Missouri Honor Medal Winners by Year
Listed chronologically, most recent medalists at top.
| Name/Organization | Title | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ney, Edward N. | Young & Rubicam Inc. | 1991 |
| New York Herald-Tribune | 1936 | |
| Tokyo Asahi | 1936 | |
| New Orleans Times-Picayune | 1937 | |
| Toronto Star | 1938 | |
| Louisville Courier-Journal | 1939 | |
| Times of India | 1939 | |
| Portland Oregonian | 1940 | |
| Chicago Daily News | 1941 | |
| Southeast Missourian, Cape Girardeau, Mo. | 1941 | |
| Ta Kung Pao Chungking, China | 1941 | |
| Cleveland Plain Dealer | 1942 | |
| Christian Science Monitor | 1943 | |
| El University of Mexico City | 1943 | |
| A Noite (Rio De Janeiro) | 1944 | |
| Atlantic Monthly | 1944 | |
| Milwaukee Journal | 1944 | |
| Harper’s Magazine | 1945 | |
| London Daily Express | 1945 | |
| The Washington Post | 1945 | |
| Goteborg Handels-och Sjoforts-Tidni Goteborg, Sweden | 1946 | |
| Ladies’ Home Journal | 1946 | |
| Philadelphia Evening Bulletin | 1946 | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | 1947 | |
| Atlanta Journal | 1948 | |
| Life | 1948 | |
| Memphis Commercial Appeal | 1949 | |
| Saturday Evening Post | 1949 | |
| Nieuve Rotterdamse Courant Rotterdam, Holland | 1950 | |
| St. Louis Star-Times | 1950 | |
| Minneapolis Star & Tribune | 1951 | |
| Providence Journal & The Evening Bulletin | 1952 | |
| Washington Star | 1953 | |
| Cleveland Press | 1954 | |
| LeFigaro, Paris | 1954 | |
| National Geographic Magazine | 1954 | |
| Neue Zuercher Zeitung Zurich, Switzerland | 1955 | |
| Omaha World-Telegram | 1955 | |
| St. Joseph Mo. News Press & Gazette | 1955 | |
| Los Angeles Times | 1956 | |
| Honolulu Star Bulletin | 1957 | |
| Christian Century | 1958 | |
| Indianapolis Star | 1958 | |
| Grit Magazine | 1959 | |
| Wall Street Journal | 1960 | |
| St. Petersburg Times | 1961 | |
| Arkansas Gazette | 1962 | |
| Hannibal Mo. Courier-Post | 1962 | |
| KMOX Radio, St. Louis | 1963 | |
| Miami Herald | 1963 | |
| Palmyra Mo. Spectator | 1963 | |
| Scotsman, Edinburgh, Scotland | 1963 | |
| Detroit News | 1964 | |
| Washington Mo. Missourian | 1964 | |
| Hartford Courant | 1965 | |
| Stamford Mercury Stamford, England | 1965 | |
| Eugene Oregon Register-Guard | 1966 | |
| Fairchild Publications, Inc. | 1966 | |
| Die Welt (Hamburg, Esses & Berlin) | 1967 | |
| St. Louis Globe-Democrat | 1967 | |
| WCKT-TV (Sunbeam TV Corp., Miami) | 1967 | |
| Encylopedia Britannica | 1968 | |
| New York Daily News | 1968 | |
| Newspaper Fund, Inc. | 1968 | |
| Saturday Review | 1968 | |
| Today Show | 1968 | |
| Detroit Free Press | 1969 | |
| LeMonde, Paris | 1970 | |
| The New York Times | 1970 | |
| Sedalia Mo. Democrat | 1970 | |
| Fortune Magazine | 1971 | |
| South Bend Tribune | 1971 | |
| Advertising Age | 1972 | |
| Boston Globe | 1972 | |
| New Yorker | 1972 | |
| ANPA Research Institute | 1973 | |
| Die Presse | 1973 | |
| Meet The Press | 1973 | |
| The Washington Post | 1973 | |
| National Observer | 1974 | |
| Sunday Times of London | 1974 | |
| Marsteller & Burson-Marsteller, Inc. | 1975 | |
| Newspaper Enterprise Association | 1975 | |
| Sports Illustrated | 1975 | |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1975 | |
| “60 Minutes” (Don Hewitt, CBS) | 1976 | |
| Maine Times | 1976 | |
| ABC Sports | 1977 | |
| Newsday | 1977 | |
| Newsweek | 1977 | |
| Louisville Courier-Journal | 1978 | |
| St. Louis Argus | 1978 | |
| American Association of Advertising | 1979 | |
| The Nation | 1979 | |
| Philadelphia Inquirer | 1979 | |
| Columbia Mo. Daily Tribune (Henry J. Waters III) | 1980 | |
| MacNeil-Lehrer Report (Jim Lehrer, Robert MacNeil) | 1980 | |
| Chicago Tribune | 1981 | |
| The Kansas City Times | 1982 | |
| “Lou Grant” (Gene Reynolds, CBS) | 1982 | |
| National Public Radio | 1982 | |
| The New Republic | 1982 | |
| Seattle Times | 1984 | |
| Dong-A-llbo Newspaper Est. by Kim Sung-Soe | 1985 | |
| Sporting News | 1986 | |
| Chronicle of Current Events Ivan Kovalev, Tatiana Osipova, Natalya Gorbahveskava | 1990 | |
| Gazeta Wyborcza (Piotr Pacewicz) | 1990 | |
| United Church of Christ Office of Communication Beverly Chain | 1991 | |
| National Association of Black Journalists Reston, Virgina | 1994 | |
| Sungkok Journalism Foundation Seoul, Korea | 1994 | |
| Asian American Journalists Association | 1995 | |
| Missouri Press Association | 1995 | |
| Sarajevo Oslobodjenje Sarajevo, Bosnia | 1995 | |
| The Mail & Guardian, South Africa | 1996 | |
| Navajo Times | 2000 | |
| Glasnost Defense Foundation Established in Moscow in 1991 | 2001 | |
| MissouriNet | 2001 | |
| Radio Television News Directors Association | 2001 | |
| Ha’aretz | 2002 | |
| The Advertising Council, Inc. | 2003 | |
| Ifra Media | 2003 | |
| The St. Louis American | 2003 | |
| TEMPO, Indonesian News Magazine | 2004 | |
| Steinem, Gloria | Writer, Editor, Activist | 2004 |
| Leonard Pitts | Writer | 2017 |
| Cousins, Norman | World Review | 1972 |
| Dorothy J. Gaiter | Wine Columnist, Author | 2010 |
| Shelley, Jack | WHO, Des Moines | 1948 |
| Jeff Leen | Washington Post Investigative Unit | 2012 |
| McClendon, Sarah, BJ ’31 | Washington Correspondent & Author | 1985 |
| Miller, John E. | Washington (Mo.) Missourian | 1994 |
| Miller, Thomas L., Sr. | Washington (Mo.) Missourian | 1994 |
| Miller, William L., Sr. | Washington (Mo.) Missourian | 1994 |
| Paul Steiger | Wall Street Journal | 2005 |
| Jurey, Philomena, BJ ’49 | Voice of America | 1998 |
| Diuguid, Lewis, BJ ’77 | Vice President for Community Resources Kansas City Star | 2000 |
| Vernon, Wallace | Vernon Publishing Co. | 1979 |
| Paula Madison | V.P. Diversity, NBC Universal | 2007 |
| Reynolds, Barbara | USA Today | 1991 |
| Ferguson, Harry, BJ ’25 | UPI | 1963 |
| Smith, Merriman | UPI | 1963 |
| Hensley, Stewart | UPI | 1965 |
| Quigg, Doc | UPI | 1983 |
| Thomas, Helen | UPI | 1989 |
| Thompson, Paul, BJ ’14 | University of Texas | 1953 |
| Reddick, DeWitt Carter | University of Texas | 1964 |
| English, Earl F. | University of Missouri | 1970 |
| Edom, Clifton, BJ ’46 | University of Missouri | 1977 |
| Casey, Ralph D. | University of Minnesota | 1961 |
| Nixon, Raymond B. | University of Minnesota | 1974 |
| Siebert, Fred S. | University of Illinois and Michigan State University | 1971 |
| Wayne Brasler | Univ. of Chicago High School | 2007 |
| Ervin, Sam J. Jr. | United States Senator | 1974 |
| Morris, John Rippey | United Press Associations | 1944 |
| Wilson, Lyle Campbell, BJ ’24 | United Press Association | 1940 |
| Williams, Edwin Moss | United Press Association | 1946 |
| Baillie, Hugh | United Press Association | 1953 |
| Childs, Marquis | United Feature Syndicate Columnist | 1951 |
| Fleeson, Doris | United Feature Syndicate Columnist | 1953 |
| Stone, Chuck | UNC-Chapel Hill, Journalism Professor | 1996 |
| The Staff of the Kyiv Post | Ukraine’s Leading English-Language Newspaper | 2014 |
| Lawrence, David | U.S. News & World Report | 1965 |
| Goudy, Frederic William | Type Designer | 1944 |
| Panitt, Merrill, BJ ’77 | Triangle Publications | 1980 |
| Bowman, Louis N. | Tri-County News, King City, Mo. | 1956 |
| Sports Journalism Institute | Training-Internship Program | 2015 |
| ZETA Weekly Newspaper | Tijuana | 2010 |
| McKelway, Benjamin M. | The Washington Star | 1964 |
| Wiggins, J. Russell | The Washington Post & Times-Herald | 1960 |
| Lindsay, Malvina | The Washington Post | 1933 |
| Block, Herbert | The Washington Post | 1961 |
| Raspberry, William | The Washington Post | 1987 |
| Hewitt, W.C. | The Shelby County Herald Shelbyville, Mo. | 1954 |
| Scruton, George H. | The Sedalia Mo. Democrat | 1951 |
| Gierke, Victor, BJ ’39 | The Press-Journal Pub. Co. | 1984 |
| Barlett, Donald | The Philadelphia Inquirer | 1983 |
| Spaar, Betty, BJ ’54 | The Oddessan, Odessa, Mo. | 1990 |
| Maynard, Nancy Hicks | The Oakland Times | 1992 |
| James, Edwin L. | The New York Times | 1943 |
| Hailey, Foster B., BJ ’24 | The New York Times | 1945 |
| Laurence, William L. | The New York Times | 1947 |
| Sulzberger, Arthur Hays | The New York Times | 1950 |
| Catledge, Turner | The New York Times | 1954 |
| Topping, Seymour, BJ ’43 | The New York Times | 1968 |
| Wicker, Thomas | The New York Times | 1984 |
| Claiborne, Craig, BJ ’42 | The New York Times | 1992 |
| Morgan, Tom | The New York Times | 1995 |
| NYT Graphics Dept. | The New York Times | 2012 |
| Flynn, F.M., BJ ’24 | The New York Daily News | 1947 |
| Corbin, Carl, BJ ’36 | The New Orleans States-Item | 1961 |
| Grant, Harry J. | The Milwaukee Journal | 1933 |
| Ferguson, John Donald, BJ ’15 | The Milwaukee Journal | 1942 |
| Hills, Lee | The Miami Herald | 1951 |
| Watters, T. Ballard | The Marshfield MO Mail | 1961 |
| Giago, Tim | The Lakota Times | 1991 |
| Colt, John W. | The Kansas City Star | 1959 |
| Vaughan, Bill | The Kansas City Star | 1972 |
| Bluford, Lucile | The Kansas City Call | 1984 |
| Johnson, Pam | The Ithaca Journal | 1991 |
| Hobby, Oveta Culp | The Houston Post | 1950 |
| Yates, George, BJ ’34 | The Des Moines Register of Times | 1947 |
| Ferguson, Oliver B., BJ ’39 | The Democrat-News, Fredericktown, Mo. | 1971 |
| Copely, James S. | The Copely Press | 1960 |
| Shipley, Dr. Guy Emery (Editor) | The Churchman | 1934 |
| Bang, Sang-Hoon | The Chosun Ilbo | 1996 |
| Watkins, Clarence E. | The Chillicothe, Mo. Constitution-Tribune | 1944 |
| Payne, Ethel | The Chicago Defender | 1991 |
| Stowe, Leland | The Chicago Daily News | 1941 |
| Babb, Joseph Glenn, BJ ’15 | The Associated Press | 1939 |
| Nutter, Charles, BJ ’29 | The Associated Press | 1944 |
| WIRED | Technology Media Outlet | 2014 |
| Chang, Shuhua, BJ ’73, PhD ’85 | Tamkang University | 1997 |
| Jones, Alexander F. | Syracuse Herald-American | 1952 |
| Greenberg, Paul, BJ ’58 | Syndicated Columnist, History Professor | 1983 |
| Stauffer, Oscar S. | Stauffer Publications Topeka, Kansas | 1977 |
| Crossley, Wallace | Star-Journal, Warrensburg, Mo. | 1939 |
| Taylor, Harry E., Jr. | Star-Clipper, Traer, Iowa | 1935 |
| Schramm, Wilbur | Stanford University | 1972 |
| Blanton, Charles L., Jr. | Standard, Sikeston, Mo. | 1966 |
| Botthof, Walter E. | Standard Rate & Data Service | 1965 |
| Carol Guzy | Staff Photographer, The Washington Post | 2013 |
| Taylor, Frank W., Jr. | St. Louis Star-Times | 1936 |
| Ross, Charles G. | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1933 |
| Brandt, Raymond P. | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1939 |
| Pulitzer, Joseph Jr. | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1947 |
| Fitzpatrick, Daniel R | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1958 |
| Witman, Arthur L. | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1964 |
| Dudman, Richard | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1981 |
| Pulitzer, Michael & Joseph | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1986 |
| Woo, William | St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1991 |
| Carroll, Boyd | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1956 |
| Broeg, Robert W., BJ ’41 | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1971 |
| Lipman, David, BJ ’53 | St. Louis Post Dispatch | 1989 |
| Kimbrough, Mary | St. Louis Newspapers | 1992 |
| Yost, Casper S. | St. Louis Globe-Democrat | 1932 |
| Ray, E. Lansing | St. Louis Globe Democrat | 1946 |
| Clayton, Charles C., BJ ’25 | St. Louis Globe Democrat | 1952 |
| Deford, Frank | Sports Illustrated | 1987 |
| Johnson, Alfonso | Southwestern Association of Ad Agencies | 1949 |
| Johnson, Walter, BJ ’25 | Southern Newspaper Publishers Association | 1955 |
| Magubane, Peter | South African Photojournalist | 1992 |
| Leroy, Catherine | SIPA Press | 1997 |
| Bill Plante | Senior White House Correspondent, CBS News | 2015 |
| Kevin Merida | Senior VP at ESPN | 2018 |
| Walsh, John, MA ’69 | Senior Vice President and Executive Editor ESPN Internet Group | 2001 |
| Schorr, Daniel | Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio (NPR) | 1998 |
| Scripps, Robert P. | Scripps-Howard Newspapers | 1931 |
| Patterson, Don D. | Scripps-Howard Newspapers | 1948 |
| Howard, Roy Wilson | Scripps-Howard Newspapers | 1962 |
| Piel, Gerard | Scientific American | 1981 |
| Harte, Houston, BJ ’15 | San Angelo Standard-Times | 1931 |
| Cummings, Barton A. | Saatchi & Saatchi Compton, Inc. | 1986 |
| Kirkpatrick, James C., BJ ’29 | Review, Windsor, Mo. | 1969 |
| Gray, Tom | Retired General Manager KOMU/Channel 8 | 1999 |
| Byron E. Calame | Respected Editor/Ombudsman | 2014 |
| Freeland, William E. | Republican, Taney County, Mo. | 1945 |
| Asma Khalid | Reporter and Editor | 2017 |
| Burk, Sam A. | Radio Station Owner | 1980 |
| Gilbert, Bill | R.R. S&L | 1984 |
| Mapel, William | Publisher’s Association of New York City | 1956 |
| Porter, Sylvia | Publisher-Hall Syndicate | 1975 |
| Rea Hederman | Publisher, The New York Review of Books | 2015 |
| Hawkins, Webster, BJ ’47 | Publisher, Osawatomie Graphic Kansas | 1987 |
| Wright, Dalton | Publisher, Lebanon, Mo. Publishing Co. | 2001 |
| Dirck Halstead | Publisher, Digital Journalist | 2007 |
| Graves, Earl G. | Publisher, Black Enterprise Magazine | 1988 |
| Alejandro Junco de la Vega | Publisher | 2005 |
| Mollenhoff, Clark | Professor, Investigative Reporter | 1989 |
| Clifford Christians | Professor, Editor, Ethicist | 2006 |
| Wilson, Clint | Professor of Journalism Howard University | 1999 |
| Rod Gelatt | Professor Emeritus, Missouri Journalism | 2009 |
| Larrabee, Carroll B. | Printers’ Ink Publishing Co. | 1955 |
| Ken Paulson | President/CEO, First Amendment Center | 2012 |
| Carol H. Williams | President/CEO | 2005 |
| Karen Brown Dunlap | President, Poynter Institute | 2006 |
| Freberg, Stan | President, Freberg Ltd. | 1989 |
| Rance Crain | President, Crain Communications Inc. | 2009 |
| Ginn, John C., BJ ’39 | President & Publisher The Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail | 1990 |
| Israel, Larry H., BJ ’48 | Post-Newsweek Stations | 1972 |
| Reza | Photojournalist, Founder of AINA | 2006 |
| Gerd Ludwig | Photojournalist, Documentary Photographer | 2015 |
| Mydans, Carl | Photojournalist, Author and Biographer | 1998 |
| Nachtwey, James | Photojournalist | 2004 |
| Withers, Ernest C. | Photojournalist | 2004 |
| Bill Eppridge | Photojournalist | 2009 |
| MaryAnne Golon | Photojournalist | 2017 |
| Joel Sartore | Photographer, Speaker, Author, Teacher, Conservationist | 2018 |
| Rich Clarkson | Photographer, Founder of Clarkson Creative | 2016 |
| Danny Lyon | Photographer, Filmmaker and Writer | 2011 |
| Eugene Richards | Photographer, Filmmaker and Writer | 2014 |
| Jodi Cobb | Photographer and Author | 2012 |
| Newman, Arnold | Photographer & Author | 1985 |
| Ferrato, Donna | Photographer | 2002 |
| Steber, Margaret | Photographer | 2003 |
| Angus “Mac” McDougall | Photographer | 2005 |
| Magsanoc-Jimenez, Letty | Philippine Daily Inquirer | 1993 |
| Steele, James | Philadelphia Inquirer | 1983 |
| Terry, Wallace | Parade Magazine | 1991 |
| CNN Digital | One of the World’s Leading Digital News Brands | 2015 |
| Garrels, Anne | NPR Foreign Correspondent | 2004 |
| Cose, Ellis | Newsweek | 1997 |
| Jewell, H.S. | Newspapers Inc., Springfield, Mo. | 1941 |
| Johnson, C.W. | Newspapers Inc., Springfield, Mo. | 1965 |
| Walters, Basil L. | Newspaper Research Association | 1962 |
| Walker, Herbert W., BJ ’17 | Newspaper Enterprise Association | 1934 |
| Turner, Ralph H., BJ ’16 | Newspaper Enterprise Association | 1941 |
| Greene, Robert W. | Newsday | 1980 |
| Cope, Millard L., BJ ’27 | News-Messenger, Marshall, Tex. | 1959 |
| Kilpatrick, J.J., BJ ’41 | News-Leader, Richmond, Va. | 1953 |
| Vickery, Robert L., BJ ’54 | News, Salem, Mo. | 1974 |
| Bradley, David R. | News Press & Gazette St. Joseph, Mo. | 1982 |
| Storke, Thomas M. | New-Press, Santa Barbara, California | 1966 |
| Roueche, Berton, BJ ’33 | New Yorker | 1981 |
| Michael Golden | New York Times Executive | 2013 |
| Goldberg, Vicki | New York Times Critic & Essayist | 1995 |
| Reston, James “Scotty” | New York Times | 1961 |
| Smith, Walter W. (Red) | New York Times | 1976 |
| Craig, James E. | New York Sun | 1938 |
| Brinkley, David | NBC News, Washington, D.C. | 1960 |
| Huntley, Chet | NBC News, New York | 1960 |
| Chancellor, John | NBC News | 1972 |
| Newman, Edwin | NBC News | 1975 |
| Brokaw, Tom | NBC News | 1997 |
| Utley, Clifton M. | NBC | 1952 |
| Frederick, Pauline | NBC | 1962 |
| Scott, Walter Decker, BJ ’36 | NBC | 1966 |
| McGee, Frank | NBC | 1969 |
| Freed, Fred | NBC | 1974 |
| Hearst Television | National Multimedia Company | 2013 |
| Garrett, W. E. | National Geographic | 1978 |
| Gilka, Robert E. | National Geographic | 1984 |
| Breeden, Robert L., BJ ’52 | National Geographic | 1992 |
| Hunter-Gault, Charlayne | National Correspondent MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour | 1988 |
| Batten, H.A. | N.W. Ayer & Sons, Inc. | 1946 |
| AAF Mosaic Center for Multiculturalism | Multicultural Marketing/Advertising and Inclusion | 2016 |
| Fisher, Paul, BJ ’46, PhD ’47 | MU School of Journalism | 1997 |
| Lambert, Edward C., PhD ’52 | MU Journalism Professor Emeritus | 1989 |
| Gillespie, Marcia Ann | Ms. Magazine Editor-in-Chief | 2000 |
| Carbine, Pat | Ms. Magazine | 1983 |
| Blanton, H.J. | Monroe Co. Appeal, Paris, Mo. | 1939 |
| Todd, James | Monitor-Index, Moberly, Mo. | 1950 |
| Merrill, John | Missouri School of Journalism | 1996 |
| Taft, Dr. William H., BJ ’38, MA ’39 | Missouri School of Journalism | 2004 |
| Bray, William A., BJ ’48 | Missouri Press Association | 1985 |
| Swan, Joyce A., BJ ’28 | Minneapolis Star & Tribune | 1948 |
| Tony Messenger | Metro Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 2016 |
| Autry, James | Meredith Magazine Group | 1991 |
| Dukert, Betty Cole, BJ ’49 | Meet the Press | 1993 |
| Cathleen Black | Media Executive | 2010 |
| Wilhelm, John | McGraw-Hill World News | 1961 |
| Sherman, Margot | McCann-Erickson Inc. NY | 1970 |
| Bogart, Dr. Leo | Mass Media Sociologist | 2004 |
| Bentley, Helen Delich, BJ ’44 | Maryland Congresswoman | 1993 |
| Sterling, James, BJ ’65 | Marketing and Media Director TD Waterhouse | 1999 |
| Johnson, Pam, BJ ’69 | Managing Editor of Phoenix Newspapers Inc. | 2000 |
| Meiselas, Susan | Magnum Photos | 1994 |
| Middleton, R. Hunter | Ludlow Typograph Co. | 1961 |
| Chandler, Otis | Los Angeles Times | 1969 |
| Myers, Vernon Carl, BJ ’32 | Look Magazine | 1957 |
| Bullen, Percy S. | London Daily Telegraph | 1930 |
| Burnett, Leo | Leo Burnett Co. Chicago | 1963 |
| Willis, Deborah | Lehman Brady Chair Documentary and American Studies Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill | 2001 |
| White, Robert M. | Ledger, Mexico, Mo. | 1934 |
| White, L. Mitchell | Ledger, Mexico, Mo. | 1943 |
| White, Robert M. II | Ledger, Mexico, Mo. | 1967 |
| Süddeutsche Zeitung | Largest Daily Newspaper in Germany | 2011 |
| Carter, John Mack, BJ ’48, MA ’49 | Ladies Home Journal | 1970 |
| Dougherty, W. Earl | KXEO, KWWR, Mexico, Mo. | 1979 |
| Shepard, Jerrell | KWIX-KRES Radio, Moberly, Mo. | 1977 |
| Karpowicz, Ray | KSD/KSD-TV | 1978 |
| McCombs, Amy, BJ ’68, MA ’72 | KRON-TV, San Francisco | 1990 |
| Batten, James K. | Knight-Ridder, Inc. | 1986 |
| Jurney, Dorothy | Knight-Ridder Newspaper | 1988 |
| Knight, John S. | Knight Newspaper | 1949 |
| Buck, Jack | KMOX/CBS Radio | 1984 |
| Hunter, Julius | KMOX-TV | 1981 |
| Terry, Hugh B., BJ ’30 | KLZ, Denver | 1955 |
| Costa, Joseph | King Features | 1954 |
| Dailey, Don C. | KGBX Springfield | 1970 |
| Aldridge, Mahlon | KFRU, Columbia, Mo. | 1976 |
| Roberts, Roy A. | Kansas City Star | 1957 |
| Umansky, Martin, BJ ’40 | KAKE-TV | 1981 |
| Fortuna Calvo-Roth | Journalist, Professor, Author, Businesswoman, Actress and Philanthropist | 2018 |
| John Seigenthaler | Journalist, Editor, Publisher | 2006 |
| Zubeida Jaffer | Journalist, Editor, Activist | 2006 |
| Margaret Engel | Journalist and Playwright | 2017 |
| Johnson, John H. | Johnson Publishing Co. Inc. | 1973 |
| Kwitney, Jonathan | Investigative Reporter/Author | 1982 |
| Umar Cheema | Investigative Reporter, Pakistan | 2012 |
| John Ferrugia | Investigative Journalist, KMGH-TV | 2012 |
| Walker Guevara, Marina | Investigative Journalist | 2019 |
| FRONTLINE | Investigative Documentary Series | 2011 |
| Huss, Pierre J. | International News Service | 1942 |
| Robb, Inez, BJ ’24 | International News Service | 1948 |
| Gallup, George Horace | International Institutes of Public Opinion | 1951 |
| POV | Independent Nonfiction Film Showcase | 2016 |
| KHOU Defenders | Houston, Texas | 2005 |
| Wilson, Theo | Hollywood, CA | 1984 |
| Denman, Clint H. | Herald, Sikeston, Mo. | 1957 |
| Warren, David M., BJ ’17 | Herald, Panhandle, Tex. | 1943 |
| Stephens, E.W. | Herald, Columbia, Mo. | 1930 |
| Zimmerman, Jac W. | Herald Free-Press, Bolivar | 1978 |
| Brown, James W. Jr., BJ ’31 | Harrisonville Cass County Democrat-Missourian | 1973 |
| McGannon, Donald H. | Group W | 1979 |
| Lamade, Dietrick | Grit, Williamsport, Pa. | 1937 |
| Shanahan, Eileen | Governing | 1991 |
| Vladimir, Irwin A., BJ ’24 | Gotham-Vladimir Advertising Inc. New York | 1959 |
| Blair, Cowgill | Globe, Joplin, Mo. | 1960 |
| Politico | Global News and Information Company | 2016 |
| FleishmanHillard | Global Communications Firm | 2013 |
| Whitney, Ruth | Glamour Magazine | 1997 |
| Russell, Jim | General Manager Marketplace Productions | 2000 |
| Eliot, George Fielding | General Features Syndicated | 1962 |
| Tucker, J.P. | Gazette, Parkville, Mo. | 1933 |
| Adams, Beatrice | Gardner Advertising Co. | 1987 |
| Mason, Janet | Gannett, VP Broadcast | 1996 |
| Neuharth, Allen H. | Gannett Company, Inc. | 1980 |
| Miller, Paul | Gannett Co. Inc. | 1967 |
| Snyder, Joe | Gallatin North Missourian | 1983 |
| Miller, Wayne | Freelance Photographer | 2000 |
| Childers, Henry F. | Free Press, Troy, Mo. | 1931 |
| Margaret Wolf Freivogel | Founding Editor, St. Louis Beacon | 2011 |
| Oh Yeon Ho | Founder, OhmyNews.com | 2007 |
| James Balog | Founder, Extreme Ice Survey | 2010 |
| Trisha D. Scudder | Founder, Executive Coaching Group Inc. | 2018 |
| Mary Beth Price | Founder, Empower MediaMarketing | 2007 |
| Levy, Michael | Founder and Publisher, Texas Monthly | 2003 |
| Loeb, Marshall, BJ ’50 | Fortune Magazine | 1988 |
| Loomis, Carol, BJ ’51 | Fortune | 1978 |
| Ivins, Molly | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 1994 |
| Harris, Jay | Former Publisher San Jose Mercury News | 2001 |
| Smith, Ken (MA ’69) | Former President and CEO Kenneth Smith Advertising San Diego | 2001 |
| Boyd, Gerald, BJ ’73 | Former Managing Editor, The New York Times | 2002 |
| Curry, George | Former Editor-in-Chief of Emerge Magazine | 2000 |
| S. Karene Witcher | Former Deputy Asia Editor, The New York Times | 2018 |
| Cone, Fairfax M. | Foote, Cone & Belding | 1952 |
| Myron Kandel | Financial Journalist | 2010 |
| Parks, Gordon | Film Director, Author, Photographer, Composer | 1990 |
| McNamee, William S., BJ ’49 | Farm Press Publications | 1980 |
| Vita M. Harris | Executive VP and Chief Strategy Officer at FCB Global | 2018 |
| Greg Lee | Executive Sports Editor, South Florida Sun Sentinel | 2013 |
| Baquet, Dean | Executive Editor of The New York Times | 2019 |
| Doug Crews | Executive Director, MPA | 2009 |
| Gutierrez, Felix | Executive Director of The Freedom Forum Pacific Coast Center | 1999 |
| Rucker, Frank W., BJ ’13 | Examiner, Independence, Mo. | 1932 |
| Southern, William N., Jr. | Examiner, Independence, Mo. | 1935 |
| Dale, E.L. | Evening Press, Carthage, Mo. | 1953 |
| Cebrian, Juan Luis | El Pais, Madrid | 1986 |
| Maurer, Wesley, BJ ’23 | Educator, Editor & Publisher | 1990 |
| Adam Moss | Editor-in-Chief, New York Magazine | 2012 |
| David Granger | Editor-in-Chief, Esquire Magazine | 2011 |
| Njawe, Pius | Editor-in-Chief of Le Messager Cameroon, Africa | 2000 |
| Mark Russell | Editor, The Orlando Sentinel | 2011 |
| Ulibarri, Eduardo, MA ’76 | Editor, La Nacion, Costa Rica | 1989 |
| Ruth Reichl | Editor in Chief, Gourmet | 2007 |
| Deborah Howell | Editor and Ombudsman | 2009 |
| Brown, James Wright, BJ ’23 | Editor & Publisher, New York | 1935 |
| Sandy Rowe | Editor | 2010 |
| Reynolds, Donald W., BJ ’27 | Donrey Media Group | 1981 |
| Nelson, Stanley | Documentary Filmmaker | 2019 |
| Roop, Lewis, BJ ’31 | DeSoto Press & Jefferson Republic DeSoto, Mo. | 1959 |
| Burandt, Gary, BJ ’66 | Dentsu, Young & Rubicam Partnerships | 1994 |
| Painter, William R. | Democrat, Carrollton, Mo. | 1936 |
| Mazhar Abbas | Defender of Press Freedom, Pakistan | 2009 |
| Tucker, Avis Green | Daily Star-Journal Warrensburg, Mo. | 1976 |
| Slate | Daily Online Magazine | 2009 |
| Fanning, Katherine | Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska | 1980 |
| Weir, Ben F., BJ ’69 | Daily Mail, Nevada, Mo. | 1968 |
| Rasmussen, Harry E. | Daily Herald, Austin, Minn. | 1937 |
| Swain, E.E., BJ ’31 | Daily Express, Kirksville, Mo. | 1938 |
| Raidt, William T., BJ ’40 | D’Arcy-McManus & Masius | 1982 |
| Armbruster, Walter | D’Arcy-MacManus & Masius Advertising St. Louis | 1977 |
| McQueen, Marvin D., BJ ’36 | D’Arcy Advertising Company St. Louis | 1967 |
| Wheeler, Carl | Cunningham & Walsh Inc. | 1976 |
| Yoani Sanchez | Cuban Blogger, Journalist, Entrepreneur | 2015 |
| Aye Aye Win | Correspondent, The Associated Press-Myanmar | 2013 |
| Lisa Myers, BJ ’73 | Correspondent, NBC | 2005 |
| Neff, Ward A. | Corn Belt Farm Dailies | 1930 |
| Merrill Perlman | Copy Editor | 2015 |
| Goode, Malvin | Consultant for National Black Network | 1989 |
| Germond, Jack, BJ ’51 | Columnist for Tribune Media Services | 2000 |
| Gilliam, Dorothy | Columnist for The Washington Post | 1998 |
| Mona Eltahawy | Columnist and Cyber-Activist | 2012 |
| Berlingske, Tidende | Cogenhagen, Denmark | 1961 |
| Janice Min | Co-President and CEO, The Hollywood Reporter-Billboard Media Group | 2016 |
| Audie Cornish | Co-Host of All Things Considered | 2014 |
| Lincoln Stephens | Co-Founder, The Marcus Graham Project | 2015 |
| Bernstein, Bob | Co-Founder, President and CEO Bernstein-Rein Advertising, Inc. | 1998 |
| Larry Postaer | Co-Chairman, Rubin Postaer & Associates | 2010 |
| Amanpour, Christiane | CNN Chief International Correspondent | 1999 |
| Shaw, Bernard | CNN | 1992 |
| Woodruff, Judy | CNN | 1993 |
| Briggs, Frank P., BJ ’15 | Chronicle-Herald, Macon, Mo. | 1958 |
| Strout, Richard L. | Christian Science Monitor | 1974 |
| Powell, John B. | China Weekly Review, Shanghai | 1942 |
| Xiliang, Feng | China Daily People’s Republic of China | 1984 |
| Ellis, Jim, BJ ’76 | Chief of Correspondents, Newsweek | 2003 |
| Royko, Mike | Chicago-Sun Times | 1979 |
| Rowan, Carl | Chicago-Sun Times | 1981 |
| Casey, Robert J. | Chicago Daily News | 1945 |
| Norlander, Everett C., BJ ’19 | Chicago Daily News | 1959 |
| Lisagor, Peter | Chicago Daily News | 1977 |
| Sengstacke, John | Chicago Daily Defender | 1993 |
| Chuck Curtis, BJ ’67, MA ’70 | Chairman, Valentine Radford | 2006 |
| Robert S. Leaf | Chairman, Robert S. Leaf Consultants | 2011 |
| Graham, John D. (BJ ’59) | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Fleishman-Hillard Inc. | 2002 |
| William C. Price | CEO, Empower MediaMarketing | 2007 |
| Mario R. Garcia | CEO and Founder, Garcia Media | 2011 |
| Cheryl Berman | CEO and Chief Creative Officer, unbundled | 2017 |
| Ma, Hsin-Yeh | Central News Agency, Taiwan | 1984 |
| Lu, David C.H., MA ’32 | Central News Agency of China | 1948 |
| Cronkite, Walter | CBS, New York | 1964 |
| Rogers, Johnathon | CBS Television Stations, President | 1995 |
| Sanders, Marlene | CBS Report | 1991 |
| Digges, Sam Cook, BJ ’37 | CBS Radio | 1973 |
| Lower, Elmer, BJ ’33 | CBS News, New York | 1959 |
| Sauter, Van Gordon, MA ’59 | CBS News | 1986 |
| Kuralt, Charles | CBS “On the Road” | 1988 |
| McBride, Mary Margaret, BJ ’18 | CBS | 1938 |
| Stanton, Frank | CBS | 1958 |
| Reasoner, Harry | CBS | 1970 |
| Hyland, Robert | CBS | 1975 |
| Salant, Richard | CBS | 1978 |
| Sewall, W.J. | Carthage, Mo. Press | 1937 |
| Pool, James Kelly | Capital-News, Jefferson City, Mo. | 1940 |
| Ewald, Henry T. | Campbell-Ewald Co. Detroit | 1942 |
| Burrell, Thomas J. | Burrell Advertising Communications, Inc. | 1990 |
| Kirchhofer, Alfred H. | Buffalo Evening News | 1958 |
| Taishoff, Sol | Broadcasting-Telecasting | 1953 |
| Churchill, Sir Winston | British Statesman, Former Reporter | 1960 |
| Protheroe, Alan, BJ ’34 | British Broadcasting Corp. | 1983 |
| Jacobs, Morris E. | Bozell and Jacobs, Omaha | 1959 |
| The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLiP) | Bogotá, Colombia | 2010 |
| Chapnick, Howard | Black Star | 1991 |
| Foxworth, Jo, BJ ’39 | Author, Publisher, Speaker President of Ad Agency | 1985 |
| Hersey, John | Author, Foreign Correspondent for Time, Life, The New Yorker | 1990 |
| Duzan, Maria Jimena | Author and Journalist from Colombia | 1999 |
| Charles Lewis | Author and Investigative Journalist | 2013 |
| Barbara Ehrenreich | Author and Activist | 2015 |
| Manchester, William, BJ ’47 | Author | 1969 |
| Drew, Elizabeth | Author | 1979 |
| Peter Hessler | Author | 2018 |
| Lohr, Kathy, BJ ’82 | Atlanta Correspondent, National Public Radio | 2002 |
| McGill, Ralph | Atlanta Constitution | 1957 |
| Frances L. Lewine | Associated Press, CNN | 2007 |
| Lederer, Edith | Associated Press Reporter | 1996 |
| King, Frank H., BJ ’17 | Associated Press | 1941 |
| Boyle, Hal | Associated Press | 1947 |
| Lewis, Dorothy Roe, BJ ’24 | Associated Press | 1959 |
| Pett, Saul, BJ ’40 | Associated Press | 1962 |
| Blakeslee, Alton L. | Associated Press | 1966 |
| Gallagher, Wes | Associated Press | 1976 |
| Bartimus, Tad, BJ ’69 | Associated Press | 1990 |
| Deutsch, Linda | Associated Press | 1992 |
| Russ Mitchell | Anchor, CBS News | 2007 |
| Kornberg, Sanford J., BJ ’64 | Ammirati Puris Lintas Hong Kong | 1996 |
| Wolpers, John H. | American Republic Poplar Bluff, Mo. | 1952 |
| Williams, Cranston | American Newspaper Publishers Association | 1960 |
| Bell, Howard (BJ ’48) | American Advertising Federation | 1984 |
| Tong, Hollington | Ambassador from Nationalist China to the U.S. | 1957 |
| Kander, Allen | Alen Kander & Co. Washington, DC | 1956 |
| Amin, Mustafa | Al Akhbar, Cairo, Egypt | 1978 |
| Steve Kopcha | Advertising Leader, Educator | 2014 |
| Borton, Elon | Advertising Federation of Mo. | 1957 |
| Pearson, Earle | Advertising Federation of America | 1936 |
| Fred Papert | Advertising Executive | 2012 |
| Jack Smith | Advertising Executive | 2017 |
| Simpson, Carole | ABCs “World New Saturday” | 1990 |
| Koppel, Ted | ABC News Nightline | 1983 |
| Smith, Howard K. | ABC News | 1971 |
| Donaldson, Sam | ABC News | 1994 |
| Davis, Elmer | ABC | 1949 |
| Morgan, Edward | ABC | 1965 |
| Committee of Concerned Journalists | (Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel) | 2006 |
| The Guardian | 193-Year-Old Newspaper | 2014 |
| CNN (Ted Turner) | 1987 | |
| LaCossitt, Henry | 1959 | |
| Guy, Harry D. | 1954 | |
| Morris, Joe Alex, BJ ’26 | 1950 | |
| LaPrensa, Buenos Aires | 1930 | |
| The New York Times | 1930 | |
| Baltimore Sun | 1931 | |
| Manchester Guardian | 1931 | |
| Frankfurter Zeitung | 1932 | |
| St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 1932 | |
| Japan Advertiser | 1933 | |
| The Kansas City Star | 1933 | |
| Times of London | 1933 | |
| Des Moines Register & Tribune | 1934 | |
| Melbourne Press, Melbourne, Australia | 1934 | |
| Dallas News | 1935 | |
| Montreal Star | 1935 | |
| Burrell Communications Group | 2019 | |
| Edelman, Richard | CEO, Edelman | 2021 |
| Hinojosa, Maria | Founder, Futuro Media, multimedia anchor | 2021 |
| Knudson, Tom | Investigative journalist | 2021 |
| Robinson, Eugene | Washington Post columnist, political commentator | 2021 |
| Goodby, Jeff | Goodby, Silverstein & Partners (GSP) | 2022 |
| Marshall Project | Nonprofit organization dedicated to criminal justice journalism | 2022 |
| Vitale, Ami | Photojournalist and filmmaker, National Geographic Magazine | 2022 |