Halls of Fame

Dave Dorr – 2017

Dave Dorr became a familiar face at the Olympics, covering them nine times during his career with the Post-Dispatch. He joined the paper in 1966 and stayed for 35 years, writing about sports, international politics and filling the Everyday Magazine with features. It was sports where he excelled. Dorr covered the Masters and U.S. Open, and he was also a college basketball correspondent for Sports Illustrated and a columnist for The Sporting News. His work was nominated for a Pulitzer three times, he was voted Missouri Sportswriter of the year three consecutive years

Jim Forbes – 2017

J. B. Forbes joined the Post-Dispatch photo department since 1975, holding the positions of staff photographer, photo editor and Chief Photographer. Five years after he was hired, Forbes began covering international assignments, a position that has taken him to 30 nations to cover wars, natural disasters and political upheavals. His work garnered over 100 awards including four regional National Press Photographers citations, election to the Missouri Photojournalism Hall of Fame and a shared Pulitzer Prize with the rest of the paper’s staff for their coverage of Ferguson.

Cleora Hughes – 2017

Cleora Hughes, one of the founding members of the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists, joined the Post-Dispatch in 1964 as a statistical clerk, having studied business at Harris Teachers’ College. She later transferred to the paper’s reference library, but she had her sights set on a writing career with the paper. She went back to school at Saint Louis University and got her degree in mass communications. Subsequent work at the paper was in the features department with a smattering of suburban news assignments. In 1995 she shifted her focus to food writing, and her byline became a weekly fixture in the paper’s food section. She was a member of the team that received the James Beard Award for excellence in food journalism in 2003.

Robert Joiner – 2017

Robert Joiner wore many professional hats during his long career in St. Louis print media. He moved to the Post-Dispatch after working as an editor for the St. Louis American. Donald Suggs, publisher of the American, credited Joiner with being one of the men who helped establish the foundation of the paper. During his 40+ years with Pulitzer, he was a beat reporter, Washington Bureau reporter, columnist and editorial writer. He was one of the founders of the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists and is a member of the group’s Hall of Fame. After retirement he joined the staff of KWMU and the Beacon on-line operation where he specialized in medical reporting.

Bill Miller – 2017

Bill Miller is the embodiment of just how valuable local journalism is in smaller communities. He is the editor and publisher of the Washington Missourian. His Missourian Publishing Company also owns papers in Union and St. Clair, Missouri, and a magazine, the Senior Life Times. He and his three brothers joined their father’s business and the family tradition continued when his sons and daughter joined the business. He was elected to the Missouri Press Association Hall of Fame in 2005.

Albert Schweitzer – 2017

Al Schweitzer is one of the elite group of six artists who have been responsible for the daily Weatherbird sketches in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch since the feature’s inception in 1901. After working at the Star-Times as a staff artist for a year, Schweitzer moved across the street to the Post in 1950, intending to stay a couple years before opening his own studio. Promotions came, and he rose to the position of the paper’s chief artist. Thirty-six years later, he retired, keeping his artistic energy active by teaching art at Meramec. He also did free-lance cartooning for a syndicate of 44 Catholic newspapers around the U.S. and Canada.