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Scripps News receives three 2023 National Headliner Awards
ATLANTA, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News, the national news network owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has received three 2023
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[{"type":"text","content":"ATLANTA, May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News, the national news network owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has received three 2023 National Headliner Awards. Headliner medallions are presented annually to outstanding writers, photographers, daily newspapers, magazines, graphic artists, radio and television stations and networks and news syndicates.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe Scripps News honors were:\nNarrative podcast and best in showScripps News, in partnership with Stitcher, received best in show and first place in the narrative podcast category for \"Unfinished: Ernie's Secret.\" The 10-episode podcast season, hosted by journalist Wesley Lowery, tells the story of the double life of Ernest C. Withers, an African-American journalist dubbed the \"original civil rights photographer.\" Stitcher, a podcasting business acquired by Scripps in 2016, was sold to SiriusXM in 2020.\nWithers covered the civil rights movements from start to finish, capturing iconic moments like The Emmett Till murder trial and the image of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy riding one of the first integrated buses in Montgomery, Alabama.\nAfter his death, it was revealed Withers was secretly a \"racial informant,\" helping J. Edgar Hoover's FBI to keep tabs on the struggle for equal rights in the South.\nJudges' comments: In a category with many strong entries, \"Unfinished: Ernie's Secret\" stands out. The fact of the story is simple: a prominent civil rights era photographer was also an FBI informant. But the nuances, humanity and historical context are what separated this work. It draws from a range of sources, including FBI documents, and the result is a compelling work of great journalism.\nBest radio networks and syndicators documentary or public affairsScripps News, in partnership with Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting, received first place for its podcast, \"Inside the Global Fight for White Power.\"\nThe investigation reveals how the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) is linked to a terror campaign in Europe. Scripps News senior investigative correspondent Mark Greenblatt interviewed one of the groups' leaders, who said RIM is part of a growing network of white nationalist groups that stretches around the world.\nJudges' comments: This documentary adds to a growing global conversation and sounds a...