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WELCOME On behalf of the students, faculty, staff and alumni of the UNC School of Media and Journalism, I’m pleased to welcome you to the inaugural gala for the North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. We are grateful for your support of our school. When Dean Emeritus Richard Cole conceived of the Hall of Fame more than three decades ago, we were a School of Journalism, and his aim was to recognize outstanding journalists with ties to North Carolina. Some of those he thought deserved to be recognized were born in the state yet spent their careers elsewhere. Others had exceptional achievements closer to home at newspapers, magazines and radio and television stations across the state.
Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations Halls of Fame along with five 2017 honorees. As we reflect on the past contributions of Hall of Famers, there is no question they have shaped their professions. Some of the companies they worked for have combined with others, grown and diversified or have changed so much as to become unrecognizable. Many have become influential global brands. Increasingly, honorees are leaders of pioneering media companies that did not exist a decade ago.
It is a privilege to share with our students the legacy and ongoing promise of all our honorees, who not only exemplify the best of their professions but also provide shining examples of what can be achieved Like many good ideas, this one initially met through quality storytelling, adaptability with some resistance. Yet Richard managed and innovation. As media and the related professions continue to evolve, those to line up support and launched the N.C. touchstones of inspiration will become even Journalism Hall of Fame in 1981. more valuable to our students, as well as to By the time the N.C. Advertising and Public our graduates and our alumni. Relations Halls of Fame were introduced in 1988, our school had evolved and would We’re pleased to recognize these outstanding soon change its name to reflect the broader leaders, whose leadership and service to the professions inspire us all. Congratulations to scope of professions we prepared our students to pursue. We became the School all the honorees. And to everyone, enjoy the of Journalism and Mass Communication. celebration. Now that we have once again adapted to the changing marketplace and become the School of Media and Journalism, it is only fitting that the Halls of Fame evolve as well. Tonight, the newly constituted N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame will recognize SUSAN KING Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism all those previously inducted into the NORTH CAROLINA MEDIA & JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
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Music by JIM KETCH QUARTET
SUSAN KING
Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism C A R O L F O LT
Chancellor, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
DINNER RECO NITION OF 2017 HONOREES
DAV I D C R A B T R E E
Master of Ceremonies Honorees Lisa Church Peter Grauer David Oakley Orage Quarles III Arthur Sulzberger Jr.
INDUCTION OF JOURNALISM , ADVERTISIN AND PUBLIC RELATIONS HALLS OF FAME HONOREES
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LISA CHURCH PETER GRAUER D AV I D O A K L E Y O R A G E Q UA R L E S I I I A RT H U R S U L Z B E R G E R J R .
H O N O R E E P R O F I L E S W R I T T E N BY DA N I E L WA L L AC E
Daniel Wallace is the author of six novels, including Big Fish and the forthcoming Extraordinary Adventures, out in May. He directs the Creative Writing Program at the University of North Carolina.
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PRESIDENT OF EMARKETER
Over the course of the last 30 years Lisa Church has been a writer, agitator, entrepreneur and publisher. Her first job after graduating from the University of North Carolina, in 1976, was with the Chapel Hill News, at a salary of $89 a week; she has done better since. Her grandfather, an immigrant, worked in the Texas oil fields in the mid-twentieth century. He saw how the oil was full of dirt when it reached the surface, and invented a valve that used centrifugal force to separate the dirt from the oil, clarifying it, and today that valve is used in every oil well in the world. Church clarifies ideas.
LISA CHURCH NORTH CAROLINA MEDIA & JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
She gravitated toward French Studies as an undergraduate, which means she can tell you everything you need to know about the French Revolution. But since graduating from Kenan-Flagler Business School her career has been about helping us understand the 4th Industrial Revolution, which we are experiencing at this very moment. This revolution is less about technology than it is about explaining how to use it. Lisa Church is in the vanguard of the explainers. From Advent Software to Compliance Tools and finally, and especially, eMarketer, she has taken the three-ring circus that is the Internet and separated the dirt from the oil. We know more because of her. All this happened by taking advantage of the luck that came her way. She had no goals, she has no brand, and, according to her, has never worked a day in her life. “I love what I do,” she says. “I thrive on change. I want to see what happens when I pull this string.” Somehow, she has always pulled the right ones. Now all she wants is to work with smart, nice people. And a dog. She really wants a dog. 6/7
CHAIRMAN OF BLOOMBERG LP
Peter Grauer was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended the University of North Carolina from 1964 – 1968, four of the most turbulent and exciting years in its history. The fight for civil rights and equal rights was being fought right in front of him. Along with a B.A. in English and a ferocious work ethic, he took this experience with him, becoming a champion of inclusion and diversity in one of the most successful businesses on the planet, Bloomberg, L.P., where he is presently Chairman of the Board. Prior to Bloomberg he was managing director of Credit Suisse, from 2000 – 2002, and for almost 20 years managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette. Despite his phenomenal success, Grauer remains a self-effacing man who attributes the bulk of his achievements to serendipity and the good people he’s met on his journey. From his early days at Citibank in 1969 to his current position at Bloomberg, he can name eight or nine people who have, for some crazy reason, taken a chance on him. He then goes on to become captain or director or president or chairman of almost every organization he has ever become a part of.
PETER GRAUER NORTH CAROLINA MEDIA & JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
And yet it’s true: odd, unforeseen circumstances have changed his life. He was held back a year in high school, repeating 10th grade, and that gave him an extra year to mature. He looks back at that decision as the most important he ever made — staying back to move ahead. Later he met Michael Bloomberg because their daughters happened to go to the same horse camp. So, will repeating 10th grade, having a daughter and getting her a horse mean that everything will turn out as well for you as they have for him? Doubtfully. But try it. It can’t hurt.
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PRESIDENT AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF BOONEOAKLEY
David Oakley is a writer, entrepreneur, advertising genius and a wildman, not necessarily in that order. He was born in Creedmoor, North Carolina, the son of two artists, potters, who he realizes now may have been actual hippies. “Everyone thought we were crazy,” he says, but it’s the kind of crazy that has served him well in the non compos mentis world of advertising. Case in point: on the sign on the front door of BooneOakley, the firm he founded in 2000, his name is upside down. Not counting dogs, BooneOakley has 23 employees. But dogs seem to be an important part of the ethos there, a sort of symbol of what makes this agency different from his corporate counterparts. Some of his best campaigns have come from melding his own creativity and intuition with the conversations he has with his clients. He’s a good listener. He loves what BooneOakley did with Bojangles’; so do we.
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Even though he created a thriving business from scratch, Oakley is, at heart, what they call a creative. He keeps it fresh. “I never feel like I’ve made it. Every day is a clean sheet of paper.” Staying hungry: this appears to be the single most important quality successful people share. That and finding joy in their work, work not being work at all, but play. Oakley plays with the best of them. Thinking back to the influence his parents had on him, potters working with the most elemental medium there is: the earth. Clay. So immersed in what they made they came home covered in it. “Because of them, I always wanted to be an artist,” he says. “Just a cleaner one.”
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RETIRED PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER OF THE NEWS & OBSERVER
The night his grandfather was born the Texas skies opened up and a great rain fell. The wind and the water took trees, houses, whole neighborhoods away with it, and the only light came from lightening strikes and fires. But the child was fine. They named him Orage; it’s French, meaning storm. The oldest of seven children, Orage Quarles III knows how to survive a storm: it’s in his blood. He’s made a career guiding his newspapers through every storm they’ve encountered. From Colorado to California, California to the Carolinas, he steered a steady ship. His last challenge, and greatest success, was at The News & Observer, in Raleigh, what he calls his “destination paper.” He became publisher in 2000, just as The N&O was beginning to feel the encroaching digitalization of the world. He made the decision to concentrate on what the paper did best: reporting on state government, sports and investigative reporting. Arts and business took a hit, but they found a home online. He did the nearly impossible, blending the new with the old, changing as the world changed.
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In high school, when he started in the business, newspapers were still printed in hot metal. When computers took over a lot of people lost their jobs, including him. But he got back in the game, a game he thinks will never go away, even though he stopped playing it in 2016. “Print will survive,” he says. “There’s a light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s not a train.” He says it like he means it. You can hear him smile, even on the telephone. You believe him.
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PUBLISHER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY
ARTHUR SULZBERGER JR NORTH CAROLINA MEDIA & JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. became publisher of The New York Times in 1992, but before that he did almost everything else. From 1974 to 1976 he was a reporter for the Raleigh Times, Raleigh being the preeminent training ground for all the best newsmen. He worked as a correspondent in London and Washington, D.C., as a Metro Reporter for The New York Times in 1981, and from there worked in everything from production to corporate planning. After becoming publisher, he guided The Times through its most transformative and tumultuous era — the digital revolution — and in 1993 he published something no man at The Times had ever had the guts to do: color photographs. But then, Sulzberger is a colorful man. Though his devotion is to the institution his family has published for five generations, his passions are wide-ranging and audacious. He has been a rock climber and roller blader, a rider of motorcycles, a camper in Antarctica, and, perhaps most chillingly, he takes the subway to work. Sometimes he walks. At the office he takes the same elevator you would, eats in the cafeteria, and presides over his 3,000 employees with grace and warmth. Though The Times is publicly owned it is at heart a family business, and Sulzberger is its patriarch. With 3 million paying subscribers, adding more in the 4th quarter of 2016 than in all of 2013 and 2014, and a web presence unmatched anywhere, The Times is poised to continue its legacy as a leading purveyor of news, real news, for a long, long time, in no small part because of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. When one of his reporters writes something that puts her in the line of fire, he has her back. “It’s not your fault,” he likes to say. “It’s just your turn.” It’s his turn tonight.
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1981
charles kuralt
C.A. “Pete“ McKni ht
Vermont Royster
O.J. “Skipper” Coffin
clifton daniel
tom lassiter
don shoemaker
w. horace carter
harry olden
ro er mudd
william d. snider
walter spearman
burke davis
william c. lassiter
sam ra an
ene roberts
1982
Josephus Daniels
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NORTH CAROLINA
Tom Wicker
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1989
jonathan daniels
jeff macnelly
reed sarratt
charles r. price
john b. adams
david brinkley
h.c. cranford jr.
wallace carroll
w.j. cash
j.d. fitz
david e. illespie
brodie s. riffith
charles c. mckinney
edward l. rankin jr.
kays ary
henry belk
mar aret harper
neil luxon
morris w. rosenber
James H. Shumaker
james k. batten
j. kenneth clark
robert mason
claude sitton
sam summerlin
vivian austin edmonds
jay jenkins
c. knox massey
hu h m. morton
roy h. park
john harden
lou harris
rolfe neill
herb o’keef
michael j. silver
irwin smallwood
jonathan yardley
1991
1988
1987
ed yoder
1990
1986
beatrice cobb
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1994
fred d. crisp jr.
frank a. daniels
joe s. epley
ashley b. futrell
w.c. “mutt� burton
William Davis Jones Jr.
james f. hurley iii
harry m. jacobs
julian w. scheer
don sturkey
h. zane robbins
willard cole
mary arber
marjorie hunter
c.x. larrabee
clifford a. parish jr.
m.s. van hecke
orville campbell
joseph c. doster jr.
jim johnston
erwin r. potts
sheila hale o le
elizabeth old swindell
bonnie an elo
billin s fuess jr.
r. edward jackson
j. kenneth sanford
david j. whichard ii
david a. zucchino
harriet doar
reese cle horn
frank daniels jr.
max muhleman
rose post
a.c. snow
carol reuss
steed rollins
edward vick
1997
1993
1996
1992
1995
sam s. mckeel
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2001
james edward “bill” dowd
bill hensley
dorothy ridin s
nell lewis
howard rockett
jack claiborne
william woestendiek
penelope muse abernathy
frank j. allston
jim dumbell
jean hod es
karen jur ensen
larry keith
ken eudy
simmons fentress
ron reen
peter ross ran e
betty debnam
harvey laffoon
ene lewis
malcolm mallette
dou marlette
t.c. jervay
roy parker jr.
charlie rose
merrill rose
walter phillips
birdie lee spei ht debnam
jim mountjoy
john woestendiek
michael winslow
nancy neal youn
joyce fitzpatrick
charles hauser
ramon yarborou h
lawrence “jeep” hunter
carl kasell
bill mcilwain
2002
james oodmon
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2000
2003
1999
1998
richard curtis
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2009
2005
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h.a. “humpy” wheeler
donald h. williams
richard cole
fred j. fla ler
bob quincy
pat stith
john witherspoon
bob and pe y allen
louis austin
jack betts
jim mullen
hu h stevens
roberta bowman
jennie buckner
walter j. klein
andrew “mac” secrest
james davis
trip park
robert ruark
frank andrews
rick brewer
ray shaw
larry sto ner
bill oodwyn
joseph mitchell
roy h. park jr.
ferrel uillory
chuck stone
clarence e. whitefield
ed wiliams
philip meyer
bill reen
dot jackson
karen l. parker
wendolyn bounds
ene price
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2007
2011
2006
2010
william i. morton
2008
frank daniels iii
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2014
2013
john skipper
jane brown
chris hondros
alan murray
dwane powell
j. walker smith
re johnson
don baer
michael steel
stacey wall
harry amana
susan credle
jason kilar
julie dixon
jim heavner
walter hussman
allen mask iii
dou smith
chris matthews
kim stone
2015
donald shaw
wyndham robertson
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stuart scott
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2011 NORTH CAROLINA MEDIA & JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
HOST COMMITTEE Karen Albritton
Frank Daniels
Wyndham Robertson
Don Baer
Joyce Fitzpatrick
Merrill Rose
Natalie Best
Steve Hammel
Susan Ross
Wendy Bounds
Jim Heavner
Walker Smith
Richard Cole
Alan Murray
Ed Vick
Brandon Cooke
Liza Roberts
David Woronoff
We would like to thank the following staff, consultants and volunteers for their contributions to the success of the 2017 N.C. Media and Journalism Hall of Fame celebration.
UNC S C HO OL OF M E DI A A N D JOU R NA L I S M
Wendy Gratz Borman Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Affairs Kyle York Director of Communications Robin H. Jackson Director of Alumni Affairs and Donor Relations Meghan Matthews Development and Alumni Affairs Program Coordinator Kathleen Harrington Public Communications Specialist
UNC C R E AT I V E
Amanda Slatter Senior Designer
C A P I TOL B ROA D C A S T I NG C OM PA NY
Karin Fullington FOX 50 Creative Services Producer
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SPONSORS & SUPPORTERS PRESENTING SPONSOR
PATRON
Capitol Broadcasting Company
BooneOakley
Lisa Church
Brandon Cooke
Richard Cole
Joyce Fitzpatrick
Laura M. and Peter T. Grauer
French/West/Vaughan
The New York Times Company
Linda and Orage Quarles III
Edward and Stephanie Vick
Merrill Rose Susan Ross
Lucy C. Daniels, Ph.D.
Sheila H. Ogle
Julie Dixon and Nichol Harris
Janet Northen Patterson
Ann and Mike Doster
Dwane and Jan Powell
Deanna and John Drescher
Charles R. Price, Jr.
Seth Effron
Ed Rankin III
Sam and Velda Frowine
Liza Roberts
Ferrel and Kathleen Guillory
Randall Roden and Ann Stewart
Wade Hargrove
Lucie C. Rosenberg
John and Alison Hashimoto
Judith and Kenneth Sanford
Jeffrey Herbst
Melanie Sill
Betty Debnam Hunt
Mark Sluder
PRODUCING SPONSOR
David Woronoff
Arkansas Democrat Gazette/ Chattanooga Times Free Press
SUPPORTER
Susan King
Fran Mason Irvin
Irwin Smallwood
Edwin Barnett
Wyndham Robertson
Jamie Jacobson
Hugh and Marilyn Stevens
John W. Bentz
Dave and Susie Jones
A. C. Snow
Betsy Blackwell and John Watson BENEFACTOR
Larry Ficquette Keith, Jr.
Allegra Stone
Bojangles’
Betty Kenan
Tonya Taylor
Donald A. Baer
Roberta Bowman
William A. Keyes IV
Jane Rankin Thompson
Gwendolyn (Wendy) Bounds
Sherry Brennan and Capel States
C. A. Tuggle
Susan Credle
Rick Brewer
Sara Glines Kirkpatrick and John Kirkpatrick
Frank Daniels, Jr.
Hodding Carter
Donna Leinwand Leger
Wednesday Literary Club
Alan Murray
Zachary and Katherine Clayton
Chuck and Karen Lovelace
Caroline Welch
Sarah Owens, Rivers Agency
Tony Clark
C. Amanda Martin
Jane Wettach and Paul Baldasare
J. Walker and Joy Smith
Victor Cocowitch
John and Alice May
Clarence E. Whitefield
Triad Foundation
Whitney W. Cohen
Sam S. McKeel
Judith K. Whichard
Ann Rankin Cowan
Charla Price Muller
Pamela H. Wicker
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Shannon Vickery and Jeff Agricola
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UNCSCHOOL OF MEDIAAND JOURNALISM
The school is recognized as a national leader in its field, one of only 11 prestigious schools that make up the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. Among its strengths are domains of distinction in health communications, digital media economics, media law and policy, and public life.
The school considers communicators to be on the front lines of the effort to keep democracy strong and instills in students the responsibility to be ethical, evidencebased and audience focused. Students, alumni, faculty and staff are a driving force in the industry and the academy, redefining what it means to be strategic communicators, journalists, media professionals and scholars. They have a track record of dominating national competitions. No school has more Hearst Collegiate National Championships. No school has more top national research dissertation awards. Faculty and former students have earned more than 25 Pulitzer Prizes for investigative reporting, political cartoons, international reporting, commentary and public service.
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The UNC School of Media and Journalism prepares graduates to ignite the public conversation. It does this by educating and inspiring highly motivated, innovative, creative problem solvers to communicate effectively through multi-platform content. Its students are well-versed in storytelling, critical thinking, and data and analytics. They gain skills to be nimble, adaptable and marketable in a dynamic digital media environment.
Powered by the prestigious Park Fellowships, the school’s master’s and Ph.D. programs are influencing the academy and creating thought leaders for industry. Graduate students are exploring the nature of communication and how changing media technologies and practices affect our lives as citizens in a democracy, as human beings with health needs and as consumers in a competitive marketplace. The school’s tagline, Start Here/Never Stop, captures the idea that what students learn and experience at the School of Media and Journalism prepares them for successful careers and transitions in a dynamic media environment. Students are taking what they learn at the school and applying it in the field each and every day.
The School of Media and Journalism has ambitious plans on the horizon, including a major renovation to its current home in Carroll Hall. Having recently completed a feasibility study, generously funded by the Triad Foundation, the school will seek funding to fulfill its vision of a dynamic learning environment that works for students and faculty. Among other essential improvements, it will offer pedagogical advances and collaborative spaces that better prepare students for team-based communication realities. All those associated with the UNC School of Media and Journalism are helping create a new world of communication where the future is wide open and opportunities abound.
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E M P I E Z A S AQ U I / N U N CA PA R E S
Quiero desearles muy buena suerte a todos nuestros estudiantes latinos en la UNC-CH School of Media and Journalism. —RICHARD COLE
STA RT H E R E / N E V E R STO P
We proudly support the UNC School of Media and Journalism and congratulate the honorees of the NC Media and Journalism Hall of Fame.
Lisa Church President, eMarketer
Lisa, Congratulations on being named to the North Carolina Media and Journalism Hall of Fame. This recognition is yet another reminder of your inspiring and impactful leadership. You are a true agent of digital transformation. -From all your colleagues at eMarketer
Congratulations TO THE
“NEW AND IMPROVED”
Hall of Fame. ED VICK and the SCHOOL OF MEDIA AND JOURNALISM BOARD OF ADVISERS
START HERE. NEVER STOP.
A Toast To the vision and
S HA RE YOUR E XP E RI E NCE W I T H TH E NC M E DI A AND J O U RN ALI SM H ALL OF FAM E
commitment of Dean Emeritus Richard Cole, who founded the Halls of Fame, and to Joyce Fitzpatrick ’76 and Merrill Rose ’7 7, who reinvigorated the honors bestowed. THE LEGACY LIVES ON.
SUSAN KING Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism
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