CINCINNATI, Jan. 3, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps Howard Fund is accepting entries for
the 71st Scripps Howard Awards, one of the nation's most
prestigious journalism competitions.
The awards honor the journalism and storytelling produced in
2023. The deadline to apply is Feb.
5.
Click here to apply for the 71st Scripps Howard
Awards.
With a focus on high-impact and investigative storytelling, the
Scripps Howard Awards offers $170,000
in prize money in 15 categories. Categories include:
- Audio Storytelling
- Breaking News
- Business/Financial Reporting
- Environmental Reporting
- Distinguished Service to the First Amendment
- Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling
- Visual Human-Interest Storytelling
- Innovation
- Local/Regional Investigative Reporting
- National/International Investigative Reporting
- Multimedia Journalism
- Opinion Writing
- Local Video Storytelling
- National/International Video Storytelling
- Impact Award*
* The Impact Award winner is chosen from the winners of
the other 14 categories and select finalists.
Find the full category descriptions here.
The awards honor work from television stations, networks, radio
and podcasts, visual media, online media outlets, independent
producers, newspapers and other print publications.
Finalists will be announced in September, with winners announced
in October during a special program airing on Scripps News, the
national broadcast news network owned by The E.W. Scripps Company
(NASDAQ: SSP).
"The Scripps Howard Awards celebrate the journalists who worked
tirelessly to tell our stories, expose the truth and make a
difference in the communities where their viewers live and work,"
said Liz Carter, president and CEO
of the Scripps Howard Fund. "The awards showcase their journalism –
and the work that went into it –on a national stage."
Watch the 70th Scripps Howard Awards and go
behind the scenes with the finalists.
Last year's winners represent newsrooms large and small, with
the Impact Award going to American Public Media for "Sold a Story:
How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong." Reporter Emily Hanford unmasked how four influential
authors and their publishers sustained the status quo, convincing
teachers for decades to embrace a reading program that research has
proven to be ineffective and damaging to students. The podcast
prompted widespread change, at least 15 states have taken new
action related to reading instruction.
Get the latest news from the Scripps Howard Awards
at SHAwards.org.
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 for 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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