Tops in their Field

In its special centennial issue, Editor & Publisher is putting forth its list of the 25 most influential newspaper people of the 20th century. Some of those that made the list:

  • Joseph Pulitzer
  • Col. Robert R. McCormick
  • William Randolph Hearst
  • Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
  • Adolph S. Ochs
  • Louella Parsons
  • Allen H. Neuharth
  • H.L. Mencken
  • Katharine Graham
  • Joseph Patterson
  • Walter Lippmann
  • E.W. Scripps & Roy W. Howard
  • Charles M. Schulz
  • Herblock
  • James B. Reston
  • Murray Kempton
  • Red Smith