From Our Archive
Jan. 6, 1998
Scripps Howard
Foundation names
National Journalism Award judges
CINCINNATI -- The Scripps Howard
Foundation has announced the names of 29 distinguished media
professionals who will be judging its 1997 National Journalism
Awards.
The
Foundation, which broadened the scope of its awards
competition this year, is accepting entries in newspaper and
broadcast journalism, distinguished service and college
cartoonist categories. The deadlines for all entries is Jan.
31, with one exception. The deadline for the Charles M. Schulz
Award for college cartoonists is Jan. 9.
Cash awards totaling more
than $40,000 will be presented March 26 during a banquet in
Knoxville, Tenn., home of The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Home
& Garden Television and Cinetel Productions, operating
units of The E.W. Scripps Company, which hosts the banquet.
Competition rules, a
listing of categories and entry forms are available on the
Scripps Howard Foundationís web site at www.scripps.com/foundation.
Following are the judges
for the 1997 competition:
Reid
Ashe, publisher, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune; Mervin
Aubespin, associate editor, The Courier-Journal,
Louisville, Ky.; Louis D. Boccardi, president
and CEO, The Associated Press; Jennie
Buckner, editor, The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer;
Robert Burdick, editor, Rocky Mountain News,
Denver, Colo.; and Lucy Caswell, associate
professor and curator, Graphic and Photographic Arts Research
Library, The Ohio State University.
Nick
Clooney, columnist, The Cincinnati Post, and host for
the American Movie Classics channel; Colleen
Conant, vice president/executive editor, Daily
Camera, Boulder, Colo.; Timothy J. Gallagher,
editor, Ventura (Calif.) County Star; Robert H.
Giles, senior vice president, The Freedom Forum,
executive director, Media Studies Center; Thomas H.
Greer, vice president/senior editor, The (Cleveland)
Plain Dealer; and Jane Healy, managing
editor, The Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel.
Harry A.
Jessell, executive editor, Broadcasting & Cable;
Tim Kelly, president and publisher, The
Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; Jane E.
Kirtley, executive director, The Reporters Committee
for Freedom of the Press, Arlington, Va.; Edie
Magnus, television anchor, MSNBC; Anthony
Marro, editor/executive vice president, Newsday; and
Angus McEachran, editor and president, The
Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn. Tim J.
McGuire, editor/senior vice president of new media,
Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, Minn.; Eric Ober,
president and CEO, Cinetel Productions; Richard
Oppel, editor, Austin (Texas) American-Statesman;
Al Roker, weather and feature reporter, NBC
News, "The Today Show"; Madelyn Ross,
managing editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Charles
M. Schulz, creator of PEANUTS.
Edward
Seaton, publisher and editor in chief, The Manhattan
(N.Y.) Mercury; Frank Sutherland, vice
president/news and editor, The Tennessean, Nashville, Tenn.;
Morris Thompson, editorial page editor,
Philadelphia Daily News; Stan Tiner,
editor/vice president for news, Mobile (Ala.) Register; and
Cynthia Tucker, editorial page editor, The
Atlanta Constitution.
Dedicated to excellence in journalism, the
Scripps Howard Foundation is a leader in industry efforts in
journalism education, scholarships, literacy, minority
recruitment/development, and First Amendment causes.
Contact: Patty Cottingham, Scripps Howard Foundation, 513-977-3847, cottingham@scripps.com