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8 to be honored Oct. 10 in N.C. Halls of Fame in Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations ceremony

July 31, 2014

The UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media will honor eight leaders in journalism and strategic communication in an Oct. 10 induction ceremony in Chapel Hill for the N.C. Halls of Fame for Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations.

The 2014 N.C. Halls of Fame inductee class includes:

•       Harry Amana, UNC professor emeritus, first black UNC journalism professor (journalism)

•       Jim Heavner, VilCom owner and CEO (journalism)

•       Walter Hussman, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher (journalism)

•       Chris Matthews, MSNBC Hardball host (journalism)

•       Susan Credle, Leo Burnett chief creative officer (advertising)

•       Julie Dixon, GOLIN deputy managing director (public relations) 

•       Kim Stone, executive vice president and general manager for the Miami Heat’s American Airlines Arena (public relations)

•       Allen Mask, Google Play associate brand manager, recording artist (next generation leadership)

The event will be held at the Sheraton Chapel Hill on Oct. 10 beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person and available through Sept. 26.

Register online.

For more information or to reserve tickets, contact Robin Jackson, assistant director of development and alumni affairs, at rhjackson@unc.edu or (919) 843-2026. 

The Halls of Fame are based in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and they honor individuals who have made outstanding, career-long contributions to their fields. Honorees must be native North Carolinians or otherwise identified with the state.

Last year’s class included Don Baer, chair and CEO of Burson-Marsteller and former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton; Jane Brown, nationally renowned scholar for research into media’s influence on teens; Chris Hondros (posthumous), Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist who covered world conflicts; Jason Kilar, former CEO of Hulu and former senior vice president at Amazon.com; Alan Murray, then-president of Pew Research Center and former Wall Street Journal Washington bureau chief, deputy managing editor and executive editor online; Dwane Powell, nationally-syndicated editorial cartoonist for The News & Observer; Wyndham Robertson, Fortune magazine editor specializing in financial and technology subjects for 25 years and former UNC system vice president for communications; Doug Smith, reporter, editor and columnist for The Charlotte Observer for more than four decades; and Stacy Wall, commercial director, winner of Directors Guild Of America Commercials Award.

Greg Johnson, president of BooneOakley advertising and digital agency, and Michael Steel, press secretary for U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, were honored with the 2013 Next Generation Leadership Awards.

The N.C. Journalism Hall of Fame began with inductions in 1981; the inaugural honorees were Josephus Daniels (posthumously), Charles Kuralt, C.A. "Pete" McKnight, Vermont Royster and Tom Wicker.

The school established the N.C. Advertising Hall of Fame in 1988. The inaugural honoree was Charles R. Price.

The N.C. Public Relations Hall of Fame also began in 1988. John Harden (posthumously) was the first honoree.

The Next Generation Leadership Award was first given in 2008 and is awarded by the N.C. Halls of Fame to recognize individuals who represent the next generation of leadership in their fields. Susan Credle, a 2014 Advertising Hall of Fame inductee, won the inaugural Next Generation Leadership Award.