This list indicates the media with which the president worked during his/her term. (An * following a president’s name indicates the person is deceased.)
2012 SABEW President:
2011 SABEW President:

Kevin Noblet
2010 SABEW President:

Rob Reuteman
2009 SABEW President:

Greg McCune
2008 SABEW President:

Bernie Kohn
The Baltimore Sun
2007 SABEW President:

Gail DeGeorge
South Florida Sun Sentinel
2006 SABEW President:

Dave Kansas
The Wall Street Journal
2005 SABEW President:

Jonathan Lansner
Orange County Register
2004 SABEW President:

Rex Seline
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
2003 SABEW President:

Kathy Kristof
Los Angeles Times
2002 SABEW President:

Chuck Jaffe
The Boston Globe
2001 SABEW President:

Bill Barnhart
Chicago Tribune
2000 SABEW President:

Barney Calame
The Wall Street Journal
1999 SABEW President:

Charley Blaine
Better Homes and Gardens Family Money
1998 SABEW President:

Susan Wells
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
1997 SABEW President:

Henry Dubroff
Denver Business Journal
1996 and 1976 SABEW President:

Myron Kandel
Cable News Network
1995 SABEW President:

Jodi Schneider
Washington Post
1994 SABEW President:

Gary Klott*
National Newspaper Syndicate
1993 SABEW President:

James M. Kennedy
Associated Press, New York
1992 SABEW President:

Randall D. Smith
Kansas City Star
1991 SABEW President:

Sandra J. Duerr
Louisville Courier-Journal
1990 SABEW President:

Sue Thomson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
1989 SABEW President:

Larry Werner
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
1988 SABEW President:

Philip Moeller
Baltimore Sun
1987 SABEW President:

Cheryl Hall
Dallas Morning News
1986 SABEW President:

Fred Monk
The State, Columbia, S.C.
1985 SABEW President:

Mike Millican
Associated Press, New York
1984 SABEW President:

James J. Mitchell*
San Jose Mercury News
1983 SABEW President:

David L. Beal
St. Paul Pioneer-Press Dispatch
1982 SABEW President:
John Rumsey
Rochester Times-Union
(photo not available)
1981 SABEW President:

Jerry Heaster
Kansas City Star
1980 SABEW President:
Margaret Daly
Better Homes and Gardens
(photo not available)
1979 SABEW President:

Ray Kenney*
Milwaukee Sentinel
1978 SABEW President:

Robert Corya
Indianapolis News
1977 SABEW President:

Larry Birger*
Miami News
1976 and 1996 SABEW President:

Myron Kandel
New York Post
1975 SABEW President:
Dick Griffin*
Chicago Daily News
(photo not available)
1974 and 1973 SABEW President:

Hobart Rowen*
Washington Post
1972 SABEW President:
David Smith
Ward’s Auto World
(photo not available)
1971 SABEW President:

Al Altwegg*
Dallas Morning News
1970 SABEW President:
John D. Henry*
Washington Star
(photo not available)
1969 SABEW President:
William A. Doyle*
New York Daily News
(photo not available)
1968 SABEW President:

Ross M. Dick*
Milwaukee Journal
1967 SABEW President:

Robert E. Nichols*
Los Angeles Times
1966 SABEW President:

Ben Schifman*
Kansas City Star
1965 and 1964 SABEW President:
J.A. Livingston*
Philadelphia Bulletin
(photo not available)
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