ATLANTA, May 17, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Scripps News has been honored with two national
journalism awards for its investigation about the plight of
Ukrainian orphans abducted and sent to Russia amid the war. "Scripps News
Investigates: Ukraine's Stolen
Orphans" won a Deadline Club Award and a New York Press Club
Award.
Scripps News' award-winning international
correspondent Jason
Bellini introduces viewers to the innocent
Ukrainian orphans who were abducted and sent to Russia. Scripps News shared the chilling
images of the youngest orphans as they're taken away — video
now considered evidence in a war crimes trial.
Watch here: "Scripps News Investigates:
Ukraine's Stolen Orphans"
The December report sparked a new sense of urgency to rescue
Denys, a central character in the forced deportation of Ukrainian
orphans. After covering Denys' story for more than two years, this
year, Bellini exclusively reported on Denys and his escape,
when he was finally free to tell his story.
Additional members of the Scripps News team that helped produce
this investigation include: Dmytro Horyevoy,
producer; Linda
Pattillo, deputy managing editor-investigative/global
affairs; Scott
McGhee; Alex
Brauer; Max
McClellan, executive producer, investigative;
and Steve Turnham,
Washington Bureau Chief and managing editor.
"This team's well-deserved recognition comes after providing
more than two years of coverage on the Russian-Ukraine War,"
Pattillo said. "Jason has brought viewers to the frontline trenches
and behind-the-scenes to show stories of heroism and heartbreak in
Ukraine."
Deadline Club Award
"Scripps News Investigates:
Ukraine's Stolen Orphans" won a
Deadline Club Award from the Society of Professional Journalists in
the National TV Series or Investigative Reporting category. Scripps
News was nominated alongside ABC News and NBC News. The Deadline
Club is one of SPJ's largest chapters, serving New York-area journalists. The 2024 winners
were selected from more than 550 entries. Scripps News was honored
on May 16 at the annual awards
dinner.
New York Press Club Award
"Scripps News Investigates:
Ukraine's Stolen Orphans" won a
New York Press Club Journalism Award in the national continuing
coverage – television category. The annual New York Press Club
Journalism Awards honor excellence in various categories by
writers, reporters, editors, producers and photographers. The
competition is open to individuals and news organizations based or
operating in New York,
New Jersey and Connecticut and to individuals working
elsewhere on behalf of New York
metro-area news organizations. Winners will be celebrated during an
awards dinner, hosted by the New York Press Club, on June 3.
Bellini and the Scripps News team also received a third place
National Headliner Award in April for their reporting on
Ukraine's Stolen Orphans.
View all of Bellini's reporting on the
Russian-Ukraine War here.
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journalists in more than 50 U.S. markets, including
New York — broadcasting
over-the-air and streaming live on every major streaming device and
platform. To search your local channel number or find a list of
streaming platforms, visit ScrippsNews.com.
Media contact: Molly
Miossi, The E.W. Scripps Company, 513-977-3713,
molly.miossi@scripps.com
About Scripps News
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Scripps News is part of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ:
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