Six Headed for Journalism Hall of Fame

The six new honorees will join 136 other journalists inducted into the Hall of Fame since its 1981 inception. Selection of honorees is made by a committee representing the state’s media, the UK Journalism Alumni Association, and the University of Kentucky. Nominees must be either Kentucky natives or outstanding journalists who have spent the bulk of their careers in the state.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 16, 2005) -- Four journalists and two journalism educators will be named to the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame on Tuesday, April 19, at the Campbell House Crowne Plaza in Lexington, Ky. The six will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at a luncheon ceremony sponsored by the UK Journalism and Telecommunications Alumni Association.

The same day, the UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications will hold its 28th annual Joe Creason Lecture at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall. This year’s presenter of the Creason Lecture is Leonard Downie Jr., executive editor of The Washington Post.

The 2005 Hall of Fame inductees to be named are; Robert R. Adams, director of student publications at Western Kentucky University; Gene Clabes, equine director for Kentucky Equine Education Project; Lee Denney, news director/anchor at WBKR-FM and WOMI-AM, Owensboro; Bob Johnson, a former politics and government reporter for WHAS-TV and WHAS-radio, and former reporter and editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal; Marguerite McLaughlin (deceased), UK faculty member and the first female reporter at a major Kentucky daily newspaper; Bob Schulman, former Louisville radio, television, and newspaper journalist.

Persons wishing to attend the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame Induction Luncheon can print a reservation form from the school’s Web site.