Greater Cincinnati Pro Chapter
GREATER CINCINNATI
JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
TO INDUCT 25 NEW
MEMBERS
Twenty-five outstanding journalists will
be inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Journalism Hall of Fame on June 18th
It's the 25th anniversary of the Hall of
Fame, which was created by the Greater Cincinnati Pro Chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists.
The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will
be part of the annual Excellence In Journalism Awards program.
It will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
the offices of Frost Brown Todd, 33rd floor of the Great American Tower, 301 East
Fourth Street.
Two of the Hall of Fame honorees are
Gordon Baer and Jan Leach.
Baer was a photographer for the Cincinnati
Post & Times Star from 1966 through 1971 and then began a free-lance
business.
That business provided stories for local
publications such as the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post along with
national publications like The New York Times, Newsweek, People, and Business
Week,
Leach's professional journalism career
included managing editor positions at the Cincinnati Enquirer, Phoenix Gazette,
and Akron Beacon Journal.
She currently is an assistant professor in
the Kent State University School of Journalism and Mass Communication and
director of the KSU Media Law Center for Ethics and Access.
Twenty-three journalists will be inducted
posthumously.
LIBBY
LACKMAN ACKLAND -- New York Times reporter and Cincinnati Enquirer federal beat
reporter.
EVERETT
M. BOYD -- Cincinnati Enquirer vice president and associate editor
BOB
BRUMFIELD -- Cincinnati Enquirer humor columnist
JANE
FINNERAN FARRELL -- Cincinnati Enquirer society/women’s editor and editor of
The Cincinnati Blue Book social register
BOB
FIRESTONE -- Cincinnati Enquirer day assistant city editor and weekend city
editor.
RUTH
NEELY FRANCE -- reporter for the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune plus The
Cincinnati Post and Times-Star.
DICK
HAVLIN -- Cincinnati Enquirer business editor, city editor and news editor.
STEVE
HOFFMAN -- Cincinnati Enquirer reporter and TV critic
OLLIE
JAMES -- Cincinnati Enquirer lead editorial writer and humor columnist
ALLAN
KAIN -- Cincinnati Enquirer Sunday Magazine photographer
STAN
MATLOCK -- morning radio personality for 23 years on WKRC-AM, newswriter for
WCKY-AM and WKRC-FM
MILDRED
MILLER -- Cincinnati Enquirer news columnist
SHARON
MALONEY -- Cincinnati Post reporter
GEORGE
PALMER -- WKRC-TV news anchor in the 1960's plus a reporter for The Cincinnati
Enquirer and Kentucky Enquirer.
E.B.
RADCLIFFE -- theater and movie critics for The Cincinnati Enquirer from 1940 to
1969
ELLIS
RAWNSLEY -- Cincinnati Enquirer copydesk chief and garden editor
ANN
RUSSELL -- Cincinnati Enquirer education and religion reporter
DICK
THORNBURGH -- editor of the Cincinnati Post (later the Post & Times-Star)
KIRA
LISA WARREN -- editor at the Cincinnati Post for 20 years before moving to the
Hamilton Journal-News, where she transformed the paper.
L.D.
WARREN -- editorial cartoonist for The Cincinnati Enquirer.
CAMILLA
WARRICK -- columnist for The Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post.
BETTY
DONOVAN RENTROP WESTERFIELD -- Cincinnati Post reporter and military writer.
MARY
WOOD -- Cincinnati Post reporter and television critic
The public is invited to attend the awards
program and induction ceremony. The cost
is $30 per person (includes hors d’oeuvre and drinks) or $35 at the door.
Reservations may be made through Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spj-cincinnati-queen-city-chapter-awards-hall-of-fame-induction-ceremony-2015-tickets-17181308757
or by mail to Tom McKee, President Cincinnati Society of Professional
Journalists c/o WCPO –TV, 1720 Gilbert Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45202
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