About the event
The N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations have been reconstituted as the N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. In its inaugural gala, all members of the former Halls will be honored along with five 2017 honorees who have made and continue to make outstanding contributions to their fields, serving the professions and society and inspiring and advancing others. The event will benefit the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media in its critical role developing future leaders in our professions.
The gala will include a reception, dinner and ceremony on Friday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m. at the The William and Ida Friday Center. WRAL-TV anchor David Crabtree will serve as the master of ceremonies. Cocktail attire is suggested.
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N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame
Reception, Dinner and Ceremony
Friday, April 7, 2017, at 6:30 p.m.William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2017 Hall of Fame honorees
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Lisa ChurchPresident of eMarketerLisa Church is the president of eMarketer, a global research firm that enables media, advertising and other companies to understand digital media, marketing and commerce and use credible data and analysis to inform decision-making. A market leading authority, eMarketer has more than quintupled in size under Church’s leadership. She earned her bachelor’s degree and her MBA at UNC and serves on the board of advisers for the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. She is also on the board of the Ad Council. |
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Peter GrauerChairman of Bloomberg LPPeter Grauer has been chairman of the board at Bloomberg since 2001 as the company has grown to become the global leader in financial information, news, data and analytics. Before going to Bloomberg, Grauer was the managing director and senior partner of the investment bank Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. He is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a former member of the University’s board of trustees. |
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David OakleyPresident and Creative Director of BooneOakleyDavid Oakley is the president and creative director of BooneOakley in Charlotte, North Carolina. Since founding the agency in 2000, he has led the creative efforts on a diverse client roster including Bojangles’, the Charlotte Hornets, Mellow Mushroom, MTV, HBO and CarMax. He is a UNC alumnus and serves on the board of advisers for the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.
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Orage QuarlesRetired President and Publisher of The News & ObserverOrage Quarles III was named president and publisher of The News & Observer in 2000, and led the newspaper until 2016. During his leadership, there was a huge focus on investigative projects that had major impact. He was publisher of the Rock Hill Herald in South Carolina, while also overseeing the Beaufort Gazette and the Island Packet in Hilton Head. He was named publisher of the year by trade publication Editor & Publisher in 2002. He has served on the boards of The Associated Press, Newspaper Association of America and currently sits on the Freedom Forum board. Quarles is past chairman of the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media’s foundation board.
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Arthur Sulzberger Jr.Publisher of The New York Times, Chairman of The New York Times CompanyArthur Sulzberger Jr. was named chairman of The New York Times Company in 1997. He became publisher of The New York Times in 1992 and continues to run the company’s flagship enterprise on a day-to-day basis. Over the past decade, he has shaped and implemented innovative print and online initiatives that are enabling the company to compete successfully in the 21st century global media marketplace. Before going to The New York Times, Sulzberger was a reporter with The Raleigh Times in North Carolina.
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Former Halls of Fame honorees
Penelope Muse Abernathy
John B. Adams
Bob and Peggy Allen
Harry Amana
Bonnie Angelo
Louis Austin
James K. Batten
Henry Belk
Jack Betts
Furman Bisher
David Brinkley
Jane D. Brown
Jennie Buckner
W. C. "Mutt" Burton
Orville Campbell
Wallace Carroll
W. Horace Carter
W.J. Cash
Lenoir Chambers
Jack Claiborne
Reese Cleghorn
Beatrice Cobb
O.J. "Skipper" Coffin
Richard Cole
Willard Cole
Richard Curtis
Clifton Daniel
Frank A. Daniels
Frank Daniels Jr.
Frank Daniels III
Jonathan Daniels
Josephus Daniels
Burke Davis
James Davis
Betty Debnam
Birdie Lee Speight Debnam
Harriet Doar
Joseph C. Doster Jr.
James Edward "Bill" Dowd
Jim Dumbell
Vivian Austin Edmonds
Simmons Fentress
J.D. Fitz
Fred J. Flagler
Ashley B. Futrell
Mary Garber
Kays Gary
David E. Gillespie
Harry Golden
James Goodmon
Bill Green
Ron Green
Brodie S. Griffith
Ferrel Guillory
Margaret Harper
Lou Harris
Charles Hauser
Jim Heavner
Chris Hondros
Lawrence "Jeep" Hunter
Marjorie Hunter
James F. Hurley III
Walter Hussman
Dot Jackson
R. Edward Jackson
Jay Jenkins
T.C. Jervay
Gerald W. Johnson
William Davis Jones Jr.
Karen Jurgensen
Carl Kasell
Larry Keith
Charles Kuralt
Harvey Laffoon
Tom Lassiter
William C. Lassiter
Nell Lewis
Neil Luxon
Malcolm Mallette
Doug Marlette
Jeff MacNelly
Robert Mason
Chris Matthews
Bill McIlwain
Sam S. McKeel
C.A. "Pete" McKnight
Philip Meyer
Joseph Mitchell
Roger Mudd
Alan Murray
Rolfe Neill
Herb O'Keef
Roy H. Park
Karen L. Parker
Roy H. Parker Jr.
Walter Phillips
Rose Post
Erwin R. Potts
Dwane Powell
Gene Price
Bob Quincy
Sam Ragan
Dorothy Ridings
Peter Ross Range
Gene Roberts
Wyndham Robertson
Steed Rollins
Charlie Rose
Morris W. Rosenberg
Vermont Royster
Robert Ruark
Reed Sarratt
Ellen Scarborough
Stuart Scott
Andrew "Mac" Secrest
Donald Shaw
Ray Shaw
Don Shoemaker
James H. Shumaker
Claude Sitton
John Skipper
Irwin Smallwood
Doug Smith
William D. Snider
A.C. Snow
Walter Spearman
Hugh Stevens
Pat Stith
Larry Stogner
Chuck Stone
Don Sturkey
Sam Summerlin
Elizabeth Gold Swindell
M.S. Van Hecke
David J. Whichard II
Tom Wicker
Ed Williams
Jon Witherspoon
John Woestendiek
William Woestendiek
Jonathan Yardley
Ed Yoder
David A. Zucchino
Susan Credle
Fred D. Crisp Jr.
Billings Fuess Jr.
Jean Hodges
Harry M. Jacobs Jr.
Jim Johnston
Jason Kilar
Walter J. Klein
Gene Lewis
C. Knox Massey
Charles C. McKinney
William I. Morton
Jim Mountjoy
Jim Mullen
Sheila Hale Ogle
Clifford A. Parish Jr.
Roy H. Park Jr.
Charles R. Price
Howard Rockett
Michael J. Silver
J. Walker Smith
Kim Stone
Edward Vick
Stacy Wall
Donald H. Williams
Michael Winslow
Frank J. Allston
Don Baer
Don Bishop
Roberta Bowman
Rick Brewer
J. Kenneth Clark
H.C. Cranford Jr.
Julie Dixon
Joe S. Epley
Ken Eudy
Joyce Fitzpatrick
John Harden
Bill Hensley
C.X. Larrabee
Hugh M. Morton
Max Muhleman
Gary Pearce
Edward L. Rankin Jr.
Carol Reuss
H. Zane Robbins
Merrill Rose
J. Kenneth Sanford
Julian W. Scheer
H.A. "Humpy" Wheeler
Clarence E. Whitefield
Nancy Neal Young
Presenting sponsors
Capitol Broadcasting Company
Lisa Church
Richard Cole
Peter Grauer
The New York Times
Ed Vick
Host committee members
- Karen Albritton
- Don Baer
- Natalie Best
- Wendy Bounds
- Richard Cole
- Brandon Cooke
- Frank Daniels
- Joyce Fitzpatrick
- Steve Hammel
- Jim Heavner
- Alan Murray
- Liza Roberts
- Wyndham Robertson
- Merrill Rose
- Susan Ross
- Walker Smith
- Ed Vick
- David Woronoff
For more information
The event will benefit the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. Sponsorships and program advertising opportunities available. For more information, please contact Meghan Matthews at meghan@unc.edu.