Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame
The Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame recognizes individuals who have rendered outstanding service in the field of newspaper journalism in Florida.
Nominations to the Hall of Fame are accepted any time, but the deadline for consideration in the current year is April 1. Learn how to submit a nomination.
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Bill Cotterell |
2017 |
Bill Cotterell grew up in Miami and joined the U.S. Marine Corps after high school in 1961, serving in the Fleet Marine Force Pacific as a naval gunfire observer. He returned to Miami and attended Miami-Dade Junior College 1965-66. Cotterell began his newspaper career during that time as a copy clerk at The Miami Herald. |
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Gil Thelen |
2016 |
Charlotte Observer reporter Marion Ellis once said about Gil Thelen that he “sees around corners.” He meant that Gil had a strategic instinct about where readers and newspapers were headed and a practical vision for getting there fast and effectively. |
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J. Earle Bowden |
2016 |
For more than 60 years, Mr. Bowden was the cornerstone of journalism in Northwest Florida. Jesse Earle Bowden began working at the now-Pensacola News Journal in 1953 and worked until his death on Feb. 15, 2015. |
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Larry Thompson |
2015 |
Larry (Lawrence) Thompson was a beloved American humor columnist and newspaper reporter for 28 years with The Miami Herald until his death in 1973. |
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Lucy Morgan |
2014 |
Lucy was born in Memphis and raised in Mississippi. Her first newspaper job was covering Citrus County for the Ocala Star-Banner after an editor was told by a local librarian that Lucy read more books than nearly anyone else. |
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Charles W. Cherry, Sr. |
2014 |
Charles W. Cherry, Sr.’s life was multi-faceted. The centerpiece: a determination to see equal rights for all people, particularly in Daytona Beach and the state of Florida. |
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S.L. Frisbie, IV |
2013 |
There are many great weekly newspaper publishers in the history of Florida newspapering. But there are few who are more closely identified with weekly publishing than S.L. Frisbie, IV. He has been one of the great champions of quality weekly publishing for our state for more than 45 years. |
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Bob Vedder |
2012 |
It’s a cliché to say that someone was born with ink in his veins, but that doesn’t make it any less true in the case of Bob Vedder. |
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Tom Weber |
2012 |
Tom spent all 42 years of his newspaper career in Stuart. As far back as the 1970s, Tom looked beyond his backyard and saw so much more than a small-town editor should see. His vision of the Treasure Coast as one market is now realized. |
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John M. “Jody” Delzell |
2011 |
John “Jody” Delzell began his newspaper career as a reporter at the Crescent City Courier in 1947. He was soon doing photography, selling advertising, and writing a sports column. On his own time, he learned to set display type from a case by hand, run a Linotype machine, cast mats out of hot lead, put the pages together, and operate a hand-fed two-page printing press. |
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