From Our Archive
Aug.
2, 2006
Judith G.
Clabes to
receive 2006 Gerald Sass Award
From the "Administrator," publication of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (ASJMC)
ASJMC will present Judith G. Clabes, president and CEO of Scripps Howard Foundation, with its 2006 Gerald Sass Award for Distinguished Service to Journalism and Mass Communication. The presentation will take place Thursday, August 3, at a dinner during the AEJMC Convention in San Francisco.
Clabes has been president and CEO of Scripps Howard
Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the E.W. Scripps Company,
since 1996. On her
watch Scripps Howard Foundation has greatly expanded its
programs and reach. The Foundation's primary focus is
"improving journalism" but it also directs the company's
charitable giving in Greater Cincinnati and, more recently, in
all the Company's communities. In journalism, the Foundation
sponsors the National Journalism Awards and a Semester in
Washington news bureau for advanced reporting students,
established and continues to support extensively the Scripps
Howard School of Journalism and Communications at Hampton
University, has a long and growing relationship with the E.W.
Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University, recently made
a $20 million commitment to name the Scripps College of
Communication at Ohio University, has an innovative internship
grant program for undergraduate students, sponsors a Top Ten
Scholarship program for journalism students and funds numerous
mid-career training programs.
Prior to her work with the foundation, she was director
of editorial development for Scripps' newspaper division and,
for 13 years, editor of The Kentucky Post. She is a graduate of the
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