National Journalism Awards Videos and Awards Book
Winners of the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards were honored at a dinner on April 26, 2012 at the Westin Book Cadillac in Detroit, home of Scripps station WXYZ Channel 7. It was an extraordinary evening of celebrating great journalism. Cash awards totaling $175,000 and distinctive Scripps Howard Award trophies were presented to the winners.
The awards recognize excellence in 17 categories, including editorial writing; human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting; business/economics reporting; commentary; photojournalism; radio and television journalism; community journalism; breaking news; Washington reporting; and editorial cartooning. The awards also honor distinguished service to journalism education and the First Amendment.
An awards program book (2.92 MB) features the winners' work, list of finalists, judges and lists of previous winners.
We hope you enjoy the videos featuring the winners' work - the best of 2011 - and their acceptance speeches. (Each video is approximately four minutes in length. Flash player required to play videos.) Please note there is a short 15 second delay before each video plays.
- Editorial Writing, Walker Stone Award
Jamie Lucke, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader
- Commentary
Brian McGrory, The Boston Globe
- Human Interest Writing, Ernie Pyle Award
Corinne Reilly, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk
- Breaking News
The Arizona Republic, Phoenix
- Environmental Reporting, Edward J. Meeman Award
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Editorial Cartooning
Jack Ohman, The Oregonian, Portland
- First Amendment, Edward Willis Scripps Award
Yancey County News, Burnsville, N.C.
- Journalism Teacher of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award, given in cooperation with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Award will be presented August 9 at the keynote session of the annual AEJMC conference in Chicago.
Douglas B. Ward, The University of Kansas
- Journalism Administrator of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award, given in cooperation with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. Award will be presented at August 9 at the keynote session of the annual AEJMC conference in Chicago.
John Lavine, Northwestern University
- Photojournalism
Lara Solt, The Dallas Morning News
- Business/Economics Reporting, William Brewster Styles Award
ProPublica
- Community Journalism
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, Pa.
- TV/Cable In-Depth Reporting, Jack R. Howard Award
Al Jazeera English
- Radio In-Depth Reporting, Jack R. Howard Award
WLRN-Miami Herald News
- Washington Reporting, Raymond Clapper Award
Damian Paletta, The Wall Street Journal
- Public Service Reporting, Roy W. Howard Award
California Watch and The Center for Investigative Reporting
- Investigative Reporting, Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize, given in cooperation with Ohio University's Scripps College of Communication and the Farfel Endowment
The New York Times
For information about the program, contact Sue Porter, vice president/programs, Scripps Howard Foundation at 1-800-888-3000 ext. 3030 or sue.porter@scripps.com.