The Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame was established in 1985 by the Rhode Island Press Association to honor journalists who have been influential in their profession. The first members were inducted in the fall of 1986.

The members of the Hall of Fame are chosen by a committee of the press association and approved by the board. Copies of the plaques awarded to inductees are displayed in the lobby of the Chafee building on the University of Rhode Island campus in Kingston.

Future additions to this page will include biographies and sketches of all Rhode Island Journalism Hall of Fame members.

RHODE ISLAND JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME

Ann Franklin

David Patten

Roswell S. Bosworth

Andrew P. Palmer

Lawrence Howard

Samuel S. Foss

Charles A. Greene

Albert R. Johnson

Frederick J. Wilson Jr.

Wilbur L. Doctor

Robert W. McCreanor

George H. Utter

Paule S. Loring

Buell W. Hudson

Michael P. Metcalf

Dorothy Whipple Burgess

Chon Day

John C. Quinn

John D. Hanlon

Ben Poulten

Ben H. Bagdikian

Madeliene Corey

Stuart O. Hale

George R. Farrar Jr.

Zel Levin

Sevellon Brown

Sarah Updike Goddard

Frank B. Lanning

Jeanne R. Murphy

Joseph C. Harsch

Roswell Bosworth Jr.

Joseph M. Ungaro

Morris E. Dumin

William L. Rooney

George E. Rooney

Rosalie M. Frost

James V. Wyman

Ambrose “Amby” Smith

Winfield Townley Scott

Donald P. Lewis

James M. Murphy

Selig Greenberg

Carol McCabe

Mike D’Ambra

Ellen Hall

John Lake

Brian Dickinson

John P. Ford

Elliott K. Stein

Emma Shaw Colcleugh

Gerald Goldstein

Gloria Smith Russell

William A. Crouse

A.J. Liebling

Albert K. Sherman Jr.

William Parrillo

John C. Minkins

Jack White

John Howell

Fred Friendly

Marion Perkins

Mae Keighley Adams

George Trafford