Scripps Howard Awards
list winners of Scripps Howard Foundation awards
The Scripps Howard Awards, formerly the National Journalism Awards, are $10,000 awards in American journalism given by the Scripps Howard Foundation. Awardees receive "cash prizes, citations and plaques."
As of 2023, the categories are:
Excellence in Audio Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard
Excellence in Coverage of Breaking News
Excellence in Business/Financial Reporting
Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W. “Ted” Scripps II
Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring Edward Willis Scripps
Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, Honoring Ernie Pyle
Excellence in Innovation, honoring Roy W. Howard
Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting
Excellence in Local Video Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard
Excellence in Multimedia Journalism
Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
Excellence in National/International Video Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard
Excellence in Opinion Writing
Excellence in Visual Journalism
Impact Award
Teacher of the Year
Administrator of the Year
History
Origins: Ernie Pyle Award
What became the National Journalism Awards were launched in 1954 with the Ernie Pyle Award (originally supported by the Ernie Pyle Memorial Fund). The award is given annually to reporters who "most nearly exemplify the style and craftsmanship for which Ernie Pyle was known". The award was administered by the E. W. Scripps Company until the 1962 formation of the Scripps Howard Foundation. The Ernie Pyle award was later named the "Human Interest Writing Ernie Pyle Award" and is now presented as "Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, Honoring Ernie Pyle."
1960s and '70s
In 1966, Scripps-Howard Newspapers conservation editor Edward J. Meeman died, and the company created the Edward J. Meeman Foundation to support journalism and conservation through grants and awards. Beginning in 1968, the Edward J. Meeman Environmental Reporting Award became the second annual award given by Scripps-Howard. Previous winners of the environmental reporting award include Ken Ward Jr., Sam Roe, Bruce Ingersoll, James V. Risser, Larry Tye, and Craig Flournoy. In 2022, the award was renamed as "Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W. 'Ted' Scripps II."
In the 1970s, three more awards became part of the roster of journalism prizes. First, in 1972, was the Public Service Reporting Award, honoring long-time Scripps executive Roy W. Howard. The public service award was originally divided into a newspaper division and a broadcast division.
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