THE E.W. SCRIPPS COMPANY                                                          EXHIBIT 22
                                     


                                                                                                     Jurisidiction of
                                        Name of Subsidiary                                             Incorporated
                                                                                                    
Birmingham Post Company (Birmingham Post Herald)                                                       Alabama
Channel 7 of Detroit, Inc., 86.1%-owned (through Scripps Howard 
Broadcasting Company) (WXYZ)                                                                           Michigan                  
Collier County Publishing Company (The Naples Daily News)                                              Florida
Denver Publishing Company (Rocky Mountain News)                                                        Colorado
Evansville Courier Company, Inc., 88.4%-owned                                                          Indiana
EWS and LR Cable (Atlanta area, Rome, Ga., Elizabethtown, Ky., Chattanooga and                               
   Knoxville, Tn., and Bluefield, WV. cable television)                                                Colorado
Herald Post Publishing Company, 92.0%-owned (El Paso Herald Post)                                      Texas
John P. Scripps Newspapers, Inc. (Bremerton Sun, Redding Record Searchlight,                                 
   San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune, Ventura County Newspapers, Watsonville Register-Pajaronian)       California
Knoxville News-Sentinel Company                                                                        Tennessee
Memphis Publishing Company (The Commercial Appeal)                                                     Delaware
New Mexico State Tribune Company (The Albuquerque Tribune)                                             New Mexico
Monterey County Herald Company                                                                         Pennsylvania
Scripps Howard Broadcasting Company, 86.1%-owned (WMAR, Baltimore;                                           
    WCPO, Cincinnati; WEWS, Cleveland; KSHB, Kansas City;                                                    
    KNXV, Phoenix; KJRH, Tulsa; WPTV, West Palm Beach,                                                       
    Home & Garden Television Network)                                                                  Ohio
Scripps Howard Cable Company, 86.1%-owned (through Scripps Howard Broadcasting                               
    Company) (Lake County, Florida and Longmont, Colorado cable television)                            Colorado
Scripps Howard Cable Company of Sacramento, 86.1%-owned (through Scripps Howard                              
    Broadcasting Company) (Sacramento cable television)                                                Delaware
Scripps Howard, Inc. (The Cincinnati Post, The Kentucky Post)                                          Ohio
Scripps Howard Productions, Inc.                                                                       California
Stuart News Company (Stuart News, Jupiter Courier Journal)                                             Florida
Tampa Bay Television, 86.1%-owned (through Scripps Howard                                                    
    Broadcasting Company) (WFTS)                                                                       Delaware
United Feature Syndicate, Inc. (United Media, Newspaper Enterprise Association)                        New York