Judge James C. Craven

Springfield

1994

John Foreman

Publisher

News-Gazette, Champaign

1995

Shawn Denney

Counsel to the Illinois Attorney General

1996

Edmund J. Rooney

Director

National Freedom of Information Studies

Loyola University

1997

Harold “Hal” Fuson

Vice President & Chief Legal Officer/Secretary

Copley Press

1998

Bill Miller

Public Affairs Reporting Program

University of Illinois-Springfield

1999

Associated Press Illinois

2000

Marx Gibson

General Manager

The Herald-News, Joliet

2001

Steven Helle

Department of Journalism

University of Illinois-Champaign

2003

Phil Kadner

Columnist/Associate Editor

The Daily Southtown, Chicago

2004

Richard Parmater

Editor

The Regional News, Palos Heights

2005

John David Reed

Professor of Journalism

Eastern Illinois University, Charleston

2006

Patrick Coburn

Publisher

State Journal-Register Springfield

2007

Bernie Judge

Publisher

Chicago Daily Law Bulletin

2009

Bruce Dold

Editorial Page Editor

Chicago Tribune

2010

Marion Best

Publisher

The News-Progress, Sullivan

2015

Donald M. Craven

Craven Law Office

Legal Counsel

Illinois Press Association