Kenneth H. Rhoades of Nebraska and Betty Simpson Spaar of Missouri will be honored during the National Newspaper Association’s 122nd annual convention and trade show, when they will be presented with the Amos and McKinney awards, respectively.
NNA calls the awards "the highest and most dignified tributes in community journalism." They are given to a working or retired man and woman who have provided distinguished service and leadership to the community press and to their communities. The awards will be presented at the business luncheon on Sept. 27 in St. Paul, Minn.
Rhoades is co-publisher of Enterprise Publishing Co., a group of newspapers in Nebraska and Iowa. He will receive the James O. Amos Award, named for a pioneer Ohio journalist. Spaar, publisher of The Odessan, in Odessa, Mo., will receive the Emma C. McKinney Memorial Award, named for the co-publisher and editor of the Hillsboro (Ore.) Argus for 58 years.
For NNA's release on the awards, click here. For more information on the convention, go to http://www.nna.org/.
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