CINCINNATI, Sept. 5,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Scripps Howard Fund will
honor the best in American journalism during the 71st Scripps
Howard Journalism Awards on Oct. 20.
From excellence in breaking news and investigative reporting – to
visual storytelling and opinion writing, this year's finalists
produced journalism that not only informed but transformed.
The Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, one of the nation's most
prestigious journalism competitions, honor work from television
stations and networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online
media outlets, independent producers, newspapers and print
publications.
"The journalism produced by this year's finalists exposed
wrongdoing, held the powerful accountable, shaped policies and
helped correct historical records," said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the
Scripps Howard Fund. "The 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards
will shine a light on the responsibility these journalists have to
tell their community's stories – and serve as democracy's
watchdog."
The Scripps Howard Journalism Awards judges – a panel of veteran
journalists and media leaders – selected this year's finalists from
775 entries across 14 categories. The Fund will present
$170,000 in prize money to the
winning news organizations and journalists.
The winners will be announced during a special program airing at
8 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 20, on
Scripps News. The awards show, hosted by Christian Bryant, also will reveal the winner of
the coveted Impact Award, which is chosen from the finalists of the
other 14 categories. The award honors the journalism that produced
the greatest impact.
The 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards finalists
are:
View the gallery of finalists here.
Excellence in Audio Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard
Rococo Punch and iHeart Podcasts – "The Turning: Room of
Mirrors"
Serial Productions and The New York
Times – "The Retrievals"
The Boston Globe in association with HBO Documentary Films –
"Murder in Boston"
Excellence in Breaking News
The Associated Press – "Deadly Maui Wildfires"fall
Lookout Santa Cruz – "Santa Cruz
County Storms"
Los Angeles Times – "A Massacre in
Monterey Park"
Excellence in Business/Financial Reporting
KFF Health News – "Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement
Cash"
ProPublica and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in collaboration with the
Medill Investigative Lab – "With Every Breath: Millions of
Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect"
The New York Times – "Alone and
Exploited"
Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W.
"Ted" Scripps II
San Francisco Chronicle – "Firefighters are Being Poisoned by
Wildfire Smoke. We're Doing Little to Protect Their Health"
The New York Times – "Uncharted
Waters"
The Washington Post – "The Human Limit"
Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring
Edward Willis Scripps
Hearst Connecticut Media Group – "Transparency Failures Sow
Distrust in City Marred by Corruption"
Open Vallejo – "'No Responsive Records': How Vallejo Hid Killings
by Police"
The Kansas City Star and The Wichita Eagle – "Marion Record Raid"
Excellence in Innovation, honoring Roy W. Howard
ProPublica – "Roots of an Outbreak"
ProPublica and The Desert Sun – "Thirsty Valley"
The Washington Post – "3D Analyses of Violence in the West Bank"
Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting
City Bureau and Invisible Institute – "Missing in Chicago"
Miami Herald – "The Foreclosure Franchise"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Columbus Dispatch, Akron Beacon
Journal, Canton Repository – "Chaos in Ohio's Youth Lockups"
Excellence in Local Video Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard
KARE-TV Minneapolis – "KARE 11 Investigates: Broken Promises"
KUSA-TV Denver and WTSP-TV – "UNDETERMINED"
New York Amsterdam News – "Be-Loved"
Excellence in Multimedia Journalism
The Associated Press – "Adrift"
Reuters – "The Bat Lands"
The Boston Globe – "Nightmare in Mission Hill"
Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring
Ernie Pyle
NPR – "Ukraine Kindergarten"
The Boston Globe – "Nightmare in Mission Hill"
The Texas Tribune – "She Was Told Her Twin Sons Wouldn't Survive.
Texas Law Made Her Give Birth Anyway."
Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting,
the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
ProPublica – "Friends of the Court"
Reuters – "The Musk Industrial Complex"
The New York Times – "Alone and
Exploited"
Excellence in National/International Video Storytelling,
honoring Jack R. Howard
FRONTLINE (PBS) – "Clarence and Ginni
Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court"
FRONTLINE (PBS) and The Associated Press – "20 Days in
Mariupol"
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting –
"Victim/Suspect"
Excellence in Opinion Writing
Coda Story and Ukrainska Pravda – "Fallout: Tracking the Global
Impacts of Russia's War in
Ukraine"
Los Angeles Times – "Inside Out:
Normalizing Incarceration to Increase Public Safety"
The Washington Post – "Men are lost. Here's a map out of the
wilderness"
Excellence in Visual Human-Interest Storytelling
El Paso Times – "Dreams, despair &
death – A migrant's journey. A year of covering the Immigration
crisis"
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution – "The South Got Something To
Say"
NBC News – "On Assignment with Richard
Engel: Ukraine's Secret
Resistance"
The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Association for
Education in Journalism and Mass Communication also announced the
winners and finalists for its two journalism education awards:
Teacher of the Year
Winner: Nicole Kraft, The
Ohio State University
Finalist: Leon Alligood,
Middle Tennessee State University
Administrator of the Year
Winner: Ann Brill,
University of Kansas
Finalist: Laura Lindenfeld,
Stony Brook University
These national awards recognize excellence in teaching and
administration within journalism and communication programs. Both
awards were presented at the 2024 AEJMC Conference in August.
Learn more about past Scripps Howard Journalism Award winners at
SHJAwards.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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