CINCINNATI, Oct. 22,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The journalism produced by the
70th Scripps Howard Award winners spurred action and led to changes
across the globe. The Scripps Howard Awards, presented by the
Scripps Howard Fund, honor reporting from television stations,
networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online media
outlets, independent producers, newspapers and print
publications.
Presenters announced the winning news organizations and
journalists on Sunday, Oct. 22,
during a special program airing on Scripps News, the national news
network owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:
SSP). The Scripps Howard Fund is the philanthropic arm
of the company.
The Scripps Howard Awards judges – a panel of veteran
journalists and media leaders – selected the winners from 780
entries across 14 categories.
"The Scripps Howard Awards honor 2022's most innovative
storytelling and in-depth reporting that has a lasting impact,"
said Liz Carter, president and CEO
of the Scripps Howard Fund. "In this year's show, you'll hear from
some of the nation's most extraordinary journalists and meet some
of the people whose stories they told."
Watch: Go behind the scenes with all of this
year's finalists
The Scripps Howard Fund presented $170,000 in prize money to the winning news
organizations and journalists.
The Scripps Howard Awards, hosted by Scripps News anchor
Christian Bryant, will be
rebroadcast on Saturday, Oct. 28,
from 4-6 p.m. ET. A one-hour version
of the awards will also replay on some of Scripps' local stations
in November and December – air dates and times will vary depending
on the market.
The winners of the 70th Scripps Howard Awards:
Excellence in Audio Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard: American Public Media –
"Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong"
Excellence in Breaking News: The Washington Post – "The
Start of the War in Ukraine"
Excellence in Business/Financial Reporting: Los
Angeles Times – "Legal Weed, Broken Promises"
Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W.
"Ted" Scripps II: ProPublica, The New York Times Magazine
– "Barbados Resists Climate Colonialism in an Effort to Survive the
Costs of Global Warming"
Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring
Edward Willis Scripps: Insider –
"Deaths in the Family"
Excellence in Innovation, honoring Roy W. Howard: The Markup – "Still
Loading"
Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting: AL.com
– "The Rise and Fall of a Predatory Police Force"
Excellence in Local Video Storytelling, honoring Jack. R.
Howard: KUSA-TV (Denver) –
"Burned"
Excellence in Multimedia Journalism: The New York Times – "Inside the Apocalyptic Worldview
of 'Tucker Carlson Tonight'"
Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring
Ernie Pyle: The New York Times
Magazine – "Lost in Ohio"
Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting,
the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize: FRONTLINE, The Associated
Press – "Putin's Attack on Ukraine: Documenting War Crimes"
Excellence in National/International Video Storytelling,
honoring Jack R. Howard:
FRONTLINE, The Associated Press – "Michael
Flynn's Holy War"
Excellence in Opinion Writing: Los
Angeles Times – "Rebuild | Reburn"
Excellence in Visual Human-Interest
Storytelling: San Francisco Chronicle – Visuals Team
Portfolio
Impact Award: American Public Media – "Sold a Story:
How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong"
Judges' comments: "'Sold a Story' is a
six-episode podcast series by Emily
Hanford that exposes the truth. For decades, cognitive
scientists have known that a popular approach to teaching reading
was based on incorrect information. For five years, Emily reported
on how children learn to read, how reading is taught, and why some
struggle, which has had a big impact. Since 2019, 26 states have
passed new reading policies. It has led many educators and parents
to fuel the current movement to change practices to align with the
scientific information."
The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), also
announced the winners and finalists for its two journalism
education awards:
Teacher of the Year: Rachel
Young, University of Iowa
Administrator of the Year: David
Kurpius, dean of the Missouri School of Journalism
Media contact: Molly
Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company,
513-977-3713, molly.miossi@scripps.com
About the Scripps Howard Fund
The Scripps Howard Fund, a public charity established by The
E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), is dedicated to creating
informed and engaged communities through journalism education,
childhood literacy and local causes. At the crossroads of the
classroom and the newsroom, the Fund is a leader in supporting
journalism through scholarships, internships, minority recruitment
and development and First Amendment causes. The Scripps Howard
Awards stand as one of the industry's top honors for outstanding
journalism. The Fund's annual "If You Give a Child a Book …"
childhood literacy campaign has distributed thousands of new books
to children in need across the nation. The Fund partners
with Scripps brands to create awareness of local issues and support
organizations that build thriving communities. The Scripps
Howard Fund administers funding from the Scripps Howard Foundation,
a private foundation established in 1962 to advance charitable
causes important to The E.W. Scripps Company and the Scripps and
Howard families.
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