Past Honorees include:

January 28, 2025

Miles W. Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher Award

1994 Frank Garred, Port Townsend/Jefferson County Leader

1995 John E. Andrist, Okanogan County Chronicle, Omak

1996 Henry G. Gay, Shelton-Mason County Journal

1997 Jeffrey G. Fletcher, Grant County Journal, Ephrata

1998 Jim Flint, Toppenish Review/Wapato Independent

1999 Tom Taylor, Peninsula Gateway, Gig Harbor

2000 Jane Meyer, Mercer Island Reporter, Mercer Island

2001 Jerry Robinson, Robinson Newspapers, Seattle

2003 Debbie Berto, The Issaquah Press

2005 Scott Wilson, Port Townsend-Jefferson County Leader

2006 Ted Grossman, The Islands’ Sounder, Eastsound

2007 John L. Fournier Jr., Prosser Record-Bulletin, Grandview Herald

2008 No award given

2009 Dave Pinkham, Stanwood-Camano News

2010 No award given

2011 Manfred Tempelmayr, Sound Publishing

2012 Sue Ellen Riesau, Sequim Gazette & Forks Forum

2013 Mike Dillon, Pacific Publishing, Seattle

2014 No award given

2015 Fred Obee, Port Townsend Leader

2016 Lori Maxim, Sound Publishing

2017 Frank DeVaul, DeVaul Publishing

2018 Paul Archipley, Beacon Publishing

2019 Michael Lewis, Lynden Tribune

2020 Fred Willenbrock, Newport Miner

2022 Andy McNabb, Sunnyside Sun

2023 Scott Hunter, Grand Coulee Star

2024 John Brewer

Freedom's Light

1995 Cal Anderson, State Senator, Seattle

1996 Retired Chief Justice James A. Anderson

1997 Thomas S. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, former Speaker of the House

1998 Walter C. Woodward, former publisher, Bainbridge Island Review

1999 Michael J. Killeen, Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle

2000 State Auditor Brian Sonntag

2001 Representative Clyde Ballard, Washington State Legislature

2002 Senator Adam Kline, Washington State Legislature

2003 Washington State Patrol Chief Ronal Serpas

2004 State Judge C. Kenneth Gross

2006 State Rep. Toby Nixon

2007 Rob McKenna, attorney general, and State Rep. Lynn Kessler

2008 Justice Richard B. Sanders, State Supreme Court

2009 Frank Garred, WNPA past president

2010 No award given

2011 No award given

2012 Rowland Thompson, Allied Daily Newspapers of Washington

2013 Frank Chopp, State Representative (43rd District), Seattle

2014 No award given

2015 Governor Jay Inslee

2016 -2024 No award given

Dixie Lee Bradley

1997 Elizabeth Widel, Okanogan County Chronicle, Omak

1998 Nellie Williams, Whidbey News-Times, Oak Harbor

1999 No award given

2000 JoAnn Anderson, Leavenworth Echo

2001 Renne Duke, The Monroe Monitor

2004 Elizabeth Grewell, The Port Townsend Leader

2005 Marilyn Bardin, Methow Valley News, Twisp

2007 Rhonda Dicksion, Monroe Monitor & Valley News

2008 Patti Rydeen, Stanwood/Camano News

2010 Lavonne Saunders, Ritzville-Adams County Journal

2011 Linda Chittim, Beacon Publishing, Mukilteo

2014 Mary Lou Goss, Federal Way Mirror, Federal Way (presented posthumously)

2015 Mae Waldron, WNPA

2016 Jerri Stoner, Northern Kittitas County Tribune

2017 Darla Hussey, Methow Valley News, Twisp

2018 Jeanie Luna, the Northern Light, Blaine

2019 Cindy Vest, La Conner Weekly News

2020 Renae Justice, DeVaul Publishing

2021 No award given

2022 Tammy Armstrong

2023 Julie Bock