Master Editor-Publisher Recipients

LINCOLN, April 5, 2019 — The highest honor that can be bestowed upon members by the Nebraska Press Association was awarded to Kent Warneke, editor of the Norfolk Daily News at the April 5, 2019, Awards Banquet as part of the 145th Annual NPA Convention in Kearney, NE.

The Master Editor-Publisher Award is given based on criteria that the nominee has worked hard and lived honorably; thought soundly and influenced unselfishly; through his or her newspaper connections has been active in their community, state or nation; and has been a practitioner of his or her craft in the production of a quality newspaper product.

Warneke is the 48th person to receive this award since the Nebraska Press Association began giving the award in 1972. NPA is the state’s oldest trade association, comprised of 164 daily and weekly Nebraska newspapers.

In 1987, Warneke was named managing editor of the Norfolk Daily News, and in 1991, became editor and vice president. He served as NPA president in 2005, and was inducted into the Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame in 2012, becoming the youngest person to be inducted into the Hall of Fame at age 52.

This award is presented to any person, who at the time of the selection is a present or former publisher or editor of a weekly or daily Nebraska newspaper.