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U of M professor wins Mirror Award for creating a Web site that monitors health care news
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL ( 6/15/2007 ) -- A Web site created by University of Minnesota School of Journalism and Mass Communication professor Gary Schwitzer has won a Mirror Award for excellence in media information services for his Web site, HealthNewsReview.org. The award, sponsored by Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, honors excellence in media industry reporting. This is the first year of the Mirror Awards, which drew 140 competitors from magazines, newspapers, television, cable and new media organizations. HealthNewsReview.org was one of 23 finalists in seven categories vying for top honors among such notables as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio and the Washington Post. The Mirror Award is one of several honors Schwitzer has won for the Web site. In its first year, the site has won a Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism and an e-Healthcare Leadership Award. The site has also been referenced and reviewed by numerous media outlets as an important source for health-related information. "The Web site is the first U.S. online service expressly designed for journalists and consumers who want reliable, unbiased analysis and evaluation of healthcare news articles that make claims about treatments and procedures," said Schwitzer. In the site's first year of operation, HealthNewsReview.org received more than 8 million hits by a quarter million individual users. "HealthNewsReview.org could help make all of us smarter consumers of news and health care by making us think more critically," said Schwitzer. The Mirror Awards ceremony took place in Manhattan on June 14 and was hosted by Meredith Vieira, co-anchor of NBC's morning news program, "Today." Mirror Award winners included David Carr, The New York Times, winning Best Commentary for his weekly column; Dean Miller, Nieman Reports, winning Best Coverage of Breaking Industry News; Clive Thompson, New York magazine winning Best Single Article; and Philip Weiss, New York magazine winning Best Profile. The American Journalism Review won for overall excellence, and Andreas Kluth of The Economics won Best Subject-Related Series. ---------- |
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