Albert A. Applegate -- chairman, School of Journalism, MSU

Roberta Applegate - – first woman in the Lansing (State Capitol) Bureau of the Associated Press and first woman press secretary to a governor in Michigan and perhaps the nation

Judd Arnett -- columnist, Detroit Free Press

Edmund C. Arnold -- editor and publisher, Frankenmuth News; newspaper designer

David Ashenfelter - reporter, The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press

Harry Atkins - sports reporter, The Associated Press

Willard M. J. Baird -- Lansing bureau chief, Federated Publications

Ray Stannard Baker -- magazine journalist and author

Don H. Ball -- reporter, Detroit Times, The Detroit News

Louis J. Berman -- publisher, Whitehall Forum; general manager, The State News

Bill Black (George Martin) -- reporter, WJR-AM Radio, Michigan Chronicle

Jane Briggs-Bunting -- journalism professor, Oakland University

Ben Burns -- reporter, editor, teacher and community leader

Mary Lou Butcher -- reporter and crusder for women's rights

Robert Button -- adviser, The Tower, Grosse Pointe South High School

Charles C. Cain III -- reporter, AP bureau editor, mentor

Julie Candler -- magazine columnist, journalist

Susan Carter -- reporter, talk-show host, journalism professor and guest lecturer

Richard Cheverton -- news director, WOOD AM-FM-TV, Grand Rapids

Charles C. Collingwood -- CBS News correspondent

William E. Coté -- journalist, MSU journalism professor and director of Capital News Service

Keith Crain - journalist, business leader, industry expert and CEO of Crain Communications, Inc.

Mattie Gay Crump - Advisor, Arthur Hill High School, Saginaw

Jay Norwood ("Ding") Darling -- Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist

Larry DeVine -- theater critic, Detroit Free Press

Jim Doherty -- editor, Petoskey News-Review

Anne Doyle - TV sports broadcaster

Albert J. Dunmore -- editor, Michigan Chronicle

Marvin "Sonny" Eliot - Detroit Weather Forecaster

Wilbur Elston -- editorial writer, The Detroit News, Grosse Pointe News

Joe Falls -- columnist, The Detroit News

Brian Flanigan -- reporter, Detroit Free Press

Gene Fogel - WJR-AM broadcast reporter

Mary Gardner -- professor, School of Journalism, MSU

Grattan Gray -- chairman of the board, The Monroe Evening News

Joe Grimm -- Armchair historian. College professor. National recruiter. Ombudsman and editor. Detroit Free Press

Edgar A. Guest -- syndicated poet; columnist, Detroit Free Press

Rod Hansen -- reporter, WJR Radio

Fran Harris -- pioneer broadcast journalist, WWJ Detroit

Martin S. Hayden -- editor, The Detroit News

E.C. ("Ted") Hayhow -- publisher, Hillsdale Daily News

Donald Hoenshell -- newspaper reporter

Jim Hough -- columnist, Lansing State Journal

Grant Howell -- editor, Royal Oak Tribune

Guy H. Jenkins -- Lansing bureau chief, Booth Newspapers, Inc.

Ed Kearney -- Upper Peninsula news director

Luther Keith -- managing editor, The Detroit News

Jack Kresnak -- reporter, abused children in Michigan, Detroit Free Press

William C. Kulsea, Sr. -- Lansing bureau chief, Booth Newspapers, Inc.

Ring Lardner -- sports journalist and author

Swift Lathers -- publisher, Mears Newz

Kenneth S. Lowe - reporter, The Mining Journal and editor, Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine

Glenn MacDonald -- editor, Bay City Times

Lawrence I. Mack -- high school publications adviser, mid-Michigan schools

Gilbert O. Maienknecht -- founder and chairman, Department of Journalism, CMU

Louis E. ("Louie") Martin -- editor and publisher, Michigan Chronicle

Wesley H. Maurer, Sr. -- publisher, St. Ignace News, chairman, Department of Journalism, U of M

Jeanne May -- copy editor and reporter, Detroit Free Press

Richard Mayer - staff artist at the Detroit Free Press for more than four decades

Hugh McDiarmid -- columnist, Detroit Free Press

Robert McGruder -- executive editor, Detroit Free Press

W. Cameron Meyers -- professor, School of Journalism, MSU

Richard Milliman -- publisher, Milliman Newspapers Inc.

Bob Myers -- publisher, Lapeer County Press

James T. Neubacher -- columnist, Detroit Free Press

Thaddeus ("Ted") Ogar -- editor, AFL-CIO News

Gloria Olman -- adviser, Utica High School

Cheryl McCarty Pell -- Executive Director, Michigan Interscholastic Press Association

Longworth Quinn -- publisher, Michigan Chronicle

Martha Rayne -- associate editor, Detroit Free Press

Tim Richard -- co-founder, Michigan Freedom of Information Committee, and director, News Services, Suburban Communications Corp.

David A. Rood -- editor and publisher, Upper Peninsula Newspapers

Luster L. (Les) Root -- the "voice of Flint" radio

Carrie Jackson Rowe -- publisher, The Milford Times

Norman C. Rumple -- publisher, Midland Daily News

Daniel Ryan -- editor and publisher, Kalamazoo Gazette

Hal ("Swami") Schram -- sports writer, Detroit Free Press

Neal Shine -- publisher, Detroit Free Press

Norman Sinclair - 40-year career in newspaper and television journalist with the Lansing State Journal, WJBK-TV and The Detroit News

Timothy Skubick - Capitol correspondend and host of WKAR-TV's "Off the Record"

Philip Slomovitz -- founder and editor, The Jewish News

David C. Smith - Michigan's "Mr. Automotive"

Stan Soffin -- director, School of Journalism, Michigan State University

Tony Spina -- chief photographer, Detroit Free Press

Dale Stafford -- publisher, Greenville Daily News

Barbara Stanton -- Editorial writer, Detroit Free Press

Charlotte "Tavy" Stone - fashion writer, The Detroit News

Joe Stroud -- editor, Detroit Free Press

Robert D. Stuart -- editorial writer, Lansing State Journal

Bob Talbert -- columnist, Detroit Free Press

Ted Talbert -- documentary film producer, WDIV-TV

John K. Teahen Jr. -- numbers cruncher for the Automotive News and statistician for the Detroit Lions

Helen Thomas -- UPI White House Bureau chief

Henry H. Tinkham -- Grand Rapids Investigative Reporter

Esther Van Wagoner Tufty -- newspaper and broadcast reporter

Werner Veit -- president, Booth Newspapers

Pete Waldmeir -- columnist, The Detroit News

Susan Watson -- columnist, Detroit Free Press

George Weeks -- state political writer, The Detroit News

Jean Worth -- editor, Daily Press, Escanaba

1st Amendment Watchdog Awards

M.L. Elrick -- investigative reporter, Detroit Free Press

Jim Schaefer -- investigative reporter, Detroit Free Press

Special Service Awards

Jim Adams -- sports broadcaster, WKAR

Virginia Baird -- charter member, Michigan Press Women

Don Gardner -- reporter, The Detroit Times

Charles A. Hughes - founder of the DAC News

Fred Stabley, Sr. -- sports information director, MSU

Elmer White -- executive secretary, Michigan Press Association

Martha Rayne Award for Media History Research

2000

Sue Carter

1999

Willah Weddon

Marilyn Stenberg - Honorable Mention

Harry Whiteley -- general manager, Dowagiac Daily News