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

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