Past Winners
- 2023 Richard Monti, Trib Total Media, Pittsburgh
- 2022 Bridget Wingert, Bucks County Herald
- 2021 Jennifer Bertetto, Trib Total Media, Pittsburgh
- 2020 Ed Kruger, Altoona Mirror
- 2019 Teri Henning, former president, Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association
- 2018 Brad Bumsted, The Caucus, Harrisburg
- 2017 Gene Foreman, retired, The Philadelphia Inquirer
2017 Mark Segal, Philadelphia Gay News
- 2016 David M. Erdman, former publisher and editor-in-chief, The Morning Call, Allentown
- 2015 John Baer, Philadelphia Daily News
- 2014 John P. Kameen, The Forest City News
2014 Joseph T. Wingert, Bucks County Herald, Lahaska
- 2013 James E. McClure, York Daily Record/Sunday News
- 2012 William C. Anderson, Mainline Newspapers
2012 Sara Ganim and Staff of The Patriot-News, Harrisburg
- 2011 Ernest J. Schreiber, retired, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
2011 Timothy M. Williams, Pennsylvania Newspaper Association
- 2010 Robert W. Bogle, The Philadelphia Tribune
2010 Richard M. Scaife, Trib Total Media, Inc., Pittsburgh
- 2009 Caroline Steinman Nunan and Beverly Randolph Steinman, Lancaster Newspapers, Inc.
- 2008 James G. Blaine, retired, The Kennett Paper, Kennett Square
- 2007 Jan Murphy and Staff, The Patriot-News, Harrisburg
2007 Craig J. Staudenmaier, Esq., Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, Harrisburg
- 2006 Coulston “Skip” Henry, retired, News Gleaner Publications, Philadelphia
- 2005 Mark Scolforo, The Associated Press, Harrisburg
- 2004 Katherine Hatton, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, N.J.
- 2003 Uzal H. Martz, Republican & Herald, Pottsville
- 2002 Dennis R. Hetzel, York Daily Record/Sunday News
- 2001 Stan Hough, The York Dispatch
- 1999 William B. Northrop, Observer Publishing Co., Washington
- 1998 Arthur W. Howe IV, Montgomery Newspapers, Fort Washington
