
Houston Matters
Are You A Better Speller Than Craig Cohen And Ernie Manouse?
Posted on · The two hosts face off in an unusual spelling challenge ahead of this year's Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.
Posted on · The two hosts face off in an unusual spelling challenge ahead of this year's Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.
Posted on · When only three spellers remained, all were from the Dallas area, which has long been a hotbed of spelling talent
Posted on · The school first opened in 1926
Posted on · As the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee approaches, Houston Matters producers try their hands at spelling some of the words from the competition.
Posted on · The top prize went to eighth grader Pranav Chemudupaty.
Posted on · The spellers made it through 25 championship rounds to be named co-winners. Nihar Saireddy Janga was among the youngest in the finals; Jairam Jagadeesh Hathwar follows his brother, a 2014 co-champ.
Posted on · The championship finals air Thursday night.
Posted on · Instead of a predetermined list of 25 words for the final two or three spellers, they'll now have to get through up to 75 words.
Posted on · After 14 rounds with 53 total spellers, Shourav Dasari, a seventh grader at McCullough Jr. High in Conroe ISD, and Nihar Janga, a fifth grader at River Ridge Elementary in Leander ISD, won as co-champions at the 2016 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.