Distinguished Service Award

Nominees must be:

• A present or former employee of an HSPA-member newspaper or affiliated with journalism through a university, college or newspaper association.
• An exemplary professional who brings credit to the newspaper industry. Length of service is a major qualifying criterion but not exclusively so.

Nomination guidelines:

• Nominations may come from HSPA-member newspaper publishers, editors or other employees.
• Nominators should send the nominee’s name and contact information along with a letter explaining why the nominee should receive a Distinguished Service Award, to Pamela Wells Lego, HSPA executive director, plego@hspa.com. Include any supporting documentation or evidence supporting the nomination.
• Nominations are considered by the board of directors, and awards are presented during the HSPA Annual Conference.

Distinguished Service Award recipients

1996: Charles Biggs

1997: Ned Bradley and John Nixon

1998: Robert Hartmann and Scott Schurz

1999: John C. DePrez, Jr.

2000: Craig Klugman

2001: Larry Lough

2002: Todd Schurz

2003: Linda Chandler

2004: Jack Humphrey

2005: Max Heath

2006: James W. Brown

2007: Barbara King and Dennis L. Huber

2008: William Nangle and Bob Zaltsberg

2009: Julie Inskeep

2010: Russell Pulliam

2011: Max Jones

2012: Henry Bird

2013: Patrick Lanman

2014: No award (Conference postponed due to snow storm.)

2015: Michael Fender

2016: Jack Pate

2017: Scarlett Syse

2018: Pete Van Baalen

2019: Chuck Wells

2020: No award

2021: No award

2022: No award

2023: No award

2024: Max Jones

2025: No award