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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. 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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"}},"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}},"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"}},"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}},"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}},"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}},"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}},"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"}},"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}},"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}},"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}},"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"}},"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}},"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}},"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}},"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"}},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"}},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"}},"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":"submit"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"jmaxrobins@gmail.com":{"status":"save","1073":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1183":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1245":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1250":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}}},"bstelter@gmail.com":{"status":"submit","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}}}},"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":{"status":"save","1052":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}},"1054":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":4}},"1228":{"comments":"","scores":{"Overall Score":3}}},"bstelter@gmail.com":{"status":"submit","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}}}},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"},"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"}},"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"},"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"},"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":"save"},"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"},"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"}}},"submission_instructions":"\n
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