;2008 • Nelson Benton, editorial page editor,
The Salem News •
Ann Smith Franklin (posthumous),
American colonialist almanac printer,
Newport, Rhode Island • John Howe, editor and general manager,
The Citizen,
Laconia, New Hampshire • Al Larkin, retired executive vice president,
The Boston Globe ;2007 • Michael Donoghue, sportswriter at
The Burlington Free Press in
Burlington, Vermont, and executive director of the
Vermont Press Association. •
Larry McDermott, publisher of
The Republican in
Springfield, Massachusetts, and president of the
Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association •
Eileen McNamara, professor of journalism at
Brandeis University •
James Taricani, investigative reporter for
WJAR TV in
Providence, Rhode Island •
Barbara Walsh (journalist), reporter at
The Eagle-Tribune in
North Andover, Massachusetts ;2006 • David B. Offer, Executive editor,
Kennebec Journal,
Augusta, Maine, and the
Morning Sentinel,
Waterville, Maine • Gary Lapierre, Managing editor, WBZ Radio, Boston • Chris Powell, Managing editor and VP for news, the
Journal Inquirer,
Manchester, Connecticut • Walter Robinson, Assistant managing editor/Spotlight Team,
The Boston Globe 1992 • John P. Reilly, Executive editor,
The Hour,
Norwalk, Connecticut Here is the list of winners from 1960 through 2009: ;1960 • George F. Booth,
Worcester Telegram & Gazette • Sevellon Brown,
Providence Journal-Bulletin • Minnie Ryan Dwight,
Holyoke Transcript-Telegram • James B. Morgan,
Boston Globe • Norris G. Osborn,
New Haven Courier-Journal ;1961 •
Herbert Brucker, Hartford Courant •
Erwin D. Canham,
Christian Science Monitor • Waldo L. Cook,
Springfield Republican •
Henry Beetle Hough,
Vineyard Gazette • Arthur G. Staples,
Lewiston Journal ;1962 :David Brickman,
Medford Mercury/Malden News • Guy P. Gannett, Guy P. Gannett Newspapers :James M. Langley,
Concord Monitor :William J. Pape,
Waterbury Republican and American :David Patten,
Providence Journal-Bulletin ;1963 :Paul S. Deland,
Christian Science Monitor :Louis M. Lyons, Nieman Foundation :Henry W. Minott,
United Press International ;1964 :John R. Herbert,
Quincy Patriot Ledger :Leslie Moore,
Worcester Telegram & Gazette :Laurence L. Winship,
Boston Globe ;1965 :Gordon N. Converse,
Christian Science Monitor • Rudolph F. Elie, Boston Herald-Traveler :Francis R. Murphy, Associated Press ;1966 :Thomas K. Brinkley, Fall River Herald-News :William Dwight, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram :Edward A. Weeks, Atlantic Monthly ;1967 :Charles E. Gallagher, Lynn Item :Lawrence K. Miller, Berkshire Eagle :John R. Reitemeyer, Hartford Courant ;1968 :Arch M. MacDonald, WBZ-TV :Michael J. Ogden, Providence Journal-Bulletin :Forest W. Seymour, Worcester Telegram & Gazette ;1969 :Harry Bryant Center, Boston University :Alexander J. Haviland,
Boston Globe :Edgar M. Mills,
Christian Science Monitor ;1970 :C. Edward Holland, Boston Record-American • Charles J. Lewin, New Bedford Standard-Times :David M. White, Boston University ;1971 :Barnard L. Colby, The Day :J. Edward DeCourcy, Newport Argus-Champion :Francis E. Whitmarsh, WBZ-TV ;1972 :Thomas J. Murphy, Waltham News-Tribune :Thomas Winship, Boston Globe ;1973 :John N. Cole, Maine Times :Thomas W. Gerber, Concord Monitor :Abraham A. Michaelson, Berkshire Eagle ;1974 :Robert C. Achorn, Worcester Telegram & Gazette :Bob Eddy, Hartford Courant :Kingsley R. Fall, Berkshire Eagle ;1975 :Robert J. Leeney, New Haven Register and Journal-Courier :G. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger :William L. Plante, Essex County Newspapers :J. Russell Wiggins, Ellsworth American ;1976 :Joseph L. Doherty,
Boston Globe :Loren F. Ghiglione,
Southbridge Evening News :Elliot Norton,
Boston Herald-American ;1977 :John Hughes,
Christian Science Monitor :Cornelius F. Hurley,
Associated Press :John B. Hynes, WCVB-TV :Marjorie Mills,
Boston Herald ;1978 :Dwight E. Sargent, Boston Herald-American :George A. Speers, Northeastern University :Charles L. Whipple, Boston Globe ;1979 :Everett S. Allen, New Bedford Standard-Times :Judith Brown, New Britain Herald :Ernest W. Chard, Portland Press Herald :Philip Weld, Essex County Newspapers ;1980 :John C.A. Watkins, Providence Journal-Bulletin :William J. Clew, Hartford Courant ;1981 •
Alton H. Blackington, Boston Herald/WBZ :Richard C. Garvey, Springfield Daily News :Donald Murray, University of New Hampshire :W. Davis Taylor, Boston Globe ;1982 :George B. Merry, Christian Science Monitor :Richard C. Steele, Worcester Telegram & Gazette ;1983 :Stephen A. Collins, Danbury News-Times :Robert H. Estabrook, Lakeville Journal :Brooks W. Hamilton, University of Maine ;1984 :John C. Quinn, USA Today :Kenneth J. Botty, Worcester Telegram & Gazette :Deane C. Avery, The Day ;1985 :Leonard J. Cohen, Providence Journal-Bulletin :George Esper, Associated Press :Sidney B. McKeen, Worcester Telegram & Gazette :George W. Wilson, Concord Monitor ;1986 :Roger Allen, WRKO • Stanton J. Berens, United Press International :Raymond A. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald :K. Prescott Low, Quincy Patriot Ledger ;1987 :John S. Driscoll, Boston Globe :James D. Ewing, Keene Sentinel :James Thistle, Boston University ;1988 :William B. Ketter, Quincy Patriot Ledger :James Ragsdale, New Bedford Standard-Times :Daniel Warner, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune ;1989 :Irving Kravsow, Hartford Courant :Caryl Rivers, Boston University :James V. Wyman, Providence Journal-Bulletin ;1990 :Carmen Fields, WGBH-TV :Charles McCorkle Hauser, Providence Journal-Bulletin :Carter H. White, Meriden Record-Journal ;1991 :No awards presented ;1992 :Edward S. Bell, Associated Press :Arnold S. Friedman, Springfield Newspapers :Warren F. Gardner, Meriden Record-Journal ;1993 :Betty J. Brighton, Portsmouth Herald :Bernard Caughey, Quincy Patriot Ledger • Robert W. Mitchell, Rutland Herald :Hugh Mulligan, Associated Press :John P. Reilly, The Norwalk Hour ;1994 :Steve Riley, Guy Gannett Publishing Co. :Norman Runnion, Brattleboro Reformer :David Starr, Springfield Newspapers :William O. Taylor, Boston Globe ;1995 :Leonard I. Levin, Providence Journal-Bulletin :
Reid MacCluggage, The Day :Kathie Neff Ragsdale, Lawrence Eagle-Tribune :Bernard S. Redmont, Boston University ;1996 :
Katherine Fanning,
Christian Science Monitor :Stan Grossfeld, Boston Globe :Kenneth E. Grube, The Day ;1997 :Natalie Jacobson, WCVB-TV :C. Michael Pride, Concord Monitor :Matthew Storin, Boston Globe ;1998 :William Breisky, Cape Cod Times :Michael Short, Associated Press :Rod Doherty, Foster’s Daily Democrat • Irving Rogers Jr., Lawrence Eagle Tribune 1999 • William J. Pape II, Waterbury Republican-American • Morley L. Piper, New England Newspaper Association • John F. Henning, WBZ-TV • Linda Lotridge Levin, University of Rhode Island ;2000 :Elizabeth S. Ellis, Journal-Inquirer :
Sarah-Ann Shaw, WBZ-TV :David Nyhan, Boston Globe :Robert Foster, Foster’s Daily Democrat ;2001 :Philip Balboni, New England Cable News :Thomas Kearney, The Keene Sentinel :Morgan McGinley, The Day :Alan Lupo, Boston Globe ;2002 :Patrick J. Purcell, Boston Herald/Community Newspaper Co. :Joseph W. McQuaid, Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News :Clark Booth, WCVB-TV :Ken Hartnett, New Bedford Standard-Times ;2003 :Paul LaCamera, WCVB-TV :
Stephen A. Kurkjian, Boston Globe :James H. Smith, Record-Journal :Harry T. Whitin, Worcester Telegram & Gazette ;2004 • Benjamin Edes, Boston Gazette :Elaine N. Hooker, Associated Press :Jonathan F. Kellogg, Republican-American :Joel P. Rawson, Providence Journal :R.D. Sahl, New England Cable News ;2005 :John Burke, Boston Globe :George Geers, New England Newspaper Association :Thomas Heslin, Providence Journal :Emily Rooney, WGBH-TV :George Stone, The Day • Isaiah Thomas, Worcester Gazette ;2006 :Gary Lapierre, WBZ :David Offer, Kennebec Journal :Chris Powell, Manchester Journal Inquirer :Walter Robinson, Boston Globe :William Lloyd Garrison ;2007 :Michael Donoghue, Burlington Free Press :Larry McDermott, The Republican, Springfield :Eileen McNamara, The Boston Globe :Jim Taricani, WJAR, Providence :Barbara Walsh, Portland Press Herald ;2008 :Nelson Benton, Salem, Mass., News :John Howe, The Citizen, Laconia, N.H. :Al Larkin, The Boston Globe. ;2009 :James Campanini, The Sun, Lowell, Mass. :James Foudy, Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass. :Sam Fleming, WBUR radio, Boston :George Krimsky, AP, Center for Foreign Journalists, and the Republican-American newspapers, Waterbury, Conn. 2017 robin young • Elected posthumously ==References==