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Scripps Howard Foundation provides grants to support and train international investigative journalists

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is providing nearly $500,000 to help the award-winning Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism launch online training programs that will make in-depth investigative journalism training accessible to professional journalists in the U.S. and around the world.

The Foundation established the Howard Centers, located at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland, in 2018 to honor the legacy of Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain. Both centers are leaders in training the next generation of investigative and data reporters.

The online training programs, which will roll out in phases, will be developed by the Howard Centers and marketed to the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) broad network of international journalists. The programs also will be marketed to U.S. journalists. The programs will offer journalists up-to-date investigative training courses that are both cost-conscious and virtual, expanding access to world-class investigative instruction across the globe.

Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University
The Foundation will provide ASU with $200,000 to support the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Editing Program, a 12-course program focused on training journalists in investigative editing skills. Participants can take one or more of the 12 courses, though they must complete all 12 to receive a certificate of completion from ASU. Learners can complete the training on their own timeline during a designated 10-day period for each course. They also can interact with professional faculty who helped develop the training via live Zoom sessions at the conclusion of each course. ASU launched the program to the first cohort of learners in January. The second cohort launches in June.

In addition to receiving international marketing support from ICFJ, ASU’s program will also be promoted in the U.S. by Investigative Reporters and Editors, a nonprofit focused on improving the quality of investigative journalism. Tuition for ASU is $300 per course, or $3,000 for the full 12-course certification. Participants can apply for a scholarship – funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation grant – if they take the entire 12-course program. For more information, visit the program’s website.

Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland
The Foundation will give UMD $200,000 to create four courses focused on training participants in data journalism. The first two courses from UMD will begin in August, and the final two will launch in January. UMD’s courses will be self-paced.

In addition to support from ICFJ, Merrill’s program will be promoted by the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas, an organization that trains and supports journalists in Latin America.

Tuition for UMD’s four-course program will be $1,500, though participants who wish to take individual courses may do so at a cost of $500 each. Like ASU, participants can apply for a scholarship – funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation grant. When the program launches, UMD will grant scholarships for individual courses and the full four-course program.

International Center for Journalists
The Foundation will grant ICFJ $86,000 to market the certificate programs to international journalists. ICFJ will vet and recommend international scholarship recipients and facilitate a cohort of international participants for the ASU certificate program’s second cohort, which begins in June. ICFJ will also market UMD’s program when it rolls out.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

About the Scripps Howard Foundation
The Scripps Howard Foundation is a private foundation established in 1962 to advance charitable causes important to The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) and the Scripps and Howard families. The Foundation is dedicated to creating informed and engaged communities through journalism education.

Scripps Howard Fund announces finalists for 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards

CINCINNATI – The finalists for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards include journalists from local newsrooms and national publications who produced the most impactful journalism of 2024.

A panel of veteran journalists and media leaders selected the finalists from nearly 600 entries across 12 categories.

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.

“This year’s finalists produced powerful journalism that explores urgent social issues – from the complexities of mental health and criminal justice to environmental crises and systemic inequities – as well as careful examinations of policy and global dynamics” said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund. “Whether local newsrooms embedded in their communities or national publications on the global frontlines, their work is driving impactful conversations about public accountability and human resilience.”

View the gallery of finalists here.

The winners will be announced online on June 10 at SHJAwards.org.

The 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards finalists are:

Excellence in Audio Storytelling

Audible – “The Parole Room”
Boise State Public Radio – “Extremely American: Onward Christian Soldiers”
KUOW Public Radio, The Seattle Times – “Lost Patients”

Excellence in Business/Financial Reporting

The Boston Globe with contributions by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project – “Spotlight coverage of Steward Health Care”
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Rocklin | Faust, Impact Partners, Magnolia Pictures, Participant Media – “The Grab”
The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Ida B. Wells Society – “The Migrant Pipeline”

Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W. “Ted” Scripps II

The Guardian U.S., Forensic Architecture – “Marathon: The Huge U.S. Toxic Fire Shrouded in Secrecy”
Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at ASU – “Lithium Liabilities”
Inside Climate News – “Cashing Out: The Secretive System Disrupting Climate Action and Forcing Big Payouts to Fossil Fuel Companies”

Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring Edward Willis Scripps

The Boston Globe – “State Secrets”
The News & Observer – “Power and Secrecy”
The Texas Tribune – “Finding Texas’ Border Wall”

Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting

The Baltimore Banner, The New York Times – “Baltimore’s Overdose Crisis”
The Boston Globe – “Justice for Sandra Birchmore”
San Francisco Chronicle – “Right to Remain Secret”

Excellence in Local Video Storytelling, honoring Jack. R. Howard

ABC15 Arizona – “Policing Phoenix: The DOJ Report”
The Arizona Republic, azcentral – “Preston Lord’s death uncovers ‘Gilbert Goons’”
FRONTLINE (PBS) – “Maui’s Deadly Firestorm”

Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring Ernie Pyle

The Atavist Magazine – “Coming to America”
The New York Times – “America, Polarized”
ProPublica – “Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl”

Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize

ProPublica – “Life of the Mother”
Reuters – “Pentagon Ran Secret Anti-vax Campaign to Undermine China During Pandemic”
STAT – “Health Care’s Colossus”

Excellence in National/International Video Storytelling, honoring Roy W. Howard

FRONTLINE (PBS) – “A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians”
Retro Report, PBS – “Citizen Nation”
Univision News Digital – “Exposed: How Pesticides Harm Farmworkers”

Excellence in Opinion Writing

Detroit Free Press, Eye On Michigan – “Michigan’s Watchdog is ‘On Guard’”
Minnesota Star Tribune – “Minnesota Paradox”
Louis Post-Dispatch – “Ending Pay-to-Stay”

Excellence in Visual Human-Interest Storytelling

FRONTLINE (PBS) – “A Year of War: Israelis and Palestinians”
ProPublica – “The Year After a Denied Abortion”
Retro Report, PBS – “Citizen Nation”

The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication also recognizes the finalists for its two journalism education awards:

Teacher of the Year

Elaine Monaghan, professor of practice, Indiana University Media School
Mark Horvit, professor, University of Missouri School of Journalism

Administrator of the Year

Elizabeth Foster, director and professor, Tombras School of Advertising and Public Relations, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Marie Hardin, dean, Pennsylvania State University’s Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications

Learn more about past Scripps Howard Journalism Award winners at SHJAwards.org.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

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.

Scripps Howard Foundation provides grants to support journalists with AI tools

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation is giving $2 million to the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University to empower journalists with artificial intelligence tools. The three-year grants will allow the Howard Centers to test and pilot several AI tools that support local news.

The Foundation established the Howard Centers in 2018 to honor the legacy of Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter whose relentless pursuit of the news took him around the world, spurred innovation and helped lay the groundwork for modern journalism. The Howard Centers train the next generation of investigative reporters by producing national caliber investigative projects in partnership with faculty and news organizations across the U.S.

The University of Maryland will use the $1 million grant to develop a series of AI products:

The Beat Book: The Beat Book will employ artificial intelligence to help local news organizations assess and improve coverage of their communities. Using AI methodologies, the Beat Book will scour a cooperating publication’s archives to identify how that publication has covered a particular beat in the past.
The AI Reporter’s Tool Box: An idea initially developed by students at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, the Tool Box will use AI and other machine learning technology to make the reporters’ workflows – such as transcribing an interview – more efficient and their reporting more accurate.
AI Meeting Watchdog: This AI system would monitor live-streaming video of government meetings and provide timely notifications of newsworthy events, story idea tips and summaries of key action.
The Visibility for Local News Project: This project aims to help local news become more visible online – in search engine results and on social media. The insights from this project will be used in courses for Merrill undergraduate students, who will collaborate with Maryland local news organizations to help them improve digital visibility and track changes in audience.

“Our students and faculty will help local newsrooms implement tools that will transform journalism and journalism operations, while also reimagining journalism education,” said Rafael Lorente, dean at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism. “Like other revolutionary technologies, we can make choices about how we use AI. Our faculty and students have chosen to create and deploy tools that make journalism smarter and better. We are incredibly grateful to the Scripps Howard Foundation for making this work possible and for their continued support.”

Arizona State University will use the $1 million to launch AI initiatives:

ASU will recruit a professor trained in artificial intelligence to explore the role and implications of AI in journalism and the ways in which the industry can adapt in this new environment of emerging technologies. The professor will teach courses in AI investigative journalism, research uses of AI in investigative journalism and share findings with investigative journalists across the industry. ASU will also recruit a graduate research assistant and graduate student worker each year of the grant to support the professor’s research and dissemination of findings.
ASU will launch a website and monthly e-newsletter that provides the latest information on AI use in investigative journalism and distribute it to a broad network of investigative journalism experts. It will include a quarterly review of the latest products of AI technology based on testing and usage in live investigative journalism environments.
The school will design and offer a certificate in investigative journalism with a focus on AI.
ASU will conduct annual training workshops for AI experts and users in investigative journalism. The goal of the workshops will be to generate concrete plans for collaborations on testing particular AI tools and applications.

“Artificial intelligence is dramatically impacting journalism,” said Battinto L. Batts Jr, dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU. “We must take a strategic approach to understanding and leveraging AI in the process of charting that future. The Cronkite School plans to be an ongoing and relevant player in that endeavor and appreciates the confidence the Scripps Howard Foundation has shown in our team.”

Learn more about the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation gave $9.8 million in charitable gifts in 2024

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation, nonprofit organizations, awarded $9.8 million to community and journalism programs during 2024, a nearly 10% increase from 2023.

The Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation support communities where The E.W. Scripps Company does business, while their journalism programs and funding reach people across the country. The Fund and Foundation also partner with the Scripps and Howard families to support causes important to them.

“Together with our partners, the Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation continually find new ways to serve our communities and support the evolving landscape of journalism,” said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation. “The impact of our 2024 funding underscores the power of collaboration that drives everything we do – creating opportunities, building brighter futures for young people through reading and fostering a more engaged, informed world.”

The Fund’s 2024 giving included:

$2.5 million to give back in communities served by The E.W. Scripps Company

Scripps-owned local television stations and Scripps Networks held 77 fundraising campaigns in 2024 and received nearly 6,500 donations.
The Fund supported more than 110 charities within Scripps’ communities, providing help to those who need it most.
The Fund, Scripps local stations and Scripps News joined forces to organize fundraisers alongside their coverage for hurricanes Helene and Milton. Viewers across the country answered the call, helping to raise $289,000 for 29 local nonprofits on the frontlines.

$1.6 million to advance journalism education

During the 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, the Fund awarded $170,000 across 15 categories, recognizing news organizations and journalists for outstanding investigations and storytelling.
Twenty-one paid interns gained real-world experience working in newsrooms across the country.
The Scripps Howard Fund provided grants to foster innovation in journalism education through two programs:
- The Fund partners with the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism to teach college students open-source investigative journalism.
- The Fund, in partnership with the Adam R. Scripps Foundation, provided a grant to the University of Memphis to create an open-source investigative program at its Institute for Public Service Reporting.

$1.5 million to improve childhood literacy

The Fund’s ninth annual “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign invested a record-breaking $1.5 million in childhood literacy.
This year’s campaign provided 255,000 new books to 34,000 children at low-income schools across the United States.
In 2024, Clay County, Kentucky, became the first school district in the country to have all its elementary schools receive support from the “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign. Nearly 1,700 students across the district’s seven elementary schools selected books of their own to start their home libraries during free Scholastic Book Fairs – that’s 14,850 books into the hands of children most at risk of falling behind in reading.

The Foundation’s 2024 giving included:

$4.2 million to advance journalism education

In 2024, the Foundation expanded its impact by establishing the Roy Howard Community Journalism Center at the University of Southern Mississippi. USM will receive $1 million per year for three years to create and operate the center. This groundbreaking program helps student journalists amplify the voices of under-reported communities, counter misinformation and produce meaningful, trustworthy journalism. Through their work, students will not only debunk falsehoods but also investigate and expose the sources of misinformation, fostering a more informed and engaged public.
The Foundation funded $200,000 grants for Roy Howard fellows, helping them refine their journalism skills.
The Foundation invested more than $2 million to continue its support for the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland and Arizona State University. The Howard Centers train the next generation of reporters, introducing them to a host of topics including new media, data mining and the ethics and history of investigative journalism.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Scripps Howard Foundation selects five investigative journalists to participate in Howard fellowship

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Foundation has named five investigative journalists to its latest class of Roy W. Howard fellows. The fellows will spend a year getting hands-on experience working at nonprofit newsrooms across the country.

The nonprofit newsrooms hosting the fellows during the program are: Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting, Flatwater Free Press, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, InvestigateWest and Public Health Watch.

Created in partnership with the Howard family, the fellowships honor Roy W. Howard, former chairman of the Scripps Howard newspaper chain and a pioneering news reporter whose relentless pursuit of the news took him around the world, spurred innovation and helped lay the groundwork for modern journalism.

The fellowships, awarded biannually, are given to graduates of the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University and the University of Maryland, which were established in 2018.

The ninth class of Roy W. Howard fellows:

Sam Ellefson

Sam Ellefson, an investigative journalist from Phoenix, is joining the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for his Roy W. Howard fellowship year. Ellefson’s reporting has focused on law enforcement employment practices in the southwest borderlands and the repatriation of Native American remains and funeral objects in Arizona. He completed a Master of Arts in Investigative Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. He has been an investigative reporter at ASU’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism; a labor reporter at the Copper Courier; the editor-in-chief of State Press Magazine; and a contributing writer for Arizona Highways Magazine. A dual citizen of Sweden and the U.S., Ellefson aspires to report from Scandinavia in the future.

Aspen Ford

Aspen Ford, an award-winning investigative journalist with a passion for data and collaboration, will be joining InvestigateWest as that news organization’s first Roy W. Howard fellow. Ford has experience reporting on Indigenous affairs, the environment and police accountability. She recently earned her Master of Arts degree in Investigative Journalism from ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and holds a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University in Oklahoma with a double major in Spanish and media studies. Ford began her journalism career at The Oklahoman and is a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.

Christopher Lomahquahu

Christopher Lomahquahu, an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, is the new Roy W. Howard fellow at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. He graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Investigative Journalism at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. A first-generation college graduate, Lomahquahu holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Social Work from Arizona State University. In his 11-year journalism career, he has covered culture, sports, education and government affairs. He was part of an award-winning investigation into the Native American Grave and Repatriation Act, focusing on two of Arizona’s institutions and its collections at Arizona State University and the Arizona State Museum.

Eshaan Sarup

Eshaan Sarup graduated in December 2024 with their master’s degree in Investigative Journalism from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at ASU. During this program, they worked on investigative projects published by Indian Country Today, USA Today and Honolulu Civil Beat. They also interned at the Arizona Republic and Times of San Diego. Sarup holds an undergraduate degree in Public Policy from the University of Virginia and freelanced for multiple papers in Charlottesville, Va. They will be joining Public Health Watch in January as that news organization’s first Roy W. Howard fellow.

Joshua Shimkus

Joshua Shimkus graduated with his master’s degree in Investigative Journalism from Arizona State University in December 2023. He worked on several award-winning stories and projects during his time there, including wasteful state spending on a makeshift border wall, the aftermath of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and the impacts of lithium mining in the United States. Following graduation, Shimkus reported for the Quad-City Times, a daily newspaper serving the Quad-Cities region in Iowa and Illinois. Prior to his career in journalism, he was a farmhand, a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania, a congressional staffer on Capitol Hill and an AmeriCorps volunteer. Shimkus joins the Flatwater Free Press in January as its Roy W. Howard fellow.

Learn more about the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Scripps Howard Fund accepting entries for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards

CINCINNATI – The 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards, one of the nation’s most prestigious American journalism competitions, will offer $140,000 in prize money in 12 categories. The Scripps Howard Fund will be accepting entries for journalism produced in 2024 from now until Feb. 3.

Click here to submit an entry for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards.

With a focus on high-impact and investigative reporting, the awards honor work from television stations, networks, radio and podcasts, visual media, online media outlets, independent producers, newspapers and other print publications.

2025 categories include:

Audio Storytelling
Business/Financial Reporting
Environmental Reporting
Distinguished Service to the First Amendment
Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling
Visual Human-Interest Storytelling
Local/Regional Investigative Reporting
National/International Investigative Reporting
Opinion Writing
Local Video Storytelling
National/International Video Storytelling

Find the full category descriptions here.

Finalists for the 72nd Scripps Howard Journalism Awards will be announced in the spring. New this year, in addition to the prize money and trophy, Scripps Howard Journalism Award winners will also receive a travel stipend/honorarium to visit a university and present their entry to journalism students.

“The Fund is committed to advancing journalism by bridging the classroom and the newsroom,” said Mike Canan, senior director of journalism strategies for the Scripps Howard Fund. “This opportunity allows the winners’ impactful journalism to reach and inspire the next generation of journalists – preparing them to tell stories and reach audiences in innovative ways.”

The Impact Award winner is chosen from the winners of the other 11 categories and select finalists. Last year’s Impact Award recipient – The New York Times’ Hannah Dreier – brought attention to the United States’ failure to keep children out of unsafe working conditions and how young immigrants end up illegally working dangerous jobs. The impact of Dreier’s work has been felt across the country at national and state levels. Within days of the first piece being released, the White House began an immediate child labor crackdown.

View the gallery of finalists and winners from the 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards here.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Scripps Howard Fund announces winners of 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards

CINCINNATI – The year’s most impactful journalism was on display during the 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards show, which aired Sunday, Oct. 20, on Scripps News.

The Scripps Howard Journalism Awards judges – a panel of veteran journalists and media leaders – selected the winning news organizations from 775 entries across 14 categories.

“From investigations into the influence of the Supreme Court to exposés on the hidden dangers of life-saving medical equipment, the reporting highlighted in this year’s program showcases the power of the journalism industry to change lives and shape the world,” said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund.

The awards show, hosted by Scripps News anchor Christian Bryant, featured guest appearances from John Oliver, host of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”; David Muir, anchor of “ABC World News Tonight”; Soledad O’Brien, host of “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien”; and Geoff Bennett, co-anchor of “PBS News Hour.”

Scripps News will rebroadcast the show in its entirety at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, Oct. 26. It will also replay on some of Scripps’ local stations October through December (air dates and times will vary depending on the market).

The winners of the 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards:

Excellence in Audio Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard: The Boston Globe in association with HBO Documentary Films – “Murder in Boston”

Excellence in Breaking News: The Associated Press – “Deadly Maui Wildfires”

Excellence in Business/Financial Reporting: The New York Times – “Alone and Exploited”

Excellence in Environmental Reporting, honoring Edward W. “Ted” Scripps II: The Washington Post – “The Human Limit”

Distinguished Service to the First Amendment, honoring Edward Willis Scripps: The Kansas City Star and The Wichita Eagle – “Marion Record Raid”

Excellence in Innovation, honoring Roy W. Howard: ProPublica and The Desert Sun – “Thirsty Valley”

Excellence in Local/Regional Investigative Reporting: 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”

Excellence in Multimedia Journalism: Reuters – “The Bat Lands”

Excellence in Narrative Human-Interest Storytelling, honoring Ernie Pyle: NPR – “Ukraine Kindergarten”

Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize: ProPublica – “Friends of the Court”

Excellence in National/International Video Storytelling, honoring Jack R. Howard: FRONTLINE (PBS) and The Associated Press – “20 Days in Mariupol”

Excellence in Opinion Writing: Los Angeles Times – “Inside Out: Normalizing Incarceration to Increase Public Safety”

Excellence in Visual Human-Interest Storytelling: MSNBC – “On Assignment with Richard Engel: Ukraine’s Secret Resistance”

Impact Award: The New York Times – “Alone and Exploited”

Judges’ comments: “Alone and Exploited is a vital, well told story for our time when America’s gaze is set on the U.S.-Mexico border. Hannah Dreier looks past the rhetoric and optics on our southern border, instead focusing her investigation on the real source of our immigration issue in the United States — the workplace. Smartly, she homed in on the most vulnerable of workers — immigrant children. She tells this story with important ground-breaking data, but most importantly, with the voices of these vulnerable children who often go unheard.”

View the full gallery of finalists here.

The Scripps Howard Fund, in partnership with the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), also announced the winners and finalists for its two journalism education awards:

Teacher of the Year Nicole Kraft, The Ohio State University

Administrator of the Year: Ann Brill, University of Kansas

Media contact: Molly Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Scripps Howard Fund’s ‘If You Give a Child a Book …’ campaign invests $1.5 million in childhood literacy

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Fund’s ninth annual “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign will invest a record-breaking $1.5 million in childhood literacy. This year’s campaign will provide over 260,000 new books to children at low-income schools across the United States.

For every $6 donation, the Fund gives one book to a child in need.

The campaign’s primary focus is on reaching underserved and vulnerable children living in poverty, with a special focus on distributing books to kids in kindergarten through third grade, when they are still learning to read.

The “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign is supported by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) and its employees, the communities it serves and Scripps family members. This year, the campaign also received a 25,000-book donation from Scholastic, which will benefit nonprofits that support childhood literacy.

Through the Fund’s partnership with Scholastic, Scripps’ local stations and national networks distribute the free books during book fairs. The Scholastic Book Fairs allow children to choose books they can take home. The Fund’s goal is to ensure every student in partner Title I schools receives 10 books each year.

“The number of books in a child’s home is one of the greatest predictors of a child’s success,” said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund. “Our goal is to invest in these children year after year – allowing them to build their own libraries at home.”

On Sept. 4, the Fund announced it would match that day’s donations, which led to more than $170,000 raised from community members in a single day. With the funds raised through this year’s campaign, the total number of books distributed since 2016 will surpass 1.5 million.

The Scripps Howard Fund invested more than $8.7 million in charitable gifts in 2023 for journalism education, childhood literacy and community giving.

To learn more and donate, visit IfYouGiveABook.com.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

Finalists announced for 71st Scripps Howard Journalism Awards

CINCINNATI – 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 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”
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”
The Center for Investigative Reporting, Motto Pictures and Netflix – “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”
MSNBC – “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, [email protected]

Double your impact: Scripps Howard Fund matches donations for ‘If You Give a Child a Book …’ campaign

CINCINNATI – The Scripps Howard Fund is doubling its impact for one day, in celebration of National Literacy Month. Today, Sept. 4, the Fund will match the first $175,000 donated to the “If You Give a Child a Book …” childhood literacy campaign.

For every $12 donated, the Fund gives two books to a child in need. Donations can be made at ifyougiveabook.com.

Donate today: Make a difference and double your impact.

The “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign is supported by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) and its employees, the communities it serves and Scripps family members. The campaign’s primary focus is reaching underserved and vulnerable children living in poverty, by distributing free books to kids in kindergarten through third grade who are still learning to read.

“Third grade is a pivotal time in a child’s life. After that grade level, they’re going from learning how to read to reading to learn,” said Meredith Delaney, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Fund. “If they don’t hit that critical literacy milestone, they start falling behind academically – and it’s so hard for them to make that up.”

Watch: Students and educators talk about the impact of the “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign.

Scripps Howard Fund leaders also believe in giving children the power of choice when it comes to their reading materials. Through a partnership with Scholastic Books, the Fund brings Scholastic Book Fairs to Title 1 schools, so students can select their own books to bring home. The free book fairs are held throughout the school year. The Fund’s goal is to ensure every student in the low-income schools with which it partners receives 10 books each year.

Last year, the Fund raised a record-breaking $1.2 million for its “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign. Since the campaign launched in 2016, the Fund has distributed more than 1.25 million books to children in need.

The Scripps Howard Fund invested more than $8.7 million in charitable gifts in 2023 for journalism education, childhood literacy and community giving.

To learn more and donate visit ifyougiveabook.com.

Media contact: Molly Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713, [email protected]

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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