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Scripps News receives three National Headliner Awards and earns Deadline Club finalist nominations
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News, the national news streaming channel owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), received three
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[{"type":"text","content":"WASHINGTON, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News, the national news streaming channel owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), received three National Headliner Awards and two Deadline Club finalist nominations.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\"These recognitions underscore the significance and relevance of the reporting by our Scripps News team, which is committed to delivering impactful journalism that informs and connects our audiences,\" said Matt Simon, vice president of Scripps News. \"Their dedication to uncovering vital, impactful stories is exemplified in these investigations and in projects like 'In the Shadows with Jason Bellini,' a new Scripps News series that takes viewers behind the front lines of conflicts around the world.\"\nHeadliner medallions are presented annually to outstanding writers, photographers, daily newspapers, magazines, graphic artists, radio and television stations and networks and news syndicates.\nThe Deadline Club Awards are a prestigious journalism competition in New York City that recognizes excellence in journalism across various categories like newspaper and digital reporting, magazine, radio and audio reporting, digital video and television.\nThe Scripps News awards include:\n\"Darwin's War\"Scripps News received a first-place National Headliner Award in the \"news video 10 to 30 minutes\" category for its documentary, \"Darwin's War.\" Scripps News' international correspondent Jason Bellini obtained rare access inside a Ukrainian first-person view (FPV) kamikaze drone unit, an evolution in Ukraine's war against Russia. Bellini, who has been reporting in Ukraine since the start of the war, embedded himself on the frontlines with \"Darwin,\" an ace Ukrainian pilot of FPV drones, and his team.\nJudges' comments: What does war in the age of AI look like? Ukraine's military granted correspondent Jason Bellini and Scripps News an unprecedented level of access to an FPV drone team fighting Russians from an off-the-grid location in one of the deadliest parts of the frontline, where they produced this groundbreaking video that brings viewers into the harrowing technological world of modern combat.\nOther members of the team who helped produce the May 2024 documentary include: Dmytro Horyevoy, producer; Linda Pattillo, managing editor-Global Affairs, Steve Turnham, Washington bureau chie...