Oklahoma Press Association

Nine journalists will be honored April 9 during the 40th annual induction ceremonies of the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. The 2010 inductees are Gean B. Atkinson, Oklahoma City journalist; Mike Boettcher, CNN correspondent; Ray Dyer and Sean Dyer, co-publishers of the El Reno Tribune; Susan Boling Ellerbach, managing editor of the Tulsa World; Melba Lovelace, columnist for The Oklahoman; Andy Rieger, managing editor of The Norman Transcript; Bill Sherman, religion writer for the Tulsa World; and Jack Stone, retired executive editor of The Anadarko Daily News. The program will include the dedication of a new exhibition hall in the University of Central Oklahoma's Nigh University Center and a 40th anniversary address by Boettcher, who currently teaches at the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at OU.