including another podcast, book and \"two potential\" movies and TV shows. It also has a great quote from Maddow on how she defines success as in \"success is doing work that I'm proud of. It' about feeling like I am free to do what I want and to say what I want, and to talk about things that I think are important\"... \n With a really good profile, the reader should learn something much more than the obvious about the subject. Among the personal details, include the fact that Maddow has \"seven herniated or bulging discs,\" two black Labs named Francis and Charms, and her partner Mikula once hired her to do \"odd jobs in the same house where they live to this day.\" ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2380":{"comments":"Sam Adler-Bell's profile about David Leonhardt is interesting, but read more like a commentary than a profile. It's clear he read a lot of Leonhardt's work and quoted from the work extensively. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2449":{"comments":"Interesting, but this reader wants to see much more detail about how the company operates and the CEO.","scores":{"Overall Score":2}}},"jkkaplan@syr.edu":{"1035":{"comments":"Not sure this is a profile of the Washington Post or Sally Buzbee; not that it makes a different. This is a solid profile and has some interesting facts but I would say it is a run of the mill profile; nothing outstanding about it.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1039":{"comments":"Great story but I don't see how it fits in to the Mirror awards. If the focus was on John Filo then yes, but the focus of this profile is on Mary Ann Vecchio. It is a great story about her but she's not a member of the media","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1062":{"comments":"This is a great story on multiple levels; first it tells the story of the lone-wolf reporter doing his job when no else is. But more importantly, he is indicative of the decline of local journalism, particularly in the courthouse beat. This goes beyond news deserts; it shows just how bad the situation is across the country when the journalist as watchdog goes away.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","2145":{"comments":"I was really looking forward to this piece and was greatly disappointed. There is no reporting here; none other than going on a fishing trip with Maddow and then giving background about her life. I didn't like the way the author inserted himself into the story but I realized it is because he had nothing else to write about.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2380":{"comments":"This was a terrific profile of a very consequential journalist, David Leonhardt. While so many people read him everyday few probably knew his backstory.\nIn many ways this is a traditional profile but there were few journalists during the pandemic that had the reach of Leonhardt which is why this profile was so important.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2449":{"comments":"very impressed by this story though more impressed by IVPM and what it does. I really like stories that tell me things I don't know and I had no idea this organization existed or its impact on journalism and journalists. Well reported and well-written\nI originally gave this my 5 but I think the writing on the Leonhardt profile was a bit superior","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}}},"special_category_1_final":{"maryromano556@gmail.com":{"1170":{"comments":"I thought it was well done but it was more of a compilation piece. A roundup of how reporters cover extremism. A very good service piece.","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1210":{"comments":"This is very similar to the Fortune story, but I thought Fortune went more in-depth with reporting. But this was a compelling read.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1317":{"comments":"Good reporting and storytelling. I like the way the story traces the Dominion conspiracy theories to its roots.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"The inside story on TV Rain, the independent station in Russia, was outstanding. Great depth of coverage. Fantastic writing. I'm torn between this entry and the NYT in ranking #4. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2324":{"comments":"I thought this entry was the strongest of them all. It showed me disinformation from different angles -- the American pundit who appears on Russia's media to give an alternate view but really at the end of the day is used to help spread Russia disinformation. And the Russian journalist who had to unlearn all the propaganda that she steadfastly believed for a while. And the story of the gamer, and his flight to safety, and those who helped me. The stories had depth and I learned something from each of the segments. As a listener, I was engaged throughout.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2337":{"comments":"Excellent series explaining many facets of the war and the media. This and the New Yorker entries are equally strong, and why I'm rating them each 4.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2402":{"comments":"A nice series of stories. They aren't as strong as the others. They seem like regular news stories on the media beat -- nothing wrong with that, but they lack the depth of the other entries. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}},"hpolskin@gmail.com":{"1170":{"comments":"Makes some good points, but I found the writing mundane. And I was turned off by the weak lead. The entire piece felt like a string of suggestions about covering extremism. That's important but not necessarily award-winning. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1210":{"comments":"A bit of a boring rehash of insights and opinions that have been expressed the past 2-3 years. Nothing surprising. The last graph is a bit of a head scratcher. I read it three times and the meaning still alludes me. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1317":{"comments":"Extremely comprehensive and well-written article about what happens when politicians and their minions falsely attack private companies. The writing contains nuggets like this about the attack on Dominion: \"...a barrage of misinformation that embedded shrapnel-like shards of doubt in the walls of democracy.\" The lead hooked me immediately. The piece bristled with small details that brought context and perspective to points it was making (like Dominions head of security living so secretly outside the country that even his lawyer doesn't know where he is). ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"This was the most uneven collection of stories in the category. The piece on Rain TV, while important capturing how they covered the first hours of the war, felt like a bit of a slog. But the final piece on Putin's Propaganda Machine captured my attention with fascinating details like the four categories of stories that can be covered and what it's like working for state-controlled television (in a word: grim). ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2324":{"comments":"While OTM is to be commended for having its producer in Russia, the stories felt less compelling and interesting than others in the category. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2337":{"comments":"Very solid, well written with lots of good detail. However, the pieces don't quite feel as original or fresh as some of the other pieces in the category. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2402":{"comments":"I liked the story selection -- especially the last two. Hadn't read them before. The stories really made me think and challenged me, especially the way some reporters were using offensive comparisons.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"dadamssimmons@gmail.com":{"1170":{"comments":"solid interrogation of media's approach to coverage of extremism","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1210":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1317":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"A definitive exploration of Putin\u2019s war through the lens of Russian television.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2324":{"comments":"One of the best podcast entries Mirror Awards has seen.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2337":{"comments":"A vivid multiplatform depiction of Putin\u2019s disinformation campaign. Accessible; crisp reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2402":{"comments":"Solid reporting.","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"Merrillbrown02@hotmail.com":{"1170":{"comments":"Very rare look at covering a beat and what it takes. Has both utility and general interest. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1210":{"comments":"Thorough roundup. Not particularly unique or insightful. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"1317":{"comments":"Very well done. Rich reporting. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"A profile meaning a take as much as anything else. ","scores":{"Overall Score":2}},"2324":{"comments":"Not very insightful ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"2337":{"comments":"Thorough, on point, and didn't see this done with reporting this rich anywhere else. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2402":{"comments":"Interesting but not particularly thorough","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"jkkaplan@syr.edu":{"1170":{"comments":"This is really nicely done; it puts into context the coverage of the stop the steal and the Jan. 6 insurrection in ways other stories have not by showing how those journalists who have been covering extremist movements were able to vividly show that this was not a one-shot deal caused by Trump","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"1210":{"comments":"No question that disinformation is a serious problem and this is a great story that pulls a number of threads together; but the role of the media here is not the only point of the story; not sure it is even the central point since it involved social media, political operatives, etc. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1317":{"comments":"Deep dive into the big lie of the Dominion voting machine scandal. Well reported and well written; I think the focus is more on those who spread the lies rather than the media that amplified them but it is a worthy entry","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"Honestly, I could see any of these four entries winning. I was impressed by all of them including this one whose long-form accounts about what was happening inside Russia during the war is indispensable when it comes to understanding Russia's propaganda machine","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2324":{"comments":"This is an important series of radio reports\/podcasts about the role of Russian propaganda in the Ukrainian War. I was particularly impressed with the piece that ran before the start of the war but all three reports were very strong. I don't like giving more than one 5 but this is so different and so strong that it compares favorably with the NYT articles","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2337":{"comments":"This is an extremely strong and provocative series. I'm having a hard time distinguishing all three of these series; I give a slight edge to the NYT piece but could easily see this winning as well","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2402":{"comments":"This is a tremendous series of stories that fit perfectly into this category. I really like the variety of stories: the difficulty of Russian media to report the war; the difficulty of determining what is fake and what isn't; and the stereotyping by journalists about how Ukraine is different from other war zones.","scores":{"Overall Score":5}}},"mchessher@mail.smu.edu":{"status":"submit","2304":{"comments":"The access, insider perspective, and cultural understanding make this series of pieces revelatory and memorable. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2324":{"comments":"What a compelling package. I enjoyed the character-driven \"pundit\" piece and how it illuminated an aspect\/program of Russian TV I had no knowledge of, but I particularly appreciated the historical lens along with the deep reporting and range of sources of the two deep dives. Informative, captivating audio pieces. ","scores":{"Overall Score":5}},"2337":{"comments":"The focus on disinformation, a defining element of this war, gives this package of deeply reported stories its power and its punch. I also found the responsively designed piece on the barrage of untruths that unpacks a series of themed posts\/messages (bombing of the maternity ward, use of biological weapons created by the U.S. in the Ukraine, American pundits speaking about those weapons) particularly effective at documenting Russia's misinformation campaign. ","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"2402":{"comments":"Also a compelling package. I particularly enjoyed the unpacking of visual forensics and liked that they included how their rival the NYT fact checks visuals. That was an unexpected piece with much value for the reader. I also appreciated the coverage of the offensive comparisons used by those covering the war, but longed for more framing, research, reporting that telegraphed it out much more than just the examples included and beyond the USC prof. ","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}}}},"submission_instructions":"\n
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