MIPA History

1973 - Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.). “The News Source Protection Act.”

1974 - Harvey Jacobs, editor, The Indianapolis (IN) News. He had been active in support of scholastic journalism, especially in his previous role as chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at News Mexico State University, Las Cruces, and had received the Carl Towley Award, highest honor of the Journalism Education Association. “What Scholastic Journalism Can Learn From the Indianapolis News and Vice Versa.”

1975 - Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, former director of the School of Communications at the University of Texas-Austin, and founder of the Texas Interscholastic League Press Conference (University of Missouri Ph.D. in Journalism, 1941). “#P’s in Journalism’s Pad, or, a Few Challenges for Tomorrow’s Newswriters.”

1976 - Sherry Ricchiardi, prize-winning reporter for The Des Moines (IA) Register and former MIPA assistant when a graduate student in education at MU. She received the Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1986. “Covering Sensitive Issues in the ‘Real World.’”

1977 - William D. Downs, Jr., executive secretary of the Arkansas High School Press Association and chair of the Journalism Department at Ouchita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR. UMC Ph.D. in Journalism. “Student Publications: Good, Better, Best.”

1978 - Ron Clemons, Truman High School, Independence, MO. 1977 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later national president of the Journalism Education Association). UMC MA in Journalism, 1963. “Excellence Is the Way.”

1979 - H.L. Hall, Kirkwood (MO) High School, 1973 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later in 1982 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year, 1979 Missouri Teacher of the Year, National secretary and president of Journalism Education Association). “Anybody Out There Listening?”

1980 - Dr. Robert P. Knight, director of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association from 1965 – 1992 and professor in the MU School of Journalism. “A Personal Statement After 15 Years at UMC: America Longs for World Class Journalism.” (Note: Dr. Knight died February 1992)

1981 - Dr. William H. Taft, associate dean for graduate studies, UMC School of Journalism and longtime yearbook judge and supporter for MIPA. (Note: Dr. Taft retired October 1977)

1982 - Wayne Brasler, University of Chicago Lab School and 1981 Dow Jones National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. UMC BJ, 1962.

1983 - E.W. Tucker, founder of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. “MIPA at 60: An Area, State and National Partnership.” (Note: At the conclusion of his lecture, Mr. Tucker donated $100 to help a student attend MIPA’s Summer Media Workshop.) ( Note #2: At his death, MIPA Inherited $10,000 for the advancement of the E.W. Tucker Lecture on J-Day.)

1984 - Steve Weinberg, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., based at the MU School of Journalism and a person who Began his career as a journalism reporter for the Highland Park (IL) High School Shoreline. “The Three Most Important Things a Young Journalist Should Know.” UMC BJ, 1970; MA, 1974.

1985 - George Pica, director of the 25-year-old Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards Program at the MU School of Journalism and a prize-winning Editor for 10 years. “The Relevance of Relevance.”

1986 - Nancy Ruth Patterson, administrator of CITY School, a special “storefront”-type school in Roanoke, VA, a city in which she had become known as one of the best yearbook advisers in the country. Also an officer of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association at Columbia University and head of Ball State University Workshop yearbook Section in Indiana. “The Enduring Values of Scholastic Journalism.”

1987 - Dr. Jack Dvorak, Associate Professor of the High School Journalism Institute, Indiana University School of Journalism, Bloomington, IN. “Scholastic Journalism: The Road Not Taken.”

1988 - Richard P. Johns, Quill and Scroll Society, University of Iowa “Excellence After Hazelwood”

1989 - Molly Clemons, Administrator, Truman High School “On Being Sensitive.”

1990 - Linda Putney, Executive Director, Journalism Education Association (former high school journalism teacher in Missouri) “The Best Yet”

1991 - George Curry, New York Times “The Challenge of High School Journalists”

1992 - Mark Goodman, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center Washington, DC “Celebrating the Bicentennial of the First Amendment Through Scholastic Journalism”

1993 - Elizabeth Lockhart, Sales and Service Representative, Walsworth Publishing Co., 1979 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year, previous Adviser at Central High School, Cape Girardeau. “It’s Your Turn Now”

1994 - Byron Calame, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal “From the High School Newspaper to the Electronic Newspaper”

1995 - Katherine Lanpher, columnist, St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch

1996 - Jack Kennedy, 1994 National Journalism Teacher of the Year

1997 - Larry Moore, News Anchor, KMBC-TV, Kansas City

1998 - Gregory Freeman, Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

1999 - Dr. William H. Taft (his second time to be keynote speaker), Professor Emeritus, MU

2000 - Lisa Frazier, The Washington Post

2001 - Jacqi Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Journalism and ME /Sunday & Senior Story Editor, The Seattle Times

2002 - Bev Chapman, KMBC9 News, Kansas City

2003 - Lee Hill Kavanaugh, Reporter, Kansas City Star

2004 - J.B. Forbes, Photographer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

2005 - Dave Helling, KCTV5, Kansas City

2006 - Jennifer Reeves, KOMU-TV NBC8, Columbia, MO

2007 - Roger F. Fidler, Director of Technology Initiates, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute

The following titles for the MIPA newsletter:

1931
The MIPA Editor (publications between 1931 and 1946 are missing)

1944
Monthly Service Letter – until October 1950

1950
Bulletin (until April 1953)

1953
MIPA Newsletter (until April 1960)

1960
MIPA News (until October 1971)

1971
MIPA News-gram

The following served as Newletter editors:

1931
T.C. Morelock

1946-47
Jenny Bennett

1948
Lyman S. McKean

1949
Don Tourtelot

1950
Edward F. Owen

1950-53
Joann Bell

1953
Tom W. Campbell

1954
Charles Runyon

1957
Martie Oder

1959-60
Ken Starck

1961-62
Amy Bolton (Dr. Bryce W. Rucker)

1962-63
Mary Lu Dickey (Dr. Rucker)

1963-64
Johnny Malone (leon W. Lindsay)

1964-65
Alice Samuels (Leon W. Lindsay)

1966
Arnold Porsch; Harvey Saalberg (Dr. Robert P. Knight)

1967
Mike O’Brien; Jim Shaner

1969
Jim Holberg

1970
Joe Macey & John Geldmacher

1971
Robert Elliott; Robin Silberman

1972-75
Robin Silberman; Jim Gregory

1978
Veita Jo Hampton (former H.S. teacher at St. Charles High School)

1981
John Gravois; in August Dan Morris became editor and stayed until 1983

1983
Mark D. Grimm

1984
Kevin Goodman

1985
Steve Visser

1987-91
Steve Gutierrez

1991-92
Jani Benson

1992-93
Matt Reavey

1993
The notebook containing the News-grams from 1993 – May 1996 disappeared.

1994

1995

1996 -97
Cliff White

1998-2000
Robin Stover, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia

2001
Marci Pieper

2002
Marc Russell/Karla Thompson

2003-05
Aaron Manfull, Francis Howell North High School

2006-current
Christina Geabhart, Oak Park High School


		MIPA Executive Directors / E.W. Tucker Lecture / Newsletter names / Newsletter editors MIPA Executive Directors T. C. Morelock (1931) H.R. Long (1944-45) T.C. Morlock (1946-47) H.R. Long (1947-1949) Dean Earl F. English (1949-53) Dr. James Markham (1953) Dr. Granville Prince (1953-54) Dr. Otha C. Spencer (1954-55) N.S. Patterson (1955-59) Ken Starck (1959-61) Dr. Bryce W. Rucker (1961-63) Leon W. Lindsey (1963-65) Dr. Robert P. Knight (1966-92) Doris Barnhart, Interim Director (1992-93) Dr. Ann Brill (1993-95) Anna M. Romero (1996-current) E.W. Tucker Lecture The Annual E. W. Tucker Lecture During High School Journalism Awards Day Sponsored by the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association Missouri School of Journalism University of Missouri – Columbia 1973 - Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.). “The News Source Protection Act.” 1974 - Harvey Jacobs, editor, The Indianapolis (IN) News. He had been active in support of scholastic journalism, especially in his previous role as chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at News Mexico State University, Las Cruces, and had received the Carl Towley Award, highest honor of the Journalism Education Association. “What Scholastic Journalism Can Learn From the Indianapolis News and Vice Versa.” 1975 - Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, former director of the School of Communications at the University of Texas-Austin, and founder of the Texas Interscholastic League Press Conference (University of Missouri Ph.D. in Journalism, 1941). “#P’s in Journalism’s Pad, or, a Few Challenges for Tomorrow’s Newswriters.” 1976 - Sherry Ricchiardi, prize-winning reporter for The Des Moines (IA) Register and former MIPA assistant when a graduate student in education at MU. She received the Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1986. “Covering Sensitive Issues in the ‘Real World.’” 1977 - William D. Downs, Jr., executive secretary of the Arkansas High School Press Association and chair of the Journalism Department at Ouchita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR. UMC Ph.D. in Journalism. “Student Publications: Good, Better, Best.” 1978 - Ron Clemons, Truman High School, Independence, MO. 1977 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later national president of the Journalism Education Association). UMC MA in Journalism, 1963. “Excellence Is the Way.” 1979 - H.L. Hall, Kirkwood (MO) High School, 1973 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later in 1982 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year, 1979 Missouri Teacher of the Year, National secretary and president of Journalism Education Association). “Anybody Out There Listening?” 1980 - Dr. Robert P. Knight, director of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association from 1965 – 1992 and professor in the MU School of Journalism. “A Personal Statement After 15 Years at UMC: America Longs for World Class Journalism.” (Note: Dr. Knight died February 1992) 1981 - Dr. William H. Taft, associate dean for graduate studies, UMC School of Journalism and longtime yearbook judge and supporter for MIPA. (Note: Dr. Taft retired October 1977) 1982 - Wayne Brasler, University of Chicago Lab School and 1981 Dow Jones National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. UMC BJ, 1962. 1983 - E.W. Tucker, founder of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. “MIPA at 60: An Area, State and National Partnership.” (Note: At the conclusion of his lecture, Mr. Tucker donated $100 to help a student attend MIPA’s Summer Media Workshop.) ( Note #2: At his death, MIPA Inherited $10,000 for the advancement of the E.W. Tucker Lecture on J-Day.) 1984 - Steve Weinberg, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., based at the MU School of Journalism and a person who Began his career as a journalism reporter for the Highland Park (IL) High School Shoreline. “The Three Most Important Things a Young Journalist Should Know.” UMC BJ, 1970; MA, 1974. 1985 - George Pica, director of the 25-year-old Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards Program at the MU School of Journalism and a prize-winning Editor for 10 years. “The Relevance of Relevance.” 1986 - Nancy Ruth Patterson, administrator of CITY School, a special “storefront”-type school in Roanoke, VA, a city in which she had become known as one of the best yearbook advisers in the country. Also an officer of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association at Columbia University and head of Ball State University Workshop yearbook Section in Indiana. “The Enduring Values of Scholastic Journalism.” 1987 - Dr. Jack Dvorak, Associate Professor of the High School Journalism Institute, Indiana University School of Journalism, Bloomington, IN. “Scholastic Journalism: The Road Not Taken.” 1988 - Richard P. Johns, Quill and Scroll Society, University of Iowa “Excellence After Hazelwood” 1989 - Molly Clemons, Administrator, Truman High School “On Being Sensitive.” 1990 - Linda Putney, Executive Director, Journalism Education Association (former high school journalism teacher in Missouri) “The Best Yet” 1991 - George Curry, New York Times “The Challenge of High School Journalists” 1992 - Mark Goodman, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center Washington, DC “Celebrating the Bicentennial of the First Amendment Through Scholastic Journalism” 1993 - Elizabeth Lockhart, Sales and Service Representative, Walsworth Publishing Co., 1979 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year, previous Adviser at Central High School, Cape Girardeau. “It’s Your Turn Now” 1994 - Byron Calame, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal “From the High School Newspaper to the Electronic Newspaper” 1995 - Katherine Lanpher, columnist, St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch 1996 - Jack Kennedy, 1994 National Journalism Teacher of the Year 1997 - Larry Moore, News Anchor, KMBC-TV, Kansas City 1998 - Gregory Freeman, Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 1999 - Dr. William H. Taft (his second time to be keynote speaker), Professor Emeritus, MU 2000 - Lisa Frazier, The Washington Post 2001 - Jacqi Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Journalism and ME /Sunday & Senior Story Editor, The Seattle Times 2002 - Bev Chapman, KMBC9 News, Kansas City 2003 - Lee Hill Kavanaugh, Reporter, Kansas City Star 2004 - J.B. Forbes, Photographer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 2005 - Dave Helling, KCTV5, Kansas City 2006 - Jennifer Reeves, KOMU-TV NBC8, Columbia, MO 2007 - Roger F. Fidler, Director of Technology Initiates, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute MIPA Newsletter The following titles for the MIPA newsletter: 1931 The MIPA Editor (publications between 1931 and 1946 are missing) 1944 Monthly Service Letter – until October 1950 1950 Bulletin (until April 1953) 1953 MIPA Newsletter (until April 1960) 1960 MIPA News (until October 1971) 1971 MIPA News-gram The following served as Newletter editors: 1931 T.C. Morelock 1946-47 Jenny Bennett 1948 Lyman S. McKean 1949 Don Tourtelot 1950 Edward F. Owen 1950-53 Joann Bell 1953 Tom W. Campbell 1954 Charles Runyon 1957 Martie Oder 1959-60 Ken Starck 1961-62 Amy Bolton (Dr. Bryce W. Rucker) 1962-63 Mary Lu Dickey (Dr. Rucker) 1963-64 Johnny Malone (leon W. Lindsay) 1964-65 Alice Samuels (Leon W. Lindsay) 1966 Arnold Porsch; Harvey Saalberg (Dr. Robert P. Knight) 1967 Mike O’Brien; Jim Shaner 1969 Jim Holberg 1970 Joe Macey & John Geldmacher 1971 Robert Elliott; Robin Silberman 1972-75 Robin Silberman; Jim Gregory 1978 Veita Jo Hampton (former H.S. teacher at St. Charles High School) 1981 John Gravois; in August Dan Morris became editor and stayed until 1983 1983 Mark D. Grimm 1984 Kevin Goodman 1985 Steve Visser 1987-91 Steve Gutierrez 1991-92 Jani Benson 1992-93 Matt Reavey 1993 The notebook containing the News-grams from 1993 – May 1996 disappeared. 1994 1995 1996 -97 Cliff White 1998-2000 Robin Stover, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia 2001 Marci Pieper 2002 Marc Russell/Karla Thompson 2003-05 Aaron Manfull, Francis Howell North High School 2006-current Christina Geabhart, Oak Park High School

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