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<DESCRIPTION>THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY                 S-8
<TEXT>
<PAGE>
      AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 5, 2002

                                                          REGISTRATION NO.  333-
================================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                ----------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                ----------------

                            THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             OHIO                                           31-1223339
(State or other jurisdiction of                           (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                            Identification No.)

  312 WALNUT STREET, CINCINNATI, OHIO                         45202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

                                -----------------

                            THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
                            LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                -----------------

                               M. DENISE KUPRIONIS
       VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE SECRETARY, AND DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
                            THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY
                                312 WALNUT STREET
                             CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (513) 977-3835
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                                -----------------

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
====================================================================================================================
                                                      Proposed               Proposed
Title of securities           Amount to be        maximum offering        maximum aggregate         Amount of
  to be registered            registered (1)      price-per share (2)     offering price (2)     registration fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<S>                             <C>                   <C>                    <C>                      <C>
Class A Common Shares           9,158,700             $ 74.94                $ 449,640,000            $41,367
$.01 par value
====================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

(1)      The registrant has previously registered 3,158,700 of the shares
         included above under certain registration statements on Form S-8 (No.
         333-14847, No. 333-14849 and No. 333-27623). Accordingly, pursuant to
         Rule 429, such shares are not included in the calculation of the
         registration fee.

(2)      Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and 457(h)(1) solely for the
         purpose of determining the registration fee. The fee with respect to
         the additional shares registered herein is based on the average of the
         high and low sale prices on May 29, 2002, of the registrant's Class A
         Common Shares as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.


<PAGE>


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

         The Class A Common Shares registered by The E. W. Scripps Company (the
"Company") pursuant to this Registration Statement will be issued under the
Company's Long-Term Incentive Plan. The contents of the registration statement
on Form S-8 (No. 333-27623) are incorporated by reference herein.


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX
                                  -------------

          Exhibit
          Number             Exhibit Description
          ------             -------------------
             5               Opinion of Baker & Hostetler LLP
           23(a)             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
           23(b)             Consent of Baker & Hostetler LLP
                             (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
           24(a)             Power of Attorney (Registrant)
           24(b)             Power of Attorney (Directors and Officers)




                                      II-1

<PAGE>


                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Cincinnati, State of Ohio, on June 5, 2002.

                               THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY


                               By:               *
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                        Kenneth W. Lowe
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed on June 5, 2002, by the following persons
in the capacities indicated below.

Signature                        Title
---------                        -----


         *                       President and Chief Executive Officer
--------------------------       (Principal Executive Officer); Director
Kenneth W. Lowe

         *                       Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration
--------------------------       (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Joseph NeCastro

         *                       Chairman of the Board
--------------------------
William R. Burleigh

                                 Director
--------------------------
Charles E. Scripps

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Edward W. Scripps

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Paul K. Scripps

         *                       Director
--------------------------
John H. Burlingame

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten


                                     II-2

<PAGE>


         *                       Director
--------------------------
Nackey E. Scagliotti

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Ronald W. Tysoe

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Julie A. Wrigley

         *                       Director
--------------------------
Lee Masters

*        William Appleton, by signing his name hereto, does sign this
         Registration Statement on behalf of the persons indicated above
         pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such persons and filed
         as exhibits to this Registration Statement.

         By:    /s/ William Appleton
              ------------------------------------------------
                  William Appleton, Attorney-in-Fact



                                      II-3

<PAGE>


                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

          Exhibit
          Number             Exhibit Description
          ------             -------------------
             5               Opinion of Baker & Hostetler LLP
           23(a)             Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
           23(b)             Consent of Baker & Hostetler LLP
                             (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
           24(a)             Power of Attorney (Registrant)
           24(b)             Power of Attorney (Directors and Officers)









                                      II-4












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<TYPE>EX-5
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 5
<TEXT>
<PAGE>


                                                                       EXHIBIT 5





                                  June 5, 2002

The E. W. Scripps Company
312 Walnut Street
28th Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio  45202

Gentlemen:

         We have acted as counsel to The E. W. Scripps Company, an Ohio
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") filed under the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Act") relating to the reservation of 9,158,700 Class A Common
Shares, $.01 par value (the "Class A Common Shares"), of the Company for
issuance under the Company's 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "Incentive
Plan").

         In connection with the foregoing, we have examined: (a) the Articles of
Incorporation and Code of Regulations of the Company, (b) the Incentive Plan,
and (c) such records of the corporate proceedings of the Company and such other
documents as we deemed necessary to render this opinion.

         Based on such examination, we are of the opinion that:

         1. The Company is a corporation duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the State of Ohio.

         2. The Class A Common Shares available for issuance under the Incentive
Plan, when issued pursuant to the Incentive Plan, will have been legally issued
and will be fully paid and nonassessable.

         We hereby consent to the use of this Opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement and the reference to our firm in Item 5 of Part II of the
Registration Statement.

                                                     Very truly yours,



                                                     Baker & Hostetler LLP






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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 23(A)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>


                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(a)


INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT



We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
The E. W. Scripps Company and subsidiary companies on Form S-8 of our report
dated January 23, 2002, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of The E. W.
Scripps Company and subsidiary companies for the year ended December 31, 2001.



DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Cincinnati, Ohio
June 4, 2002





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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24(A)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>


                                                                   Exhibit 24(a)
                                                                   -------------

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------

         The E. W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), which
proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, a registration statement on Form S-8
with respect to the registration of Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value,
relating to the Company's 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, hereby constitutes and
appoints M. Denise Kuprionis and William Appleton, and each of them, as the
attorney of the Company, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
and in the name, place and stead of the Company, to sign and file the proposed
registration statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any
and all applications and other documents to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pertaining to such securities or such registration, with
full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever requisite to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving
the acts of such attorney or any such substitute.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The E. W. Scripps Company has caused this power of
attorney to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned in Cincinnati, Ohio, on
May 23, 2002.



                  THE E. W. SCRIPPS COMPANY



                  By:   /s/ Kenneth W. Lowe
                      ----------------------------------------------------------
                        Kenneth W. Lowe, President and Chief Executive Officer


                  And:  /s/ M. Denise Kuprionis
                       ---------------------------------------------------------
                        M. Denise Kuprionis, Secretary





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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24(B)
<TEXT>
<PAGE>


                                                                   Exhibit 24(b)
                                                                   -------------

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                -----------------


         We, the undersigned officers and directors of The E. W. Scripps
Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitute and appoint M.
Denise Kuprionis and William Appleton as our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and
in our stead, in any and all capacities to execute and file a registration
statement on Form S-8 pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 in order to
register Class A Common Shares under such Act for issuance to officers and key
employees of the Company under the Company's 1997 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and
all amendments to such registration statement, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or advisable to be done in and about the premises, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this power on May 23, 2002.




/s/ William R. Burleigh             /s/ Kenneth W. Lowe
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
William R. Burleigh, Chairman       Kenneth W. Lowe, Chief Executive Officer,
                                     President and Director

                                    /s/ Nicholas B. Paumgarten
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
Charles E. Scripps, Director        Nicholas B. Paumgarten, Director


/s/ Ronald W. Tysoe                 /s/ John H. Burlingame
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
Ronald W. Tysoe, Director           John H. Burlingame, Director


/s/ Edward W. Scripps               /s/ Julie A. Wrigley
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
Edward W. Scripps, Director         Julie A. Wrigley, Director


/s/ Paul K. Scripps                 /s/ Lee Masters
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
Paul K. Scripps, Director           Lee Masters, Director


/s/ Nackey E. Scagliotti            /s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
------------------------------      -------------------------------------------
Nackey E. Scagliotti                Joseph G. NeCastro, Senior Vice President
                                     and Chief Financial Officer


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