The Tennessee Newspaper Hall of Fame was established in 1966 as a joint project of the Tennessee Press Association and the University of Tennessee. The Hall of Fame honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to Tennessee Newspaper journalism or, through Tennessee journalism, to newspaper journalism generally, or who have made an extraordinary
contribution to their communities and region, or the state, through newspaper journalism.
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1767-1804 Knoxville Gazette Knoxville Register Genius of Liberty, Knoxville Impartial Observer, Knoxville |
1786-1882 Knoxville Gazette Western Monitor and Religious Observer, Knoxville Knoxville Register |
1805-1877 The Tennessee Whig, Elizabethton The Jonesboro Whig The Knoxville Whig |
1814-1866 The Memphis Appeal |
1821-1885 The Colored Tennessean, Nashville The Maryville Republican |
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1833-1890 Chattanooga Rebel The Knoxville Tribune Chattanooga Dispatch |
1835-1895 Republican Banner, Nashville Montgomery Mail Chattanooga Rebel The Nashville American Southern Lumberman, Nashville |
1839-1928 The Knoxville Whig The Knoxville Chronicle The Knoxville Journal |
1843-1930 Nashville Banner |
1858-1908 Columbia Herald Nashville American Nashville Democrat The Commercial Appeal, Memphis The Tennessean, Nashville |
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1858-1935 Knoxville Chronicle Louisville Courier Journal Knoxville Tribune Chattanooga Dispatch The Chattanooga Times The New York Times |
1861-1950 Nashville American New York World Nashville Daily News The Review Appeal, Franklin Nashville Banner |
1862-1931 Free Speech, Memphis New York Age Conservator, Chicago |
1865-1926 Graphic, Press-Eagle, Pine Bluff, Ark. Avalanche, Scimitar, Memphis The Commercial Appeal, Memphis News, New York New York American Examiner, Chicago |
1866-1958 The Greeneville Democrat-Sun |
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1877-1931 McMinnville New Era Nashville American The Tennessean, Nashville The Daily Herald, Columbia |
1878-1954 Dallas Dispatch Memphis Press The Penny Bee, Memphis Memphis News-Scimitar Memphis Press-Scimitar |
1880-1954 Atlanta Journal Cleveland News The Tennessean, Nashville New York Tribune New York Herald-Tribune |
1885-1934 The Commercial Appeal, Memphis |
1889-1966 Evansville Press The Knoxville News The Knoxville News-Sentinel Memphis Press-Scimitar |
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1890-1974 The Greeneville Democrat The Greeneville Democrat-Sun The Greeneville Sun |
1891-1957 Nashville Banner Macon County Times, Lafayette |
1892-1970 Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News & Times Gazette Florence (Ala.) Times News Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer Ledger & Times, Murray, Ky. Fulton (Ky.) Daily Leader |
1894-1955 Fort Worth Star-Telegram The Tennessean, Nashville Chicago Sun |
1896-1969 Kansas City Star Evansville Press The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
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1898-1968 Bristol Bulletin Johnson City Staff News Johnson City Press-Chronicle The Knoxville Journal |
1898-1969 Nashville Banner Atlanta Constitution |
1898-1972 The Tennessean, Nashville |
1899-1979 The Evansville (In.) Press The Cleveland (Oh.) Press The Knoxville News The Knoxville News-Sentinel |
1900-1965 The Daily Herald, Columbia The Maury Democrat, Columbia |
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1901-1963 The Middlesboro (Ky.) Daily News The Cumberland Courier, Pineville, Ky. The LaFollette Press The Advance-Sentinel, Jellico |
1901-1990 Free Press, Chattanooga The Chattanooga News-Free Press |
1906-1994 Clinton Courier Anderson County News Clinton Courier News The Tennessean |
1908-1987 The Review Appeal, Franklin The Tennessean, Nashville Nashville Banner |
1908-1981 LaFollette Press Harlan (Ky.) American Harlan (Ky.) Enterprise Knoxville Journal Associated Press New York Herald-Tribune Knoxville News-Sentinel |
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John
M. Hightower 1909-1987 Knoxville News-Sentinel The Associated Press Santa Fe New Mexican |
Tom
Siler
1909-1988 Knoxville News-Sentinel Associated Press Chicago Sun Chicago Sun-Times |
Morris
L. Simon 1911-1994 Knoxville News-Sentinel Tullahoma News and Guardian Fayetteville Elk Valley Times Manchester Times Winchester Herald-Chronicle |
Nathan
G. Caldwell 1912-1985 The Trenton Daily Bulletin The Evening Tennessean The Tennessean |
Carl A. Jones Jr.
1912-1992 Johnson City Press Lebanon Democrat Herald and Tribune Erwin Record The Tomahawk The Covington Leader The Hartsville Vidette |
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Julian
Harriss
1914-1989 Knoxville News-Sentinel University of Tennessee Public Relations Director |
Cal
Alley
1915-1970 Kansas City (Mo.) Journal Nashville Banner The Commercial Appeal, Memphis |
Glenn
E. McNeil 1917-1996 Knoxville News-Sentinel Tennessee Press Association |
Nancy
R. Petrey 1931-1994 The Newport Plain Talk |
This page was last updated on Tuesday, February 17, 2004 .