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Oklahoma Society of Professional Journalists - Professional Chapter announces annual award winners
The Oklahoma Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists recognized the state's top journalists at its annual awards banquet Saturday, March 1, at the Skirvin/Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City.
Journalists from three out-of-state SPJ chapters judged the more than 1,200 entries.
Awards were presented in newspaper, television, radio, magazines, Web site and public relations.
Presenters were Malia Bennett, communications director of the Oklahoma State Senate; Christina Felton, vice president for public relations at Saxum Strategic Communications; and Bob Sands, network news manager for OETA.
Veteran Oklahoma journalist Edward F. Montgomery was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Andy Rieger, managing editor of The Norman Transcript.
A native of Missouri, Montgomery graduated from the University of Missouri in 1940 with a degree in journalism.
His first job was at the Shelby County Herald.
His career interrupted by World War II, Montgomery served as a bombardier and navigator. At the war’s end, he traveled to Oklahoma working for newspapers in Bartlesville, Clinton and Norman.
From 1950 to 1981, he served on the staff of the Daily Oklahoman, the Oklahoma City Times and the Farmer Stockman. During his tenure at The Oklahoman, he covered the state legislature, serving as the head of the Oklahoman’s capitol bureau.
He was a longtime writer and actor for the Oklahoma City Gridiron Club’s annual political satire, skewering local and national newsmakers.
Following his retirement from The Oklahoman, Ed worked as a columnist and editorial writer for the Norman Transcript and a columnist for the Oklahoma Press Association’s Capitol News Bureau.
He has also written for the Saturday Evening Post and Argosy.
In 1986, Montgomery was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame.
In 1991, he received the OPA’s Beachy Musselman Award for his contributions to the field of journalism.
Then, three years later in 1994, Levite of Apache published a collection of Ed’s newspaper columns, “Sooner Said ... and Done.”
Since that time, Montgomery has continued to write, contributing columns and reviews to The Transcript.
To view other award winners from the night, click here
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