Jack R. Howard

Jack Rohe Howard (August 31, 1910 – March 22, 1998) was an American broadcasting executive. He was president of the E. W. Scripps Company from 1953 to 1976.

Born in Manhattan, the son of Roy W. Howard, a founder of United Press International, he attended Phillips Exeter Academy and in 1932 graduated from Yale. After several years in newspaper journalism, including reporting from Japan and Manchuria, Howard moved into broadcasting and chaired Scripps Howard's broadcasting division from 1937 until his retirement in 1976. out of closing Denver's Rocky Mountain News in 1940 and, while serving with the US Navy in World War II, he participated in the landings at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines. He was president of the Inter American Press Association (SIP/IAPA) in 1965–1966.

After his death on March 22, 1998, he left the Scripps Howard Foundation a bequest of more than $7 million.

A number of awards presented during the National Journalism Awards/Scripps Howard Awards are named in honor of Howard, including Excellence in Audio Storytelling (est. 2009) and Excellence in both Local and National/International Video Storytelling (both est. 2015).