The Maine Press Association Hall of Fame honors newspaper people with Maine connections who have made outstanding contributions to the profession. Here are its members.
(* inducted posthumously):
Inducted 1998
J. Russell Wiggins, owner and publisher,
The Ellsworth American
John Gould, columnist,
Christian Science Monitor
*Guy P. Gannett, founder,
Gannett newspapers
*Erwin Canham, editor,
Christian Science Monitor
*Brooks Hamilton,
University of Maine
journalism department head
Inducted 1999
Henry Shorey
and Eula Shorey, owners,
The Bridgton News
Harry Foote,
owner and editor,
American Journal
*Gene Letourneau,
outdoor columnist,
Guy Gannett newspapers
Inducted 2000
*Ralph “Bud” Leavitt,
outdoor writer, editor,
Bangor Daily News
*Elijah Parish Lovejoy,
abolitionist editor
from Albion, Maine
Peter Cox and John Cole,
founders, Maine Times
Inducted 2001
Walter E. Mattson, president,
The New York Times Co.
Alexander Bacon “Sandy” Brook,
owner, York County Coast Star
*May Craig,
Washington correspondent,
Portland Press Herald
Barbara N. Yeaton,
correspondent,
Sun Journal and The Franklin Journal
Inducted 2002
*Bill Langzetell,
The Associated Press
correspondent
Don Larrabee,
congressional correspondent
Robert G. “Bob” Drake, editor,
Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
Sam and Abbie Roberts, owners, The Lincoln County News
Inducted 2003
*Davis S. Rawson,
political reporter
and editorial writer
Jerry Durnbaugh,
owner, Blue Hill Weekly Packet
*Daniel S. Dexter,
editor and editorial writer,
Lewiston Journal
Douglas E. Kneeland,
reporter and editor,
The New York Times
Inducted 2004
Dick Doyle, sportswriter,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Jack Faulkner, editor,
Northeast Publishing
Kent Ward,
reporter, editor, columnist,
Bangor Daily News
*Wayne Jordan, founder,
University of Maine
journalism department
Inducted 2005
Raymond E. Gross,
editor and publisher,
The Courier-Gazette
*Lillis Towle Jordan, publisher,
Bangor Daily News
David Lamb,
national and foreign correspondent,
Los Angeles Times
A. Stephen Riley, editor and reporter,
Guy Gannett newspapers,
MPA executive secretary
Inducted 2006
*Dwight E. Sargent,
editorial page writer and editor,
curator of the Nieman Foundation
Bob Saunders,
editor and reporter,
Journal Tribune
*Sheila Tenggren,
editor and publisher,
Lincoln News
Inducted 2007
*Bill Caldwell, columnist,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Ted Sylvester,
Rockland bureau chief
Bangor Daily News
*Peter Damborg Jr.,
State House reporter,
Guy Gannett newspapers
Robert Moorehead,
general manager,
Morning Sentinel
Inducted 2008
*Robert B. Beith, editor, publisher,
Guy Gannett newspapers
Jim Brunelle, political reporter, columnist and commentator
*Campbell B. Niven, publisher,
The Times Record
*Polly Ouimet, news editor,
Lewiston Sun Journal
Inducted 2009
James R. Costello,
publisher, Sun Media Group
Robert K. Diebold,
editor, The Penobscot Times
*Clayton LaVerdiere, columnist and reporter, Central Maine Morning Sentinel
*John K. Murphy, executive editor, Portland Press Herald
Inducted 2010
*Bill Clark, columnist,
Guy Gannett newspapers
*Bob DeLong, photographer,
Bangor Daily News
Don Levesque, editor and publisher, St. John Valley Times
Inducted 2011
Beurmond Banville,
reporter, Bangor Daily News
*David Bourque, sports editor, Brunswick Times Record
*Seba Smith, editor, Portland Courier, Maine’s first daily newspaper
Inducted 2012
Mary Brewer, managing editor,
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
Ann B. McGowan, managing editor,
Morning Sentinel
Inducted 2013
Don Hansen, editorial page editor,
Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Evening Express
Scott Haskell,
photographer and photo editor,
Bangor Daily News
Emery “Legs” Labbe,
sportswriter and publisher,
St. John Valley Times
Inducted 2014
Robert Crocker, Associated Press state house reporter
Richard Dudman, St. Louis Post Dispatch correspondent and Bangor Daily News editorial writer
Inducted 2015
Bob Kalish, writer for national and local publications, including The Times Record
Bill Nemitz, columnist, Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Lou Ureneck, executive editor, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Evening Express
Inducted 2016
Hugh Bowden, executive editor,
The Ellsworth American
Rex Rhoades, executive editor,
Lewiston Sun Journal
Steve Solloway, sports columnist,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Inducted 2017
Alan Baker, owner and publisher, The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander
Mark Woodward, executive editor and editorial page editor, Bangor Daily News
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Inducted 2018
R. Nathaniel W. Barrows, owner, publisher and editor of Penobscot Bay Press
Winifred French, founder (and reporter, editor, publisher and distributor) of The Quoddy Tides
Kathryn Olmstead, a writer, editor, and publisher who has been affiliated with Maine journalism since the late 1970s
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Inducted 2019
Stephen Fay, who retired in 2019 after 23 years as the managing editor of The Ellsworth American
Marian McCue, longtime publisher and former editor of The Forecaster
The late Christopher Cousins, a Statehouse reporter for the Bangor Daily News