National Journalism Awards Videos
Winners of the Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Awards were honored at a dinner on April 18, 2008 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. It was an extraordinary evening of celebrating great journalism. Cash awards totaling $195,000 and trophies were presented to the winners.
The awards recognize excellence in 17 categories, including editorial writing; human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting; business/economics reporting; commentary; photojournalism; radio and television journalism; college cartooning; Web reporting; and editorial cartooning. The awards also honor distinguished service to journalism education and the First Amendment.
We hope you enjoy the videos featuring the winners' work - the best of 2007 - and their acceptance speeches. (Each video is approximately five minutes in length. Flash player required to play videos.)
- Editorial Writing, Walker Stone Award
Sonni Efron, Los Angeles Times - Commentary
Jason Whitlock, The Kansas City (Mo.) Star - Human Interest Writing, Ernie Pyle Award
Julia O'Malley, Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News - Web Reporting
washingtonpost.com - Environmental Reporting, Edward J. Meeman Award
Seth Borenstein, Associated Press - Editorial Cartooning
Steve Kelley, The Times-Picayune, New Orleans - First Amendment, Edward Willis Scripps Award
Knoxville (Tenn.) News Sentinel - Journalism Teacher of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award
Dr. Elinor Kelley Grusin, The University of Memphis - Journalism Administrator of the Year, Charles E. Scripps Award
Dr. David M. Rubin, Syracuse University - Photojournalism
Matt McClain, Rocky Mountain News, Denver - Business/Economics Reporting, William Brewster Styles Award
The Wall Street Journal - Electronic Media: TV/Cable, Jack R. Howard Award
WJLA-TV, Arlington, Va. - Electronic Media: Radio, Jack R. Howard Award
Alix Spiegel, National Public Radio - College Cartoonist, Charles M. Schulz Award
William Warren, Old Gold & Black, Wake Forest University - Washington Reporting, Raymond Clapper Award
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Public Service Reporting, Roy W. Howard Award
Chicago Tribune - Investigative Reporting, Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize
The New York Times, (Walt Bogdanich and Jake Hooker)
For information about the program, contact Sue Porter, vice president/programs, Scripps Howard Foundation at 1-800-888-3000 ext. 3030 or sue.porter@scripps.com.