MIPA Executive Directors
T. C. Morelock (1931)
H.R. Long (1944-45)
T.C. Morlock (1946-47)
H.R. Long (1947-1949)
Dean Earl F. English (1949-53)
Dr. James Markham (1953)
Dr. Granville Prince (1953-54)
Dr. Otha C. Spencer (1954-55)
N.S. Patterson (1955-59)
Ken Starck (1959-61)
Dr. Bryce W. Rucker (1961-63)
Leon W. Lindsey (1963-65)
Dr. Robert P. Knight (1966-92)
Doris Barnhart, Interim Director (1992-93)
Dr. Ann Brill (1993-95)
Anna M. Romero (1996-current)
E.W. Tucker Lecture
The Annual E. W. Tucker Lecture
During High School Journalism Awards Day
Sponsored by the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association
Missouri School of Journalism
University of Missouri – Columbia
1973 – Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-Mo.). “The News Source Protection Act.”
1974 – Harvey Jacobs, editor, The Indianapolis (IN) News. He had been active in support of scholastic journalism, especially in his previous role as chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications at News Mexico State University, Las Cruces, and had received the Carl Towley Award, highest honor of the Journalism Education Association. “What Scholastic Journalism Can Learn From the Indianapolis News and Vice Versa.”
1975 – Dr. DeWitt C. Reddick, former director of the School of Communications at the University of Texas-Austin, and founder of the Texas Interscholastic League Press Conference (University of Missouri Ph.D. in Journalism, 1941). “#P’s in Journalism’s Pad, or, a Few Challenges for Tomorrow’s Newswriters.”
1976 – Sherry Ricchiardi, prize-winning reporter for The Des Moines (IA) Register and former MIPA assistant when a graduate student in education at MU. She received the Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1986. “Covering Sensitive Issues in the ‘Real World.’”
1977 – William D. Downs, Jr., executive secretary of the Arkansas High School Press Association and chair of the Journalism Department at Ouchita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR. UMC Ph.D. in Journalism. “Student Publications: Good, Better, Best.”
1978 – Ron Clemons, Truman High School, Independence, MO. 1977 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later national president of the Journalism Education Association). UMC MA in Journalism, 1963. “Excellence Is the Way.”
1979 – H.L. Hall, Kirkwood (MO) High School, 1973 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year (and later in 1982 Dow Jones Newspaper Fund National Journalism Teacher of the Year, 1979 Missouri Teacher of the Year, National secretary and president of Journalism Education Association). “Anybody Out There Listening?”
1980 – Dr. Robert P. Knight, director of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association from 1965 – 1992 and professor in the MU School of Journalism. “A Personal Statement After 15 Years at UMC: America Longs for World Class Journalism.” (Note: Dr. Knight died February 1992)
1981 – Dr. William H. Taft, associate dean for graduate studies, UMC School of Journalism and longtime yearbook judge and supporter for MIPA. (Note: Dr. Taft retired October 1977)
1982 – Wayne Brasler, University of Chicago Lab School and 1981 Dow Jones National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. UMC BJ, 1962.
1983 – E.W. Tucker, founder of the Missouri Interscholastic Press Association. “MIPA at 60: An Area, State and National Partnership.” (Note: At the conclusion of his lecture, Mr. Tucker donated $100 to help a student attend MIPA’s Summer Media Workshop.) ( Note #2: At his death, MIPA Inherited $10,000 for the advancement of the E.W. Tucker Lecture on J-Day.)
1984 – Steve Weinberg, executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc., based at the MU School of Journalism and a person who Began his career as a journalism reporter for the Highland Park (IL) High School Shoreline. “The Three Most Important Things a Young Journalist Should Know.” UMC BJ, 1970; MA, 1974.
1985 – George Pica, director of the 25-year-old Penney-Missouri Journalism Awards Program at the MU School of Journalism and a prize-winning Editor for 10 years. “The Relevance of Relevance.”
1986 – Nancy Ruth Patterson, administrator of CITY School, a special “storefront”-type school in Roanoke, VA, a city in which she had become known as one of the best yearbook advisers in the country. Also an officer of the Columbia Scholastic Press Advisers Association at Columbia University and head of Ball State University Workshop yearbook Section in Indiana. “The Enduring Values of Scholastic Journalism.”
1987 – Dr. Jack Dvorak, Associate Professor of the High School Journalism Institute, Indiana University School of Journalism, Bloomington, IN. “Scholastic Journalism: The Road Not Taken.”
1988 – Richard P. Johns, Quill and Scroll Society, University of Iowa “Excellence After Hazelwood”
1989 – Molly Clemons, Administrator, Truman High School “On Being Sensitive.”
1990 – Linda Putney, Executive Director, Journalism Education Association (former high school journalism teacher in Missouri) “The Best Yet”
1991 – George Curry, New York Times “The Challenge of High School Journalists”
1992 – Mark Goodman, Executive Director, Student Press Law Center Washington, DC “Celebrating the Bicentennial of the First Amendment Through Scholastic Journalism”
1993 – Elizabeth Lockhart, Sales and Service Representative, Walsworth Publishing Co., 1979 Missouri Journalism Teacher of the Year, previous Adviser at Central High School, Cape Girardeau. “It’s Your Turn Now”
1994 – Byron Calame, Deputy Managing Editor, The Wall Street Journal “From the High School Newspaper to the Electronic Newspaper”
1995 – Katherine Lanpher, columnist, St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch
1996 – Jack Kennedy, 1994 National Journalism Teacher of the Year
1997 – Larry Moore, News Anchor, KMBC-TV, Kansas City
1998 – Gregory Freeman, Columnist, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1999 – Dr. William H. Taft (his second time to be keynote speaker), Professor Emeritus, MU
2000 – Lisa Frazier, The Washington Post
2001 – Jacqi Banaszynski, Knight Chair in Journalism and ME /Sunday & Senior Story Editor, The Seattle Times
2002 – Bev Chapman, KMBC9 News, Kansas City
2003 – Lee Hill Kavanaugh, Reporter, Kansas City Star
2004 – J.B. Forbes, Photographer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
2005 – Dave Helling, KCTV5, Kansas City
2006 – Jennifer Reeves, KOMU-TV NBC8, Columbia, MO
2007 – Roger F. Fidler, Director of Technology Initiates, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute
MIPA Newsletter
The following titles for the MIPA newsletter:
1931 – The MIPA Editor (publications between 1931 and 1946 are missing)
1944 – Monthly Service Letter – until October 1950
1950 – Bulletin (until April 1953)
1953 – MIPA Newsletter (until April 1960)
1960 – MIPA News (until October 1971)
1971 – MIPA News-gram
The following served as Newletter editors:
1931 – T.C. Morelock
1946-47 – Jenny Bennett
1948 – Lyman S. McKean
1949 – Don Tourtelot
1950 – Edward F. Owen
1950-53 – Joann Bell
1953 – Tom W. Campbell
1954 – Charles Runyon
1957 – Martie Oder
1959-60 – Ken Starck
1961-62 – Amy Bolton (Dr. Bryce W. Rucker)
1962-63 – Mary Lu Dickey (Dr. Rucker)
1963-64 – Johnny Malone (Leon W. Lindsay)
1964-65 – Alice Samuels (Leon W. Lindsay)
1966 – Arnold Porsch; Harvey Saalberg (Dr. Robert P. Knight)
1967 – Mike O’Brien; Jim Shaner
1969 – Jim Holberg
1970 – Joe Macey & John Geldmacher
1971 – Robert Elliott; Robin Silberman
1972-75 – Robin Silberman; Jim Gregory
1978 – Veita Jo Hampton (former H.S. teacher at St. Charles High School)
1981 – John Gravois; in August Dan Morris became editor and stayed until 1983
1983 – Mark D. Grimm
1984 – Kevin Goodman
1985 – Steve Visser
1987-91 – Steve Gutierrez
1991-92 – Jani Benson
1992-93 – Matt Reavey
1993-94 – Andrea Huebner, Becky Holt
1996-97 – Cliff White
1998-2000 – Robin Stover, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia
2001 – Marci Pieper
2002 – Marc Russell/Karla Thompson
2003-05 – Aaron Manfull, Francis Howell North High School
2006-current – Christina Geabhart, Oak Park High School