2020 Cheryl Dell The Sacramento Bee |
2019 Martin F. Weybret Former publisher, Lodi News-Sentinel |
2018 Gerald A. “Jerry” Bean Century Group Newspapers, Yucaipa |
2017 Cheryl Brown Former Publisher Black Voice News, Riverside |
2016 Bruce B. Brugmann Former Publisher San Francisco Bay Guardian |
2015 Matthew F. Wilson Executive Editor, San Francisco Chronicle; Editor and Publisher, Marin Independent Journal |
2014 Allen P. McCombs publisher emeritus, Champion Newspapers, Chino |
2013 Lynn Dickerson former publisher, The Modesto Bee; and former VP/Operations, The McClatchy Co. |
2012 Marcia McQuern former publisher, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside |
2011 Erwin Potts former CEO, The McClatchy Co. |
2010 Mel Hodell former publisher and media broker |
2009 Bill Niese former VP and general counsel The Times-Mirror Co., Los Angeles |
2008 Martin Weinberger Claremont Courier |
2007 Mort Levine Milpitas Post |
2006 David Regan Santa Cruz Sentinel |
2005 Frank McCulloch The Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Examiner |
2004 Fred Weybret Lodi News-Sentinel |
2003 Robert M. Lynch The Sonoma Index-Tribune |
2002 Dick Blankenburg Arroyo Grande |
2001 Mel Opotowsky The Press-Enterprise, Riverside |
2000 Anthony "Tony" Newhall San Francisco Chronicle |
1999 Samuel Matthews Tracy Press |
1998 C. Deane Funk, Inyo Register, Bishop |
1997 Robert G. Wood Big Bear Grizzly, Big Bear Lake |
1996 Rowland Rebele Paradise Post |
1995 Marge Apperson Southern Siskiyou Newspapers |
1994 Albert G. Pickerell University of California |
1993 Tom Hennion Tulare Advance-Register |
1992 Ray Spangler Redwood City |
1991 Oran W. Asa Northeast Newspapers of Los Angeles |
1990 Newton Wallace Winters Express |
1989 Fred McPherson, Jr. Santa Cruz Sentinel |