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Scripps News receives prestigious Gracie Award for its investigation into child fentanyl overdoses
WASHINGTON, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Women in Media is honoring Scripps News with a prestigious Gracie Award for its 2024
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[{"type":"text","content":"WASHINGTON, March 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Women in Media is honoring Scripps News with a prestigious Gracie Award for its 2024 investigation, \"Fentanyl: The Silent Toll.\"\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe Gracie Awards winners were announced today. Scripps News, the national streaming channel owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), also received an honorable mention in two other categories.\n\"The recognition underscores Scripps News' unwavering commitment to investigative journalism,\" said Linda Pattillo, Scripps News' managing editor for investigations and world affairs. \"It's a testament to our dedicated team's tireless efforts to uncover the truth and bring critical issues to light, ensuring that important stories are told and impactful changes are made.\"\n\"Fentanyl: The Silent Toll\"Scripps News Investigates correspondent Lori Jane Gliha and producer Brittany Freeman won the Gracie Award in the \"national news: hard news feature\" category for their original reporting, \"Fentanyl: The Silent Toll\". The team traveled from coast to coast, interviewing families, medical experts and social workers about the deaths and near-fatalities of babies, toddlers and young children across the country.\n\"We are honored that our years of reporting on this issue have been recognized by an organization that elevates and empowers not only women but female investigative journalists,\" said Gliha. \"We are delighted to know more people will see our work as a result of this award. We hope that will allow the light we have shined on these issues to continue to have a positive impact on many lives.\"\nTheir series of reports, which began airing in 2023, has expanded to include the groundbreaking analysis of more than 400 cases and continues today. The earliest stories in the series were nominated for a 2024 national news Emmy Award.\"\n\"Ukraine's Women Warriors\" Scripps News received an honorable mention in the \"national news: soft news feature\" category for its special report, \"Ukraine's Women Warriors\". Scripps News international correspondent Jason Bellini traveled to the frontlines of the war in Ukraine where the call to fight for freedom is being answered by Ukrainian women finding their own strength and bravery. Bellini's reports provide insight into the experience of more than 5,000 female Ukrainian volu...