Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: Awards Emphasize Innovative Reporting

Flashbulbs and Flashbacks: Awards Emphasize Innovative Reporting

Jim Haught of The Charleston Gazette in West Virginia was honored in 1971 for investigative reporting. “I only wish there was a cash prize attached to this because this week I inherited the major pitfall of investigative reporting,” he said in accepting his prize. “I...

90 Years of National Headliner Awards

In 1981, Betty Cuniberti became the first female sportswriter to win a Headliners Award. Her newspaper, The Washington Star, folded six months before the awards banquet. Headliner awards get around. Sometimes in circles. Vern Haugland, an Associated Press war...