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Dr. Jerry Goodwin
Russell M. Perry is the founder and owner of The Black Chronicle newspaper and Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Company. Photo Provided.
Russell M. Perry, publisher and founder of The Black Chronicle newspaper and Perry Publishing and Broadcasting Company, will receive a statewide journalism award in June.
He has been selected to receive the H. Milt Phillips Award from the Oklahoma Press Association. The award will be presented at OPA’s Annual Convention and Awards Banquet at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee on June 7.
OPA said the criteria for the award nominee are publishing a high-quality newspaper, contributing to the profession and the newspaper industry, serving the community, state, and nation in various volunteer activities over the years, and demonstrating a strong love and dedication to the family.
“I realize what an honor it is and what it stands for, and it is motivation for us to continue for another 50 years,” said Perry.
Perry established The Black Chronicle (www.blackchronicle.com) in 1979. He has been inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame, and the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. In December, he was named in The Journal Record’s Power List of Most Influential Oklahomans.
Phillips was widely known as a civic leader and statewide industrial booster. He is the former publisher of the Seminole Producer and former president of the Oklahoma Press Association. In naming the award after him, it was said he was “Honored by many, regarded by others, feared and disliked by the crafty and corrupt.”
Phillips “was the kind of editor all editors should be. He was involved. He gave freely of his love and concern…”
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