Award Category: Print & Online
Avis Green Tucker
Avis Green Tucker is editor and publisher of the Daily Star-Journal and president and owner of Johnson County Broadcasters, Inc., both of Warrensburg, Mo. A graduate of the University of Missouri in 1937, she was named to the Board of Curators in November, 1966 and served until January 1, 1975. Mrs. Tucker is a trustee … Continued
Barbara Reynolds
During her career, Reynolds has worked as a newspaper editor and reporter, radio commentator, free-lance writer, biographer and columnist. Her first job as a journalist was with The Columbus Call & Post. She later went on to work for the Chicago Tribune Co., WBBM-radio, and as editor of USA Today’s Inquiry Page, where she remains … Continued
Allen H. Neuharth
Allen H. Neuharth is chairman and president of Gannett Co., Inc. He started his newspaper career as a reporter on a small newspaper in his native South Dakota. He has risen through reporting, editing and managing ranks of newspapers in South Dakota, Florida, Michigan and New York. Gannett owns and operates 78 daily newspapers. It … Continued
Alejandro Junco de la Vega
Alejandro Junco de la Vega has made it his life’s work to achieve true freedom of speech in the country of his birth. In 1973 he became publisher of El Norte, the family newspaper in Monterrey, Mexico, and de la Vega has built it into one of the most influential and innovative newspaper conglomerates in … Continued
