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Hall of Fame 1988Steve MurphyVideo |
Steve Murphy has been recognized as one of the key leaders of Freedom of Information causes in Nebraska.
A 1949 graduate of Creighton University in Omaha, Murphy worked forty-one years until his retirement in 1990 at channel 6, WOW-TV. (The call letters changed to WOWT (TV) in 1975.)
In l970, Murphy was named News Director for WOW Radio and WOW-TV when those stations had a combined news department. He was associate news director during the period from 1965-70. When the stations separated, Murphy continued with the television news operation.
A long time chair of the NBA Freedom of Information Committee, Murphy also served as a member of the NBA Board of Directors. He was an NBA representative to the Media of Nebraska organization, which joined print and broadcast journalists to work for first amendment issues.
From 1978 to 1984 Murphy was a member of the Board of Directors of the (International) Radio-Television News Directors Association.
For twelve years he served as RTNDA's educational liaison committee chair and represented the organization on the American Council for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. ACEJMC is an accrediting agency for schools and college s of journalism. In 1987 Murphy received the RTNDA ROB DOWNEY AWARD for exceptional service. The award cited his work as the representative to the Accrediting Council.
In 1985 the Nebraska Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists named Murphy JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR.
In 1988 Murphy received the Northwest Broadcast News Association's Mitchell V. Charnley Award.
Murphy received awards from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Creighton University and Midland College. Murphy died in 2002 at the age of 77.