From Our Archive
Feb.12, 1999
Foundation names
National Journalism Award judges
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard Foundation has
announced the names of 32 distinguished media professionals
who will be judging its National Journalism
Awards.
The Foundation will
recognize the best work of 1998 in newspaper and broadcast
journalism; distinguished service to literacy and First
Amendment causes; and college cartoonist categories.
A new award for business and economics reporting has
been added to this year’s competition in honor of William
Brewster Styles, long-time business editor for The Cincinnati
Post.
Cash awards totaling
more than $45,000 will be presented April 8 during a banquet
at the Westin Hotel in downtown Cincinnati.
Competition
rules and a listing of categories are available on the Scripps
Howard Foundation’s web site at www.scripps.com/foundation.
Following are the judges for this year’s competition:
Andrew
Alexander, Washington bureau chief, Cox Newspapers;
Louis D. Boccardi, president and CEO, The
Associated Press, New York; Lucy Caswell,
director, Cartoon Research Library, The Ohio State University,
Columbus; and Randy Cochran, director of
newspaper operations, The E.W. Scripps Company, Cincinnati.
Brian
Cooper, executive editor, Telegraph Herald, Dubuque,
Iowa; Susan C. Deans, editor, The Sun News,
Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Frank Denton, editor,
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, Wis.; and Karen
Baker, senior editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
Rich
Boehne, vice president of corporate communications
and investor relations, Scripps, Cincinnati; Judy Pace
Christie, executive editor, Florida Today, Melbourne,
Fla.; and Colleen Conant, executive editor and
publisher, Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.
Peter
Copeland, editor and general manager, Scripps Howard
News Service, Washington D.C.; James Denley,
editor, Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News; and Michael R.
Fancher, senior vice president/executive
editor, The Seattle Times.
Clyde
Gray, news anchor, WCPO-TV, Cincinnati;
Pamela Howard, vice president, Scripps Howard
Foundation, Oyster Bay, N.Y.; Jane E.
Kirtley, executive director, Reporters Committee
for Freedom
of the Press, Arlington, Va.; and Gregory L.
Moore, managing editor, The Boston Globe.
Eric
Ober, president and general manager, Food Network,
New York; Mike Phillips, publisher, The
Bremerton (Wash.) Sun; Larry L. Rose,
executive vice president and editor, Corpus Christi
(Texas)
Caller-Times; and Karla Garrett Harshaw,
editor, Springfield (Ohio) News-Sun.
Mike
Jacobs, editor and vice president, Grand Forks (N.D.)
Herald; William G. Moll, president and
general manager, WKRC-TV, Cincinnati; Larry
Nighswander, director, School of Visual Communication, Ohio
University, Athens; Susan Patterson, editor
and publisher, The Union-Recorder, Milledgeville, Ga.; and
Al Roker, weather and feature reporter, The
Today Show, NBC News, New York.
Charles M.
Schulz, creator of PEANUTS, Santa Rosa, Calif.;
Paul K. Scripps, vice president/newspapers,
Scripps, San Diego; Dan K. Thomasson, Scripps
Howard News Service, Washington D.C.;
Frank Sutherland, vice president/news and
editor, The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn.; and
David Zeeck, executive
editor, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.
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