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William Styles |
| William Styles spent 32 years at the Cincinnati Post, 26 of them as business editor (1957-1972, 1974-1985). In 1962, he produced the first annual poll of Greater Cincinnati chief executive officers, offering insights into the coming year. The poll remains an annual January feature in the paper. Styles developed many loyal sources. Once, Central Trust officials sent a car to pick him up because they insisted on talking to Styles -- and no one else.
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| He was president of the SPJ
Cincinnati Professional Chapter in 1971-1972 and was a Regional Council for International Education Kettering Fellow in 1971. Notes Post Editor Paul Knue: "During his working life, Bill Styles was known as 'the dean of Cincinnati business writers.'" |
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Robert Webb |
| Bob Webb, who retired in 1993 as an editorial writer for the Cincinnati Enquirer, was a founding father of the
Cincinnati Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (then known as Sigma Delta Chi) and served as its first president. |
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His distinguished 30-year career with the Enquirer included positions as education writer, night city editor, politics writer, Washington bureau chief, news editor and 17-plus years on the editorial board.
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Before he joined the Enquirer, Webb was an associate editor of the State Times in Jackson, Miss., his native state.
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In his wide-ranging career, Webb traveled extensively in a variety of assignments that took him from Capetown to Taipeh and Seoul to Moscow. He continues to do considerable traveling as a vice chairman of the Advisory Council of the International Communications Forum, which conducts meetings of media professionals in a number of nations with the aim of raising the level of communications globally.
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Webb, who also is editor of the newsletter of the World Affairs Council of Greater Cincinnati, has maintained a close association with SPJ since he joined the organization as a student at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. He served as a president of the Jackson, Miss., and Mississippi state chapters and held the top office of the
Cincinnati Professional Chapter in 1988, when it hosted the SPJ national convention.
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