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Category: Spelling Bee

2017 Spelling Bee Winners

Houston Matters

Are You A Better Speller Than Craig Cohen And Ernie Manouse?

Abner Fletcher

Posted on March 22, 2019 · The two hosts face off in an unusual spelling challenge ahead of this year's Houston Public Media Spelling Bee.

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North Texans Sweep The National Spelling Bee, Taking First, Second And Third Place

Molly Evans, KERA

Posted on June 1, 2018 · When only three spellers remained, all were from the Dallas area, which has long been a hotbed of spelling talent

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Spelling Bee

WATCH: A Brief History: The Original Jack Yates Colored High

Tomeka Weatherspoon

Posted on April 14, 2018 · The school first opened in 1926

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Spelling Bee Contestant Onstage

Houston Matters

Houston Matters Producers Square Off In A Spelling Bee — And It Doesn’t Go Well

Abner Fletcher

Posted on April 11, 2018 · As the Houston Public Media Spelling Bee approaches, Houston Matters producers try their hands at spelling some of the words from the competition.

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SLIDESHOW: Pranav Chemudupaty, Benjamin Chen Claim Top Spots At 2018 Houston Public Media Spelling Bee

Tomeka Weatherspoon

Posted on April 9, 2018 · The top prize went to eighth grader Pranav Chemudupaty.

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Another Year, Another Impasse As 2 Win Scripps National Spelling Bee

Dana Farrington, NPR

Posted on May 26, 2016 · 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.

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Nihar Janga

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11 Year Old From Texas Makes It To The Final Spelling Bee Round

HPM Staff

Posted on May 26, 2016 · The championship finals air Thursday night.

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Spelling Bee

No More Ties? Spelling Bee To Get Harder Words

Associated Press

Posted on April 21, 2016 · 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.

Connie Hill, Lisa Shumate, Ernie Manouse and Capella Tucker of Houston Public Media congratulate the 2016 co-champions, Nihar Janga and Shourav Dasari.

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Houston Spelling Bee Has Two New Co-Champions

Laura Isensee

Posted on April 4, 2016 · 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.

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Protests planned as NRA convention arrives in Houston (May 27, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 27, 2022 · On Friday's show: Protests are planned this weekend as the National Rifle Association's annual convention takes place in Houston just days after the school shooting in Uvalde. We learn who's speaking at this year's event and what to expect from activists outside the George R. Brown Convention Center.

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Finalists from Katy and Tomball Emerge from 2022 Houston Public Media Regional Tiebreaker Bee

Kori Lee

Posted on April 8, 2022 · The two Co-Champions advance to the national spelling bee held in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Houston Matters

Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10 1/2’ is a love letter to Houston and the space race

Michael Hagerty

Posted on April 1, 2022 · The director of films like Boyhood, Slacker, and Dazed and Confused talks about his new animated movie that draws heavily on his own childhood growing up in the shadow of Mission Control.

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Actress Rita Moreno

Houston Matters

How Rita Moreno defied typecasting at every stage of her career

Michael Hagerty

Posted on October 5, 2021 · The legendary actress -- one of the rare performers to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony Award -- talks with Craig Cohen about her career.

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