FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/31/2025
EAST LANSING, Michigan – Nominations are now being accepted for the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.
Inductees to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame must have established their professional reputations through Michigan journalism. Honorees will be inducted at a banquet on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at the Michigan State University Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.
Nominees are judged on their contributions to Michigan journalism, courage, innovation, leadership, impact and influence on the industry. They may be living or deceased. The deadline for nominations is Tuesday, January 21, 2025. Completed nomination packets must be received in the School of Journalism office, Michigan State University, 404 Wilson Rd., 305 Com Arts and Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1212. Nomination packets can instead be sent electronically – please email Betsy DeSantis, desant39@msu.edu, for more information about this option.
Instructions and nomination form are available on the Hall of Fame website: https://mijournalismhalloffame.org/nominations/
The nomination packet must include the following:
- Statement describing the nominee’s professional journalism career and explaining why the nominee should be named to the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame, citing examples according to the criteria on the website. Of particular interest to the committee are examples of how the nominee, as a journalist, has personally impacted and influenced great journalism in Michigan.
- Support materials composed of 5 to 10 testimonial letters supporting the statement; the nominee’s resume; 5 to 10 examples of the nominee’s journalistic work; and other evidence of merit, such as anecdotes that address selection criteria, if desired.
- A 400 words essay summarizing the nominee’s journalism career.
A nomination must include clips, photos, video, audio, online or other samples, documenting a nominee’s work as a journalist and demonstrating impact in Michigan journalism. All materials remain the property of the Hall of Fame and become part of its historical record.
The Hall of Fame Committee is composed of representatives of non-profit journalism associations in Michigan.
NOMINATIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.
Questions? Email desant39@msu.edu.