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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Al Neuharth |
1996 |
Neuharth is the former president and chairman of the Gannett Co. and founder of USA TODAY. He worked his way up from reporter to assistant managing editor in seven years at the Miami Herald in the mid-1950s and was then named assistant executive editor of the Detroit Free-Press. |
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Beryl Bowden |
1995 |
Bowden was the publisher of the Clewiston News for 27 years and a voice for community progress in Glades and Hendry counties for more than 50 years. |
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Ernest Lyons |
1994 |
Lyons began working as a reporter for The Stuart News in 1931. He also worked as an advertising salesman, printing salesman, then as advertising director for the paper. He became editor in 1945, serving until his retirement on March 1, 1975. He died April 6, 1990, at age 85. |
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Robert Hudson |
1993 |
During a 37-year career at the Star-Advocate in Titusville, Hudson won numerous awards for excellence in journalism. In 1963, he received the William L. Lowry Award from the University of Florida School of Journalism for exemplifying “the highest ideals of journalism in the weekly newspaper field.” |
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Virgil Newton |
1993 |
Newton was managing editor of the Tampa Tribune from 1943 through 1965. His crusading form of journalism led to his being called the father of investigative reporting in Florida. |
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Robert Gore |
1992 |
Robert H. Gore was owner and publisher of the Ft. Lauderdale Daily News for 35 years. During that time, he played a major role in the development and growth of Broward County and South Florida. |
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William Straub |
1992 |
William L. Straub was editor or associate editor of the St. Petersburg Times for 38 years. No one in that era had more impact on the development of the city. |
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James Clendinen |
1991 |
Clendinen retired in 1985, 50 years after joining the Tampa Tribune as a courthouse reporter. During that time he worked his way to editorial page editor, from which he campaigned vigorously for reforms that reshaped his city and his state. |
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Fred Pettijohn |
1991 |
Pettijohn retired from the Ft. Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel in 1982 after 30 years of service to the News, Gore Newspaper Co. and later the News/Sun Sentinel Company. |
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Barbara Frye |
1990 |
Frye was 19 years old, just out of the University of Georgia and working in UPI’s Atlanta bureau when she was selected, in 1944, to run UPI’s Florida Bureau. |
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