Scripps Howard Foundation: Programs and Projects

Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Competition

The collegiate reporting competition awards nine aspiring journalists a 13-day guided study tour to Japan and South Korea, an area of special interest to Roy W. Howard. The competition, established in 1984 in cooperation with the Indiana University School of Journalism, honors the memory of the journalist who led Scripps Howard Newspapers from 1922-1953 and United Press International from 1912-1920.

Winners of the 2009 competition will travel to Japan and South Korea from June 13-27.

Winners of the 2008 competition traveled to Japan and South Korea from June 14-26, 2008. Howard scholar and Dean of the School of Journalism at Indiana University, Brad Hamm, led the group and also conducted the 2006 and 2007 trips.

Among many highlights during the 2008 trip: National Folk Museum of Korea; Myeondong shopping district; Mainichi Broadcasting System; Osaka Castle where students learned about Japanese history in the 1600s and 1700s; the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea; Freedom Bridge, the road linking North and South Korea; changing of the guard ceremony at the gate of Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul; Korea University, considered one of the top three universities in the country; Senso-ji Temple, dedicated to the Buddhist goddess of Mercy, Kannon; Disaster Reduction Institution, a museum dedicated to the 1995 earthquake in Kobe; Asahi Shimbun, the country's second-largest circulation newspaper; Japan's old capital, Kyoto; and the Imperial Palace Park. They learned about Roy Howard's 1933 interview with the Emperor of Japan, the first ever by an American.

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.