ATLANTA, Sept. 26,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News has received a
national news Emmy Award for its investigation "Poisoned Water," a
report on the Flint, Michigan,
water crisis.
The National Academy of Television Arts &
Sciences announced the honors Wednesday evening during the
news ceremony of the 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards.
Scripps News won in the outstanding investigative news coverage:
short form category. Other nominees in this category included: CNN,
CBS, NBC and The New York Times.
"This team did remarkable work, just as their colleagues at
Scripps News do every day," said Kate
O'Brian, president of News at Scripps. "Scripps News is made
up of fewer than 300 journalists who produce 16 hours of
high-quality, objective content every day. I'm proud to see them
honored."
The winning Scripps News team included Carrie Cochran, producer; Mark Greenblatt, former investigative
correspondent; Amy Fan, data
reporter; Colin McIntyre,
photojournalist-editor; Rosie Cima,
data reporter; Max McClellan, senior
executive producer for investigations; Linda Pattillo, deputy managing editor; and
Steve Turnham, Washington bureau chief/managing editor.
Scripps News Investigates found that nearly a decade after one
of the nation's largest public health scandals was set in motion,
many Flint residents were still
waiting for the city to remove and replace the corroded pipes that
have been leaching lead into the city's water supply. A federal
judge cited the investigation when he found the city in contempt
last March. In a follow-up investigation last spring, Scripps News
obtained state and city records through a public records request
showing officials knew of hundreds of homes with lead service
lines. Scripps News was the first to tell some residents their
drinking water was running through lead pipes.
Scripps News was also nominated in two other categories:
- Scripps News' Emmy-award winning documentary series, "In
Real Life," received a nomination in the outstanding science and
technology coverage category for its documentary "Voices of
Nature." The project was nominated in the same category won by "In
Real Life: Plastic Time Bomb" in 2023.
- Scripps News Investigates was nominated in the Outstanding
Research category for its investigation into "Fentanyl: The
Silent Toll."
The 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards honored
programming content from more than 2,200 submissions that
originally premiered in calendar-year 2023, judged by a pool of
more than 980 peer professionals from across the television and
streaming/digital media news and documentary industry.
Media contact: Molly
Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713,
molly.miossi@scripps.com
About Scripps News
Scripps News is the nation's
only free 24/7 broadcast news network, serving viewers opinion-free
national and international news across the United States. Scripps News partners with
the Scripps local station group to cover news from over 50 bureaus.
Scripps News is available in more than 94% of U.S. television homes
free and over the air with a digital antenna, on mobile with the
Scripps News app and online at ScrippsNews.com. It is also carried
on streaming platforms and services, including Samsung TV Plus,
Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Sling, Vizio and Xumo.
Scripps News is part of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:
SSP).
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