Mediaite Awards 2013: We Pick the Year’s Very BEST in Media

Welcome to the inaugural edition of the Mediaite Awards!

As 2013 comes to close, so goes another chapter of media history. Amid a sea of partisan bickering, petty feuds, and plain ol’ bad reporting, there are glimmering beacons of hope for the future of media. In the past year, some new cable shows attempted to bring solid reporting back into focus; some reporters attempted to cut through talking points to bring better coverage of key issues; and some people downright entertained us.

As a staff of writers with a very diverse set of political and cultural views, we realized it would be impossible to summit and come up with a uniform answer for each category. As such, you will find our individual writers’ picks below for each category.

Occasionally you’ll notice a nomination in link form. The hyperlinked material should serve as our individual “explanation” for the aforementioned pick.

So with that, sit back and bask in the glory that is “The Very Best in 2013 Media,” and then take our READER POLL afterwards.

Our selections for “WORST” will come later today are HERE.

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This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author.

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