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 2021
Dot Roderick*
Dot was one of the first women advertising executives in the newspaper industry.
Recently retired from the Portland Press Herald, Dieter has been a force in Maine journalism for more than four decades.
Judy Meyer
Executive editor for Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel and a fierce advocate for First Amendment rights,
Inducted 2020
Terry Carlisle
Terry spent 42 years at The Ellsworth American serving in key management positions.
Arthur Guesman*
Faculty advisor of the Maine Campus newspaper and a professor of journalism at the University of Maine for 20 years.
Inducted 2019
Stephen Fay
Managing editor of The Ellsworth American for 23 years.
Marian McCue
Longtime publisher and former editor of The Forecaster.
Statehouse reporter for the Bangor Daily News.
Inducted 2018
Nat Barrows
Owner, publisher and editor of Penobscot Bay Press.
Winifred French
Founder (and reporter, editor, publisher and distributor) of The Quoddy Tides.
Kathryn Olmstead
Writer, editor, and publisher affiliated with Maine journalism since the late 1970s.
Inducted 2017
Longtime owner and publisher, The Ellsworth American and Mount Desert Islander.
Executive editor and editorial page editor, Bangor Daily News.
Inducted 2016
Executive Editor, The Ellsworth American.
Rex Rhoades
Executive Editor, Lewiston Sun Journal
Steve Solloway
Sports Columnist,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Inducted 2015
Writer for national and local publications, including The Times Record
Columnist
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Executive Editor
Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Evening Express
Inducted 2014
Robert Crocker, Associated Press state house reporter
St. Louis Post Dispatch correspondent and Bangor Daily News editorial writer
Inducted 2013
Don Hansen
Editorial Page Editor
Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, Evening Express
Scott Haskell
Photographer and Photo Editor
Bangor Daily News
Sportswriter and Publisher,
St. John Valley Times
Inducted 2012
Mary Brewer, managing editor,
Boothbay Register/Wiscasset Newspaper
Managing editor, Morning Sentinel
Inducted 2011
Reporter, Bangor Daily News
*David Bourque, sports editor, Brunswick Times Record
Inducted 2010
*Columnist,
Guy Gannett newspapers
*Photographer,
Bangor Daily News
Inducted 2009
Publisher, Sun Media Group
Editor, The Penobscot Times
*Clayton LaVerdiere, columnist and reporter, Central Maine Morning Sentinel
*John K. Murphy, executive editor, Portland Press Herald
Inducted 2008
*Robert B. Beith, editor, publisher,
Guy Gannett newspapers
Political reporter, columnist and commentator
Publisher, The Times Record
Inducted 2007
Columnist,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Rockland bureau chief
Bangor Daily News
State House reporter,
Guy Gannett newspapers
General Manager,
Morning Sentinel
Inducted 2006
Editorial Page Writer and eEditor,
Curator of the Nieman Foundation
Editor and Reporter,
Journal Tribune
* Sheila Tenggren,
Editor and Publisher,
Lincoln News
Inducted 2005
Raymond E. Gross
Editor and Publisher,
The Couriere-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 2004
Sportswriter,
Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Editor,
Northeast Publishing
Kent Ward,
reporter, editor, columnist,
Bangor Daily News
Founder,
University of Maine
Journalism Department
Inducted 2003
Political Reporter
and Editorial Writer
Owner, Blue Hill Weekly Packet
Editor and Editorial Writer,
Lewiston Journal
Douglas E. Kneeland,
Reporter and editor,
The New York Times
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 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 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 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 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