Award Category: Print & Online
Lucile Bluford
Lucile Bluford, editor and publisher is an active journalist in a number of ways. Bluford began expressing her views in 1938, when she sued the University of Missouri School of Journalism for denying her admittance to the graduate program because of her race. She lost the case because of the “separate but equal” policy. Bluford … Continued
Linda Deutsch
Linda Deutsch, an Associated Press special correspondent and graduate of Monmouth college, is considered to be one of the nation’s best legal reporters. She covered the trials of Sirhan Sirhan, Charles Manson, Patricia Hearst, John DeLorean and Exxon Valdez Capt. Joseph Hazelwood. More recently, she covered the trials of William Kennedy Smith and the four … Continued
Lewis Diuguid
Lewis Diuguid, a 1977 Missouri School of Journalism graduate, is vice-president for community resources at the Kansas City Star. He was one of the founders of the Kansas City Association of Black Journalists. Diuguid began his career as a reporter and photographer at the Kansas City times. He became a columnist and associate editor before … Continued
Katherine Fanning
Katherine W. Fanning is editor and publisher of The Anchorage Daily News, Alaska’s only morning newspaper. Mrs. Fanning conceived and directed an investigative project producing a series of articles on the Alaska Teamster’s Union which won the Anchorage daily News the Pulitzer Prize “gold Medal” for meritorious public service. Mrs. Fanning was the Sunday magazine … Continued