Group 1: National News Literacy Week - The sixth annual National News Literacy Week will take place from February 3-7, 2025, focusing on the need to teach students how to find credible information and recognize standards-based journalism [1] - A study by the News Literacy Project revealed that 81% of teens who encounter conspiracy theories online are inclined to believe them, highlighting the urgency of media literacy education [1][2] - The week aims to encourage educators to teach critical thinking skills, which are associated with healthy online habits such as fact-checking [1] Group 2: Organizations Involved - The event is co-presented by the News Literacy Project, The E.W. Scripps Company, and USA TODAY, emphasizing the collaboration of major media organizations in promoting news literacy [2][3] - The News Literacy Project, founded in 2008, is a nonpartisan education nonprofit that works with educators to ensure students receive news literacy instruction before graduating high school [5] - The E.W. Scripps Company operates over 60 stations in more than 40 markets, focusing on quality local journalism and reaching households across the U.S. with national news outlets [6] Group 3: Importance of News Literacy - Scripps President and CEO Adam Symson stated that the current information landscape requires careful navigation for Americans to be thoughtful news consumers [4] - Karey Van Hall, deputy editor in chief of USA TODAY, emphasized the paramount importance of education around news and trusted information sources [4]

CINCINNATI, Jan. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- For their series of investigative reports, news teams at The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) have won two 2025 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Awards. The prestigious journalism awards recognize America's best video and audio journalism. The duPont Silver Batons were presented during a ceremony Wednesday night at Columbia University in New York City. Scripps News, the national news network owned by Scripps, won for its reporting on the limits of Maine gun laws. WTVF, S ...

CINCINNATI, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted veteran Scripps local television leader Lyn Plantinga to the role of senior vice president of local media, effective immediately. In this role, Plantinga will lead local media operations, overseeing Scripps' team of regional vice presidents.Plantinga also will continue to serve as general manager for WTVF, Nashville's CBS-affiliated local television station owned by Scripps. Lyn Plantinga She has served as reg ...

CINCINNATI, Jan. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has completed a new multi-year affiliation agreement with NBC covering all 11 of Scripps' NBC television stations. The new agreement, effective Jan. 1, 2025, includes WGBA in Green Bay, Wisconsin; WTMJ in Milwaukee; KRIS in Corpus Christi, Texas; KTGF in Great Falls, Montana; KTVH in Helena, Montana; WLEX in Lexington, Kentucky; KOAA in Colorado Springs, Colorado; KJRH in Tulsa, Oklahoma; KSBY in San Luis Obispo, California; WPT ...

CINCINNATI, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted Matthew Hijuelos to vice president of distribution, effective Jan. 1. He will oversee the team responsible for managing distribution across numerous Scripps platforms – including cable, satellite and virtual carriers as well as multicast spectrum. Matthew Hijuelos Hijuelos currently serves as senior director of media distribution for Scripps and is responsible for the strategy, development and execution of mult ...

ATLANTA, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News, the national news network owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP), is rolling out a new lineup for its streaming programming on Nov. 18. The new schedule will give viewers crucial daily information, providing live in-depth storytelling on the biggest events across the country. Beginning Monday, Scripps News will continue to bring viewers on all major streaming platforms quality, objective journalism with weekday live programming from 7 a.m. to 6 p ...

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) has promoted Teresa Morgan to vice president and general manager for WFTS, the Scripps-owned ABC affiliate in Tampa, effective Jan. 1. Morgan has been with WFTS since 2003 and currently serves as the station manager and senior director of sales. She started her career at the station as a senior account executive before being promoted to local sales manager in 2011 and the director of sales in 2016. She assumed station manager ...

CINCINNATI, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) will now hold its third-quarter 2024 operating results call at 10 a.m. Eastern time today, Monday, Nov. 4, due to an outage of its conference line provider's systems.Scripps will offer a live webcast of the conference call. To access the webcast, visit http://ir.scripps.com/. The webcast link can be found on that page under "upcoming events."To access the conference call by telephone, dial (877) 848-7030 (U.S.) and give the acce ...

Exhibit 99.1 Scripps reports Q3 2024 financial results Nov. 4, 2024 CINCINNATI – The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) delivered a record $646 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2024, driven by record political advertising revenue. The company expects full-year political advertising revenue to reach at least $340 million, which, combined with determined expense management, is fueling significant debt and leverage reduction this year. Income attributable to the shareholders of Scripps was $33 milli ...

CINCINNATI, Nov. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) delivered a record $646 million in revenue for the third quarter of 2024, driven by record political advertising revenue. The company expects full-year political advertising revenue to reach at least $340 million, which, combined with determined expense management, is fueling significant debt and leverage reduction this year.Income attributable to the shareholders of Scripps was $33 million or 37 cents per share.Business notes: ...