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The Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame was created in 1966 to recognize those who have made significant

03/07/2025

👋 Our John P. McMeel Distinguished Service Award honoree: Anne Mullin O’Connor

Gov. Frank O’Bannon selected Anne Mullin O’Connor as Indiana’s first public access counselor, serving from 1998 to 2003. She left a legacy by coordinating and publishing the Handbook of Indiana’s Public Access Law.

“She neither favored bureaucrats nor citizens in disputes brought before her,” said Stephen Key, retired executive director and general counsel for the Hoosier State Press Association and current member of the board of the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.

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02/07/2025

📺 A recognizable face in Indiana: John Stehr

Although he got his first taste of broadcast journalism at a Pennsylvania radio station, John Stehr met an Indianapolis audience in 1982 as a producer at WISH-TV. He made a more indelible mark when he became lead anchor of WTHR-TV in Indy in 1995. He took the station from fourth to first place, where it remained for most of his 24 years there.

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01/07/2025

🏀 It's been all things sports for another inductee: Frederick Mitchell

Gary native Frederick Mitchell is the only Chicago Tribune sportswriter to serve as the main beat reporter covering all three pro teams: Bulls, Cubs and Bears. He was the first African American sportswriter for the paper when he was hired in 1974. Those connections, and his own experiences as an athlete, led to 12 books, including biographies with Bears’ Gale Sayers and Richard Dent, and Cubs’ Billy Williams and Ryne Sandberg.

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26/06/2025

🎉 Congratulations to another 2025 IJHF inductee: Kathleen Johnston

A Gary native, Kathleen Johnston got a taste of investigative journalism at the Indianapolis News, where she exposed the City-County Council’s use of secret caucuses. She took that focus when she joined WTHR-TV in Indianapolis as a producer. Johnston went on to further success as an investigative producer at CNN, then later at CBS News’ bureau in Washington, D.C. She now leads the Michael I. Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism at Indiana University.

Learn more here --> https://www.ijhf.org/news/six-to-join-hall-oct-4

25/06/2025

✈️ Another honoree was always on the move: Monte Hayes

A native of Lafayette, Monte Hayes worked in Kokomo, South Bend and Evansville before joining the Peace Corps in the 1960s, which only fed his interest in foreign reporting. He later joined the Associated Press, reporting from Caracas, Venezuela, Mexico City and Lima, Peru, as well as serving as foreign bureau chief in several areas and the AP World Desk in New York.

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23/06/2025

👋 Meet one of this year's honorees: Milbert Brown.

As a Chicago Tribune photojournalist and picture editor, he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team for “Gateway to Gridlock.” He went on to cover the first all-race election and inauguration of Nelson Mandela as president of South Africa in 1994, the Baltimore riots, the presidential campaign of Barack Obama and numerous sports championships. He left a legacy as the founder of Chicago Alliance of African American Photographers, inviting black photographers to document their communities.

Learn more about all the honorees --> https://www.ijhf.org/news/six-to-join-hall-oct-4

19/06/2025

📣 Five storytellers who have demonstrated the power of journalism and one public access advocate who has ensured Hoosiers’ right to information will be honored by the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame Oct. 4 in Indianapolis.

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