<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.

/s/ William R. Burleigh
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>

                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


/s/ Kenneth W. Lowe
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


/s/ Joseph G. NeCastro
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)


/s/ John H. Burlingame
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director


/s/ Jarl Mohn
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

________________________________
                                          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

/s/ Nicholas B. Paumgarten
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director


<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.

                                            /s/ Nackey E. Scagliotti
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director


<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director

                                            /s/ Charles E. Scripps
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

                                           /s/ Edward W. Scripps
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director


<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

                                           /s/ Paul K. Scripps
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director

<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

                                           /s/ Ronald W. Tysoe
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director



<PAGE>
                                                                      Exhibit 24



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT: Each of the undersigned officers
and directors of The E.W. Scripps Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"),
has made, constituted and appointed, and by this instrument does make,
constitute and appoint Joseph G. NeCastro, E. John Wolfzorn, M. Denise Kuprionis
and William Appleton with full power of substitution and re-substitution to
affix for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities as attorney-in-fact, such person's signature to a Registration
Statement on Form S-3 or other form registering under the Securities Act of 1933
(and Rule 415 of such Act, if appropriate) the Company's debt securities
containing such terms and provisions as the Board of Directors or Executive
Committee of the Company may specify and to any and all amendments,
post-effective amendments, supplements and exhibits to such Registration
Statement, and to any and all applications and other documents pertaining
thereto, giving and granting to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform every act and thing whatsoever requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully as such person might or
could do if personally present, and hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of such attorneys-in-fact or any such substitute shall lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed in
counterparts by the parties hereto in the capacities indicated below on
September 27, 2002.


--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
William R. Burleigh                       Nackey E. Scagliotti
Chairman of the Board and Director        Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Kenneth W. Lowe                           Charles E. Scripps
President, Chief Executive Officer and    Director
Director  (Principal Executive Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Joseph G. NeCastro                        Edward W. Scripps
Senior Vice President and Chief           Director
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
John H. Burlingame                        Paul K. Scripps
Director                                  Director

--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Jarl Mohn                                 Ronald W. Tysoe
Director                                  Director

                                           /s/ Julie A. Wrigley
--------------------------------          ----------------------------------
Nicholas B. Paumgarten                    Julie A. Wrigley
Director                                  Director


