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2002 Missouri Honor Medal Winners
Gerald Boyd
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Gerald Boyd, former managing editor of The New York Times, earned his bachelor of Journalism degree from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1973. In his first year as managing editor, his staff received an unprecedented seven Pulitzer Prizes. In 2000, Boyd created and edited the "Race in America" series, which also won a Pulitzer. Boyd also has served as metro editor and White House correspondent for The Times. He began his career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his hometown paper. Boyd is the first African-American and the second MU graduate to lead the newsroom staff at one of the nation's top newspapers.
In recognition of his decades of service as an aggressive, fearless and fair reporter and editor, and of his role as a national leader who inspires other to the highest standards.
Donna Ferrato
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Donna Ferrato, an expert on domestic abuse, has been a professional photographer for more than 20 years. Her most recent project, "Looking for Love," concentrates on the bonds that hold people and families together. For 10 years she documented domestic abuse by spending time in battered women's shelters, living with couples in their homes and riding with police for weeks at a time. Her photographs have been published extensively in publications such as Life, Fortune, The New York Times Magazine, Stern in Germany, and Das and DU magazines in Switzerland.
In recognition of pioneering photojournalism in which the camera is used to expose and ameliorate problems once hidden behind private doors.
John Graham
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John D. Graham, chairman and chief executive officer of Fleishman-Hillard Inc., built Fleishman-Hillard from a regional company into the largest public relations agency in the United States and one of the largest in the world. He has been involved actively in several professional organizations and has set the standard for ethics and integrity in public relations. Under his guidance, the firm has been recognized by the Harris/Impulse Survey of Corporate Communications Executives as No. 1 in terms of quality for each of the last eight years, and has regularly placed first or second in the highly-respected Inside PR ranking of public relations firms. He earned his bachelor of journalism degree in 1959 from the Missouri School of Journalism.
In recognition of setting the highest standards of ethics and integrity while leading a regional company into a global public relations powerhouse.
Ha'aretz is an independent daily newspaper based in Tel Aviv. Its staff of approximately 330 reporters, writers and editors covers domestic issues and international affairs with a broadly liberal outlook. Ha'aretz has a strong influence on public opinion and is widely read by government officials. In 1919, a group of Zionist immigrants founded the paper, making Jerusalem its first home. In 1922, the paper moved to Tel Aviv.
Kathy Lohr
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In recognition of its long tradition of fiercely independent and balanced journalism under the most difficult of conditions.
Kathy Lohr, Atlanta correspondent for National Public Radio, was NPR's first reporter based in the Midwest. She often is sent to the scene of disasters as they are happening to provide listeners with details about how these incidents affect people and their lives. Lohr filed her first report for NPR while working for member station KCUR-FM in Kansas City, Mo. She graduated with honors from the Missouri School of Journalism in 1982 and began her journalism career in commercial television and radio as a reporter/anchor. Lohr has received national awards for her coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Midwest Floods of 1993 and for her reporting on the ice storms in the Mississippi Delta.
In recognition of groundbreaking national reporting that brings us understanding of large issues through stories on the lives of ordinary people.
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