/PRNewswire/ The HGTV® Smart Home 2021 located in Naples, Florida, will close its sweepstakes on June 11, 2021 at 5 p.m. ET. The prize package, valued at.
WTMJ wins Walter Cronkite Award for pandemic unemployment investigation
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CINCINNATI, June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ For journalism that seeks truth, examines inequities, serves the public and demonstrates the indispensability of a free and trustworthy press, WTMJ, the Milwaukee-based NBC station owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has won a Walter Cronkite Award for its 2020 investigative series, Unemployment System Collapse.
During its monthslong investigation launched in March 2020, the TMJ4 I-Team regularly reported on Wisconsin s overly complicated and neglected unemployment system, which collapsed under the pressure of the pandemic. The team s investigation found that policies implemented years before, coupled with missteps made early in the pandemic, led to thousands of people being stuck waiting for unemployment benefits, some becoming homeless in the process.
May 25, 2021 By Kari Wethington CINCINNATI – As the Scripps National Spelling Bee prepares to make its return to TV screens across the country beginning June 12, more than 200 spellers are preparing to showcase their skills in the competition’s first-ever hybrid virtual and in-person competition.
WFTS The Price of Protection investigation wins The American Legion s top broadcast honor
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CINCINNATI, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ WFTS, the Tampa-based ABC station owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), has won the top broadcast honor in The American Legion s Fourth Estate Awards for its 2020 investigative series The Price of Protection: Problems with Court-Ordered Guardianship.
Over the course of seven years, the ABC Action News I-team investigation examined problems with many of Florida s court-ordered guardians who victimize vulnerable seniors while profiting from their care. Their reporting, which culminated in the multi-episode broadcast series The Price of Protection, has resulted in vast changes in the system, including shakeups in state agency leadership and reforms passed by the state s legislature to protect vulnerable seniors.
Scripps promotes Ross White to VP and GM of KOAA in Colorado Springs, Colorado
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CINCINNATI, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted Ross White to the role of vice president and general manager for KOAA, Scripps NBC affiliate in Colorado Springs, Colorado, effective immediately.
White has served as director of sales at KOAA since 2016.
The E.W. Scripps Company has promoted Ross White to the role of vice president and general manager for KOAA in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Ross has a wealth of experience in the local media industry and is a proven leader who has led his sales team to great success, said Brian Lawlor, president of Local Media. His knowledge of the news business, the market and the station, along with his commitment to the community, make him the ideal candidate to be the next leader in Colorado Springs for Scripps.