By Mondo Times editors
Boulder Colorado USA
Posted on August 13, 2010 at 9:03am

San Francisco Chronicle Publisher to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

-- August 12, 2010: Hearst media executives Cathie Black, chairman of Hearst Magazines, and Frank Vega, chairman and publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle, will be honored as recipients of the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media, 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 30, at The University of South Dakota.

Black and Vega will be the 23rd and 24th individuals honored by the university and the Freedom Forum since the Al Neuharth Award program began in 1989. The award, recognizing lifetime achievement, is named for USA Today and Freedom Forum founder Al Neuharth, a South Dakota native and 1950 USD journalism graduate, who will be on campus to make the presentation.

The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the Wayne S. Knutson Theatre at USD's Warren M. Lee Center for the Fine Arts. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. for general seating, first come, first served. Colton Recital Hall, equipped with a large video screen, will be available for overflow.

The 90-minute program will be telecast live on South Dakota Public Broadcasting, 7 p.m. Central Time, Thursday, Sept. 30. SDPB-Television, including local affiliate KDSD TV 16, will repeat the program at 1 p.m. Central Time, Sunday, Oct. 3.

"Cathie Black and Frank Vega demonstrate that success in the news and information business requires not only great journalism, but also bold ideas, innovation, focus, determination, hard work and skillful execution," said Neuharth.

In the 1980s, as executives of USA Today working directly with Neuharth, each played a crucial role in the success of "the Nation's Newspaper."

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