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Ted Natt

Ted Natt

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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

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

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

  1. [1]
    "Body of former Longview publisher Ted Natt found". Lewiston Tribune. 19 September 1999.
  2. [2]
    "Ex-publisher still missing in Wash". Star-News. August 11, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "Body of former publisher found". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. September 20, 1999. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  4. [4]
    "Salt Lake Tribune Wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award". Editor And Publisher.
  5. [5]
    "Seattle Times reporter wins Ted Natt Award". The Columbian. 12 September 2022.
  6. [6]
    "The News Tribune wins First Amendment award". Everett Herald. 19 September 2013.
  7. [7]
    "The Daily Herald Receives Prestigious News Awards". Sound Publishing, Inc. 13 October 2014.
  8. [8]
    "The Oregonian wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award". The Oregonian. 19 September 2015.
  9. [9]
    "County leaders take swift steps to open public books on previously unseen settlement payouts". The Olympian.
  10. [10]
    "The Oregonian/OregonLive wins Ted Natt First Amendment Award for 2nd straight year". The Oregonian. 27 September 2018.
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