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Feb. 20, 2002
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
2001 in newspaper, broadcast and Web journalism, distinguished
service to literacy and First Amendment causes, and college
cartoonist categories.
"We’ve assembled some of the
most respected names in American journalism to judge the
hundreds of excellent entries in this national competition,"
said Judith G. Clabes, president and CEO of the Scripps Howard
Foundation. "The quality of the judges is one of the reasons
the National Journalism Awards are so widely respected and
coveted."
The deadline for entries was Jan. 31. Cash
awards totaling $50,000 will be presented Friday, April 12
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 judges for this year’s awards:
Libby
Averyt, managing editor, Corpus Christi (Texas)
Caller-Times; Mary Kay Blake, senior vice
president/partnerships and initiatives, The Freedom Forum;
Kenneth F. Bunting, executive editor, Seattle
Post-Intelligencer; Alex Burrows, director of
photography, The Pilot, Norfolk, Va.; and David
Carlson, director, Interactive Media Lab, College of
Journalism and Communication, University of Florida,
Gainesville.
Lucy Shelton Caswell,
professor and curator, Cartoon Research Library, The Ohio
State University, Columbus; Steve Coll,
managing editor, The Washington Post; Janice
Collins, professor, Mass Media Arts
Department, Hampton (Va.) University; Jack
Davis, cartoonist, 2000 National Cartoonist Society
Reuben Award Winner; and Frank Denton,
editor, Wisconsin State Journal,
Madison.
Phillip Dixon, former
managing editor, The Philadelphia Inquirer; Carolina
Garcia, managing editor, San Antonio (Texas)
Express-News; Tom Hallman, Jr., senior
reporter, The (Portland) Oregonian; Alan M.
Horton, senior vice president/newspapers, The E. W.
Scripps Company; Karen Jurgensen, editor, USA
TODAY; and Thomas Kunkel, dean Philip Merrill
College of Journalism, University of Maryland, College Park.
John Lansing, senior vice
president/broadcasting, The E. W. Scripps Company; Jan
Leach, vice president and editor, Akron (Ohio) Beacon
Journal; Phil Lewis, vice president and
editor, Naples (Fla.) Daily News; and Robert M.
O'Neil, professor of law, University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, and director, Thomas Jefferson Center.
Susan J. Porter, editor/Scripps
Howard News, The E. W. Scripps Company; Carl
Rauscher, news editor, The Cox Newspapers;
Sandra Roberts, managing editor/opinion, The
(Nashville) Tennessean; Al Roker, weather and
feature reporter, NBC News, "TODAY"; Mike
Silverman, managing editor, The Associated Press; and
Bob Stiff, executive editor, The Dispatch,
Lexington, N.C.
Chris Taylor,
SmartMoney Magazine; Jacqueline Thomas,
former editorial page editor, The Baltimore Sun;
Mark Tomasik, managing
editor, Scripps Howard News Service, and recently appointed
executive editor of Treasure Coast Publishing in Stuart, Fla.;
Al Tompkins, group leader/broadcast and
online, The Poynter Institute; Martha
Wilson, director Semester in Washington; and
Hank Wilson, assistant managing editor,
Scripps Howard News Service.
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.