SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* WOLFZORN E JOHN (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SCRIPPS E W CO /DE [ SSP ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) VP & Treasurer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/21/2003
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	05/21/2003		M		2,000	A	34.5	0(1)	D
Class A Common Shares, $.01 par value per share	05/21/2003		S		2,000	D	83.6575	650	D
Common Voting Shares, $.01 par value per share	08/08/1988(1)		P(1)		0(1)	A	0(1)	0(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Option	34.5	01/10/1997		A			1	01/10/1998	01/09/2007	Class A Common	2,000	$0(1)	7	D
Option	47.22	01/15/1998		A		1		01/15/1999	01/14/2008	CLass A Common	5,200	$0(1)	7	D
Option	47.31	01/19/1999		A		1		01/19/2000	01/18/2009	Class A Common	5,200	$0(1)	7	D
Option	49	01/24/2000		A		1		01/24/2001	01/23/2010	Class A Common	5,000	$0(1)	7	D
Option	64.25	01/25/2001		A		1		01/25/2002	01/24/2011	Class A Common	5,000	$0(1)	7	D
Option	75.11	02/20/2002		A		1		02/20/2003	02/19/2012	Class A Common	7,500	$0(1)	7	D
Option	79.97	02/26/2003		A		1		02/26/2004	02/25/2013	Class A Common	12,000	$0(1)	7	D
Phantom Stock	75.74	03/31/2003		J		1		08/08/1988(2)	08/08/1988(2)	Class A Common	5.79(2)	$0(1)	7	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. No transaction.

2. Pursuant to the company's 1997 Deferred Compensation and Phantom Stock Plan for Senior Officers and Selected Executives, executives may defer all or a portion of the payments which become payable under the Annual Executive Bonus Plan into a phantom stock fund. Dividends are credited quarterly and converted into phantom shares. The balance at 3/31/03 was 2929.59.

	/s/ M. Denise Kuprionis, Attorney-in-fact for E. John Wolfzorn	05/22/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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