Legends Awards
Excellence in Journalism – North Texas Legends Award Recipients
Each year, the Press Club of Dallas honors journalists who have had distinguished careers in North Texas. These esteemed individuals are chosen to receive the prestigious award by a peer panel comprised of past “Legend” award winners. All Press Club members are asked to make nominations. Nominees can be retired or still working in the field of journalism. The awards are held in May of each year at the Sixth Floor Museum.
FIL ALVARADO
JOHN ANDERS
HELEN BRYANT ANDERS
BJ AUSTIN
HUGH AYNESWORTH
SAM BAKER
EDDIE BARKER*
CAROLYN BARTA
KENT BIFFLE*
MIKE BLACKMAN
SAM BLAIR
STEVE BLOW
SANDRA BROWN
CLARENCE BRUYERE*
ALEX BURTON*
GLORIA CAMPOS
AL CARELL*
VIVIAN CASTLEBERRY*
RON CHAPMAN*
MIKE COCHRAN*
BOB COMPTON*
LEE CULLUM
JIMMY DARNELL
BILL DEORE
TROY DUNGAN
BILL EVANS
JIM EWELL
MOLLIE FINCH-BEIT
DAVID FINFROCK
JACQUIELYNN FLOYD
RANDY GALLOWAY
YOLETTE GARCIA
GEORGE GETSCHOW
DOTTIE GRIFFITH*
JOHN GUDJOHNSEN
JEFF GUINN
MARTY HAAG*
DALE HANSEN
BYRON HARRIS
JIM HENDERSON
LANA HENDERSON
NORM HITZGES
BERT HOLMES*
HELEN HOLMES
JOANN HOLT
BOB HUFFAKER*
KAREN HUGHES
SUZIE HUMPHREYS
WILL JARRETT
DAN JENKINS*
JOHN JENKINS
IOLA JOHNSON
JUDY JORDAN
TOM JOYNER
SHELLY KATZ
SYLVIA KOMATSU
JOE LAIRD*
RALPH LANGER
JIMMY LOVELL*
FRANK LUKSA*
JOHN LUMPKIN
BILL MACK*
PHIL MAGERS
JOHN McCAA
DAVID McHAM
BILL MERCER
ROBERT MILLER*
JOHN MILLER
BOB MONG
ROBERT MOORE
BECKY MUNOZ-DIAZ
SCOTT MURRAY
MERCEDES OLIVERA*
BURL OSBORNE*
DARWIN PAYNE
RENA PEDERSON
BOB PHILLIPS
BOB PORTER*
BOB RAY SANDERS
SHAUN RABB
MIKE RHYNER
GEORGE RIBA
WALTER ROBERTSON
TRACY ROWLETT
BRAD SHAM
BLACKIE SHERROD*
BERT SHIPP*
JOHN SPARKS
JANET ST. JAMES
BOB ST. JOHN*
CISSY STEWART
CARLTON STOWERS
HAROLD TAFT*
CLARICE TINSLEY
NORMA ADAMS-WADE
DAVID WEBB
BOB WELCH
JEFFREY WEISS*
DICK WHEELER
CHAREAN WILLIAMS
WES WISE*
DAVID WOO
BOBBIE WYGANT
TONY ZOPPI*
*- deceased
- 2019 honorees: Bill Young, Ellen Kampinsky, Eric Nadel, Jim Shutze, Karen Borta, Rick Gosselin, Wesley Turner, Rick Wamre,
- 2018 honorees: Charean Williams, Shaun Rabb, Sam Baker, Jacquielynn Floyd, John Sparks, David Woo, George Getschow, Mercedes Olivera (posthumous), Marty Haag (posthumous)
- 2017 honorees: Harold Taft (posthumous); Dale Hansen; Byron Harris; John Jenkins; Yolette Garcia; Norm Hitzges; Tom Joyner; Janet St. James; Bill Mack; John Lumpkin; Mike Blackman; Bill DeOre; Jeffrey Weiss
- 2016 honorees: Norma Adams-Wade, Fil Alvarado, Sandra Brown, Steve Blow, David Finfrock, Randy Galloway, Jeff Guinn, JoAnn Holt, Sylvia Komatsu, John McCaa, Bob Phillips, Mike Rhyner, David Webb
- 2015 honorees: Helen Bryant Anders, B.J. Austin, Sam Blair, Becky Munoz-Diaz, Mollie Finch-Belt, Dan Jenkins, David McHam, Bob Mong, Robert Moore, George Riba, Bob Ray Sanders, Brad Sham, Clarice Tinsley
- 2014 honorees: John Anders, Gloria Campos, Iola Johnson, Judy Jordan, John Miller, Scott Murray, Darwin Payne, Walter Robertson, Tracy Rowlett, Cissy Stewart and Bob Welch
- 2013 honorees: Carolyn Barta, Eddie Barker, Kent Biffle, Clarence Bruyere, Alex Burton, Al Carrell, Vivian Castleberry, Ron Chapman, Mike Cochran, Bob Compton, Lee Cullum and Jimmy Darnell
- 2012 honorees: Troy Dungan, Bill Evans, Jim Ewell, Dotty Griffith, John Gudjohnsen, (Gudjohnson), Jim Henderson, Lana Henderson, Bert Holmes, Helen Holmes, Bob Huffaker, Suzie Humphries, Will Jarrett, Shelly Katz, Joe Laird, and Ralph Langer
- 2011 honorees: Jimmy Lovell, Frank Luksa, Phil Magers, Bill Mercer, Bob Miller, Burl Osborne, Rena Pederson, Bob Porter, Bob St. John, Blackie Sherrod, Bert Shipp, Carlton Stowers, Dick Wheeler, Wes Wise, Bobbie Wygant, Tony Zoppi, Hugh Aynesworth and Karen Hughes
