Mr. Jones had earlier received an award from the National Council of Patent Law Associations for distinguished journalism in the field of inventions and patents.

His reporting contributed to the re-opening of the trial and won Tuck the George Polk Award for distinguished journalism in 1952.

His reporting of the scandal garnered him a Peabody Award for distinguished journalism, a duPont-Columbia Award, and several death threats.

The book won a 1987 Gavel Award from the State Bar of Texas for distinguished journalism.

He received the Sigma Delta Chi Award for distinguished journalism for its 1975 report Moments of Truth.

He was given the Edward Meeman Conservation Award by the Scripps-Howard Foundation for "distinguished journalism in the field of conservation."

And while most of Gannett's newspapers are high in profits, they are not known for distinguished journalism.

Ian Leslie has won six awards for distinguished journalism, including a Walkley Award.

The guild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America, has sponsored the annual Heywood Broun Award for distinguished journalism in his name since 1941.

He is also a "distinguished visiting professor" at Montclair State University, located in Montclair, New Jersey, in the field of broadcast journalism.