North American Agricultural Journalists

J.S. Russell Memorial Award Recipients

1961 - Alfred D. Stedman, St. Paul Pioneer-Press
1962 - William M. Blair, The New York Times
1963 - Ovid martin, The AP, Washington, D.C.
1964 - Rex B. Conn, Cedar Rapids Gazette & Bill Durham, Houston Post
1965 - Richard Orr, The Chicago Tribune
1966 - Bernard Brenner, UPI, Washington, D.C.
1967 - William S. Humphries, Raleigh News & Observer
1968 - Roderick Turnbull, Kansas City Start
1969 - Herb Karner, The Tulsa World
1970 - James E. Vance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram & Glenn Cunningham, Des Moines Register & Tribune
1971 - Robert Bjorklund, Wisconsin State Journal
1972 - Harold K. Street, The American Banker
1973 - Loren Osman, The Milwaukee Journal
1974 - Don Muhm, Des Moines Register
1975 - Bill Zipf, The Columbus Dispatch
1976 - S. Archie Holdridge, Hartfort Courant
1977 - Don M. Kendall, AP, Washington, D.C. & E.W. Keickhofer, Memphis Commercial Appeal
1979 - Keith L. Wilkey, Quincy Herald-Whig
1980 - Clark Bolt, Waco Tribune-Herald
1982 - Audrey Mackiewicz, The Sandusky Register
1983 - Michael J. Carr, Decatur Herald & Review
1984 - J. Alan Awegle, Cedar Rapids Gazette
1985 - Sonja Hillgren, UPI, Washington, D.C.
1986 - William Kilby, Jacksonville Journal Courier
1987 - Ann Toner, Kansas City Star
1992 - Lee Egerstrom, St. Paul Pioneer-Press
1993 - June Sekoll, Farm Chronicle
1995 - Patricia Klintberg, Farm Journal
1996 - Audrey Mackiewicz, NAAJ Executive secretary-treasurer and Duane Dailey, NAAJ Newsletter Editor
1997 - Tim White, Ohio Farmer
1998 - Chuck Abbot, Reuters
1999 - Larry Dreiling, High Plains Journal
2000 - Suzanne Steel, Ohio State University
2001 - Mikkel Pates, Agweek/Grand Forks Herald
2002 - Dan Looker, Successful Farming
2003 - Jerry Hagstrom, National Journal; Ed Maixner, Farm Progress; Sally Schuff, Feedstuff; Kathleen
Phillips, Texas A&M
2004 - David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald
2005 - Sandy Miller Hays, U.S. Department of Agriculture-ARS
2006 - Scott Kilman, Wall Street Journal