SRPI Inaugural Hall of Fame Honorees

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Inaugural Hall of Fame Honorees

  • Ms. Dawn Baker, Anchor, WTOC-TV-11
  • *Lou Corsetti, Professor Emeritus of Journalism, West Liberty State College
  • John English, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Georgia
  • Charles J. Elmore, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Humanities,
  • Savannah State University
  • Harold Jackson, Ph.D., President, The JacksonHeathGroup, Inc.
  • Kristie Kemper, Ph.D., Professor of English and Journalism,
  • Georgia Highlands College
  • Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb, retired Washington Post Editor
  • Louise Lautier Owens, Professor Emerita of English,
  • Savannah State University
  • Luetta C. Milledge, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Humanities
  • and Department Head, Savannah State University
  • *Wilton C. Scott, Founder, Southern Regional Press Institute and
  • Associate Dean, Extended Services, Savannah State University
  • Mark Streeter, Editorial Cartoonist, Savannah Morning News

*Posthumously







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