Ted Natt
Theodore "Ted" McClelland Natt (March 28, 1941 – August 7, 1999) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning publisher. Natt was publisher of the Longview Daily News when Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980.[1] In 1981 the paper and its staff won the Pulitzer Prize for Local, General, or Spot Reporting.[2]
Fatal Crash[edit]
On August 7, 1999, Natt attended a memorial service for writer Willard R. Espy in Oysterville, Washington, and left by personal helicopter. He did not arrive as expected in Kelso, Washington. His disappearance was a mystery. Over a month later, a group of bow hunters discovered Natt's body strapped into his crashed helicopter about six miles east of Knappa, Oregon.[3]
Ted Natt First Amendment Award[edit]
The Ted Natt Award recognizes Associated Press member newspapers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana for distinguished reporting on First Amendment issues.
- 2005: Seattle Times, for stories examining the Internet company InfoSpace and for pursuing newsworthy sealed documents.
- 2009: Salt Lake Tribune, for creating an online clearinghouse of hard-to-obtain government records.[4]
- 2010: Seattle Times, for exposing mistreatment of elderly residences in adult family homes.[5]
- 2013: Tacoma News Tribune, for public records access and open government principles.[6]
- 2014: Daily Herald, for revealing abuses of county government public records and technology policies.[7]
- 2015: The Oregonian, for public records access and open government principles.[8]
- 2016: Sean Robinson and Tacoma News Tribune, for ongoing scrutiny of Pierce County Prosecutor Mark Lindquist.[9]
- 2018: The Oregonian/OregonLive, for public records access and open government principles.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Body of former Longview publisher Ted Natt found". Lewiston Tribune. 19 September 1999.
- ^ "Ex-publisher still missing in Wash". Star-News. August 11, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Body of former publisher found". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. September 20, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
- ^ "Salt Lake Tribune Wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award". Editor And Publisher.
- ^ "Seattle Times reporter wins Ted Natt Award". The Columbian. 12 September 2022.
- ^ "The News Tribune wins First Amendment award". Everett Herald. 19 September 2013.
- ^ "The Daily Herald Receives Prestigious News Awards". Sound Publishing, Inc. 13 October 2014.
- ^ "The Oregonian wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award". The Oregonian. 19 September 2015.
- ^ "County leaders take swift steps to open public books on previously unseen settlement payouts". The Olympian.
- ^ "The Oregonian/OregonLive wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award for 2nd straight year". The Oregonian. 27 September 2018.