1967

• Milwaukee Journal
• Scholastic Rota

1968

• Christian Science Monitor
• Des Moines Register
• St Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press

1969

• Chicago Tribune
• Los Angeles Times
• Washington Post

1970

• Atlanta Constitution
• Champion Papers Div, US Plywood
• Reader’s Digest
• The Wall Street Journal/
  Dow Jones Newspaper Fund

1971

• Louisville Courier-Journal
• New York Times
• Tacoma News Tribune

1972

• The Nashville Tennessean
• WSB-TV, Atlanta, Ga.

1974

• Ralph Alexander
• Lionel Barrow
• Don Nicholson

1975

• Earl English
• St Louis Post Dispatch
• Wichita Eagle-Beacon

1976

• Baltimore Sun
• Boise (ID) Statesman
• Janes Duffy, ABC-TV
• Bruce Underwood

1977

• Robert Brayfield
• Kansas City Star
• Scholastic Editor
• Lois Lauer Wolfe

1978

• Foxfire
• Scholastic Magazine
• Student Press Law Center

1979

• Las Cruces Sun News
• Milwaukee Sentinel
• “Lou Grant” Show

1980

• Detroit Free Press
• Pottsville Republican
• Charley Manos, Detroit New

1981

• Gannett Foundation
• Lara Steinel, Kansas City Star
• Wilma Wirt, University of Texa

1982

• Asbury Park Press
• WBBM Channel 2, Chicago

1983

• Portland Advertising Federation

1984

• Mr and Mrs Dean Lesher/
  Lesher Communications

1986

• Pierce County Herald, Wash.
• Norma M Cunningham, Galesburg Register-Mail, Ill.

1987

• McClatchy Newspapers
• John Seigenthaler
• USA Today

1988

• Michael Forrester, editor,
• Pendleton (Ore.) Oregonian
• San Jose (CA) Mercury News
• Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Ga.

1989

• Robert Hanashiro, photographer, Visalia, Calif.
• National Federation of Press Women
• Judith Hines, ANPA

1990

• Kathy Barberich
• Fort Lauderdale News/Sun Sentinel
• The Poynter Institute

1991

• The Arizona Republic
• Phoenix Gazette
• Tim Harrower, West Linn, Ore.
• Mary Montgomery, Chicago, Ill.

1992

• Rick Senften, Canton, OH Repository
• The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.
• Rene Gunter, Tampa (Fla.) Tribune
• Kevin Doyle, Peninsula Times Tribune, Calif.

1993

• Diane McFarlin, The Sarasota Herald Tribune, Fla.
• Tim Gallagher, The Albuquerque Tribune, N.M.
• Wanda Lloyd, USA Today
• Walterene Swanston, NABJ

1994

• Lorraine Eaton, The Virginian Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Va.
• The Kansas City Star, Mo.
• National Federation of Press Women
• The Stockton Record, Calif.

1995

• Tom Batiuk
• Don Reeder
• Martha Stone

1996

• Chip Beck, Political Graphics Service
• Ellen Caplon, San Antonio
  Express News
  
  

1997

• Michael Forrester, Capital Press (Salem, Ore.)

1998

• Herff Jones Yearbooks
• Jostens Printing and Publishing
• Taylor Publishing Co
• Walsworth Publishing Co
  

1999

• Tom Kotynski, Great Falls Tribune, Mont.
  

2000

• Tony Majeri, The Chicago Tribune

2001

• Jeff Newell, Northwest Florida Daily News

2002

• Susan Morgan, Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.
• Philip Van Hule Ill.
• Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
• Martin Savidge, CNN, Atlanta, Ga.

2003

• Rosalind "Roz" Stark, Radio and TV News Directors Foundation
• Dorothy Gilliam (The Washington Post Young Journalists Development Project)
• Virginia High School League (Virginia Commonwealth University Journalism Project)
• American Society of Newspaper Editor

2004

• Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.
• Mary and Barrie Hartman, Louisville, Co.
• Paul Pohlman and the Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, Fla.

2005

• Jim Boren, The Fresno Bee, Calif.
• National Public Radio, Washington, D.C., for Urban Journalism Workshop,
  Prime Movers, Inc. and the Next Generation Radio Project
• Youth Voices, WAMU Radio, American University, Washington, D.C.

2006

• Jane Briggs-Bunting, Michigan State University
• Jeff Browne, Colorado State University
  Rowland Rebele, Alameda Newspaper Group
• Kevin Keane, Alameda Newspaper Group
• The Newspaper Association of America Foundation
• Donna Walker, Urban Journalism Workshops, Washington Association of Black Journalists
• Khalim Piankhi, WUSA-TV

2007

• David L. Bennett, Illinois Press Association and Foundation, Springfield, Ill.
• Kim Blumhardt, Colorado State University Student Media, Fort Collins, Colo.
• Henry “Hank” Koshollek, Capital Times, Madison, Wis.
• Allen Loibner, CJE, Arkansas Scholastic Press Association, Pulaski Technical College, North Little Rock, Ark.
• Joe Wirt, California Newspaper Publishers Association, Sacramento, Calif.