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Feb. 4, 2000
Scripps Howard Foundation names judges for annual National Journalism Awards
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard Foundation has
announced the names of 32 journalists and media professionals
who will judge the National Journalism Awards.
The Foundation will recognize the best work of 1999 in newspaper,
broadcast and Web journalism, distinguished service to literacy
and First Amendment causes; and college cartoonist categories.
The competition was expanded this year to include two new
categories, editorial cartooning and Web reporting.
"One of the reasons that the National Journalism Awards
are so coveted is the quality of our judges," said Judith
G. Clabes, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard Foundation.
"This year is no exception. We've succeeded in assembling
some of the most respected names in contemporary American
journalism to judge the hundreds of excellent entries we've
received."
The deadline for entries was Jan. 31. Cash awards totaling
$50,000 will be presented Friday, April 14 during a banquet
at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
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 awards:
Jay Ambrose, director of editorial policy,
Scripps Howard News Service, Washington, D.C.; Caesar
Andrews, editor, Gannett News Service, Arlington,
Va.; Frank Aukofer, Washington bureau chief,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Louis D. Boccardi,
president and CEO, The Associated Press; and Lucy
Caswell, professor and curator, Cartoon Research
Library, The Ohio State University.
Colleen Conant, executive editor and publisher,
Daily Camera, Boulder, Colo.; Frank del Olmo,
associate editor, Los Angeles Times; Deborah W.
Fisher, managing editor, Corpus Christi (Texas)
Caller-Times; Alan M. Horton, senior vice
president for newspapers, The E.W. Scripps Company, Cincinnati;
and Pamela Howard, vice president, Scripps
Howard Foundation.
Deborah Howell, Washington bureau chief
and editor, Newhouse News Service; Edward W. Jones,
managing editor, The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, Va.;
Paul Knue, editor, The Cincinnati Post;
Bill Lambrecht, Washington correspondent,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch; and Gary Lee,
reporter, The Washington Post.
William Marimow, managing editor, The Baltimore
Sun; Michael Marshall, editor, Mobile (Ala.)
Register; Angus McEachran, editor and president,
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis; Rem Rieder,
editor and senior vice president, American Journalism Review,
College Park, Md.; and Al Roker, weather
and feature reporter, NBC News, The Today Show.
Ann Scales, White House correspondent,
Boston Globe; Charles M. Schulz, Creator
of PEANUTS; Edward W. Scripps Jr.,
vice president, Scripps Howard Foundation; Dennis
Sodomka, executive editor, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle;
Zachary Stalberg, editor, Philadelphia
Daily News; John Temple, editor, Denver
Rocky Mountain News; and Nigel Wade, editor-in-chief,
Chicago Sun-Times.
Janet Weaver, executive editor, Sarasota
(Fla.) Herald-Tribune; Polly Wells, development
executive and producer, WETA-TV, Washington, D.C.; Hank
Wilson, assistant managing editor of graphics,
Scripps Howard News Service; Steve Yelvington,
executive editor, Cox Interactive Media, Atlanta; and Jim
Zarchin, senior vice president and general manager,
Do It Yourself (DIY), Knoxville, Tenn.
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