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Feb.
24, 2003
Scripps Howard Foundation names judges for annual National Journalism Awards
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard
Foundation has announced the names of 35 journalists and media
professionals who will judge the National Journalism
Awards.
The Foundation will recognize the best work of
2002 in newspaper, broadcast and Web journalism, distinguished
service to literacy and First Amendment causes, and college
cartoonist categories during an awards dinner at the National
Press Club in Washington D.C. on April 4.
"Each year we
select a panel of respected journalists to evaluate hundreds
of entries from their print, broadcast and Internet colleagues
from across the country," said Judith G. Clabes, president and
CEO of the Scripps Howard Foundation. "The expertise and care
that they bring to the judging process makes the Scripps
Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards among the
industry's most coveted."
The deadline for entries was
Jan. 31. Cash awards for winning entries will total $95,000,
nearly double the amount awarded in last year's competition.
Individual cash awards are $5,000 for this year's
competition.
Competition rules and a listing of
categories are available on the Scripps Howard Foundation’s
Web site at www.scripps.com/foundation. Winners will be
announced March 7 and posted to the Foundation's Web
site.
Following are judges for this year’s
awards:
Gilbert Bailon, vice president and executive
editor, The Dallas Morning News; J. Bruce Baumann, managing
editor, Evansville (Ind.) Courier & Press; Drew Berry,
vice president and general manager, WMAR-TV, Baltimore; Mary
Kay Blake, senior vice president, Partnerships and
Initiatives, The Freedom Forum, Arlington, Va.; and Dr. Del
Brinkman, former dean of journalism at the University of
Kansas and the University of Colorado, and former director of
journalism programs at the John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation.
Robert W. Burdick, president and
publisher, Naples (Fla.) Daily News; Terri T. Burke, editor,
Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News; Alex Burrows, director of
photography, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.; David E.
Carlson, director, Interactive Media Lab, Cox/Palm Beach Post
Professor of New Media Journalism, University of Florida
College of Journalism and Communications; and Lucy Shelton
Caswell, professor and curator, Cartoon Research Library, The
Ohio State University.
Colleen Conant, editor and publisher,
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.; Jonathan Dahl, editor of the
Weekend Journal, The Wall Street Journal; Lucy A. Dalglish,
executive director, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the
Press, Arlington, Va.; James H. Denley, director of new media,
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.; Meg Downey, executive
editor, Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal; and Gregory Favre,
Distinguished Fellow of Journalism Values, The Poynter
Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Loren Ghiglione, dean,
Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University; Sue A.
Hale, executive editor, The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City;
Charlotte H. Hall, vice president and managing editor,
Newsday; Alan M. Horton, senior vice president/newspapers, The
E.W. Scripps Company; Timothy M. Kelly, president and
publisher, Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; and John F. Lansing,
senior vice president/broadcast, The E.W. Scripps
Company.
James A. Mallory, managing editor/initiatives
and operations, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Angus
McEachran, retired editor and president, The Commercial
Appeal; Mark Neikirk, managing editor, The Cincinnati Post and
The Kentucky Post; Joe Oglesby, editorial page editor, The
Miami Herald; Tom O'Hara, managing editor, The Plain Dealer,
Cleveland; and Robert M. O'Neil, professor of law, University
of Virginia, and director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the
Protection of Free Expression.
Mike Phillips, director
of editorial development, The E.W. Scripps Company; Al Roker,
weather and feature reporter, NBC News, "TODAY"; Jerry Scott,
"Baby Blues" and "Zits" cartoonist, 2001 National Cartoonist
Society Reuben Award winner; Mike Silverman, managing editor,
The Associated Press; Larry Tarleton, publisher, The Post and
Courier, Charleston, S.C.; Al Tompkins, group leader/broadcast
and online, The Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and
John J. Zakarian, vice president/editorial page editor, The
Hartford (Conn.) Courant.
Dedicated to excellence in
journalism, the Scripps Howard Foundation is a leader in
industry efforts in journalism education, scholarships,
internships, literacy, minority recruitment/development and
First Amendment causes.
Contact: Patty Cottingham, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3847, cottingham@scripps.com