The Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History is an award for achievement in the study of the history of journalism in the United States, awarded by the American Journalism Historians Association to "individuals with an exemplary record of sustained achievement in journalism history through teaching, research, professional activities, or other contributions to the field of journalism history." The award is not given every year.

Recipients

2022: Janice Hume, University of Georgia

2020: Ford Risley, Pennsylvania State University

2019: Debra van Tuyll, Augusta University

2018: Eugenia M. Palmegiano, St. Peter's University

2017: Kitty Endres, University of Akron

2016: Jean Folkerts, University of North Carolina

2015: Michael Sweeney, Ohio University

2014: Leonard Teel, Georgia State

2013: David Abrahamson, Northwestern University

2012: David Paul Nord, Indiana University

2010: David A. Copeland, Elon University

2009: Betty Winfield, University of Missouri

2008: Patrick Washburn, Ohio University

2007: Wally Eberhard, University of Georgia

2006: Hazel Dicken-Garcia, University of Minnesota

2005: Barbara Cloud, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

2004: Joseph McKerns, Ohio State University

2003: Michael Murray, University of Missouri-St. Louis

2002: Margaret A. Blanchard, University of North Carolina

2001: James Startt, Valparaiso University

1999: Hiley Ward, Temple University

1998: David Sloan, University of Alabama

1997: Maurine Beasley, University of Maryland

1992: Ed Emery, University of Minnesota

1986: Sidney Kobre, Florida State University and Community College of Baltimore

See also

List of history awards

References

American journalism awards

Literary awards honoring lifetime achievement

Sidney Kobre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism History