LPA's 50-Year Club is an effort to honor and recognize men and women in our state who have 50 years or more cumulative professional affiliation with newspapers and news websites, including ties to Louisiana.
Affiliation can include time other than as a full-time employee. Work as a carrier or delivery person, as a stringer, or free-lance writer, for the college paper, or full or part-time work in any aspect of a newspaper or news website's operation can count towards the 50 years.
| 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Bobby Ardoin | Daily World (Opelousas) |
| Monica Huff | Franklin Sun (Winnsboro) |
| Ted Lewis | The Times-Picayune |
| Jerry Pye | Ruston Daily Leader |
| Glenn Quebedeaux | Crowley Post-Signal, Daily Iberian |
| Phillip Timothy | Natchitoches Times, Shreveport Times, Alexandria Town Talk, Beauregard Daily News |
| Bob Tompkins | Alexandria Town Talk, Lafayette Daily Advertiser |
| Brenda Willis | St. Tammany Farmer (Covington) |
| 2021 | |
| Jim Bradshaw | The Daily Advertiser |
| Richard D'Aquin | The Daily Advertiser, Rayne Acadian Tribune, Church Point News |
| Garland Forman | Ville Platte Gazette |
| Johnny Gunter | The Ouachita Citizen |
| Jerry Hooper | Natchitoches Times |
| 2020 | |
| B.I. Moody III | Louisiana State Newspapers |
| 2019 | |
| Henri Bienvenu | Teche News |
| Tom Kelly | Winn Parish Enterprise |
| 2017 | |
| Pam Mitchell | Louisiana Press Association |
| 2016 | |
| Lou Gehrig Burnett | Political Columnist & Fax-Net Update |
| Paul Kedinger | Rayne Acadian Tribune |
| 2014 | |
| Melba West | West Carroll Gazette (Oak Grove) |
| 2012 | |
| David B. Petty | The News-Star (Monroe) |
| Jerry Pierce | Northwestern State University |
| 2011 | |
| Charles N. Lenox | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| 2010 | |
| Diana Daigle | Church Point News |
| 2008 | |
| Ray Forman | The Bunkie Record |
| 2007 | |
| Edwin Roy | St. Bernard Voice (Arabi) |
| 2006 | |
| Jerry Byrd | Bossier Press-Tribune (Bossier City) |
| Allen J. Lottinger | St. Charles Herald-Guide (Boutte) |
| Ted Uhall | The Daily Iberian (New Iberia) |
| 2005 | |
| William J. Holliday | The Baker Observer |
| Sammy J. Franklin | The Jena Times Olla-Tullos-Urania Signal |
| Porteous “Dickie” Broussard | The Daily Iberian (New Iberia) |
| 2004 | |
| Jerry & Joy Wise | DeQuincy News |
| Raymond P. “Doc” Jeffress | Jackson Independent (Jonesboro) |
| Robert Gentry | The Sabine Index (Many) |
| Sam A. Hanna, Sr. | Concordia Sentinel (Ferriday) |
| 2002 | |
| John Blanchard | The Enterprise and Interstate Progress (Mansfield) |
| Lovan Thomas | Natchitoches Times |
| 2001 | |
| Annabelle McGuire Armstrong | South Baton Rouge Journal |
| 2000 | |
| Fred “Pat” Achor | The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) |
| Vera Hardman | St. Tammany Farmer (Covington) |
| 1999 | |
| Sue Eakin | The Bunkie Record (Bunkie) |
| 1998 | |
| Vincent Marino | The Advertiser (Lafayette) |
| Adolph C. Renaud | The Times (Shreveport) |
| 1997 | |
| Bernard Curet | Pointe Coupee Banner (New Roads) |
| 1996 | |
| Robert H. Fackelman | Jennings Daily News |
| Peter Finney | The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) |
| Douglas L. Manship, Sr. | The Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
| Clyde S. Miller | Madison Journal (Tallulah) |
| Anne K. Price | The Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
| Evelyn Short | The Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
| Joe D. Smith, Jr. | Alexandria Daily Town Talk |
| Erbon and Marie Wise | Southwest Daily News (Sulphur) |
| 1995 | |
| Bill Irwin | Amite Digest, Kentwood News |
| 1994 | |
| Joseph Bosley | Madison Journal (Tallulah) |
| Lou Major, Sr. | The Daily News (Bogalusa) |
| Willis Reed | Baton Rouge Post |
| 1993 | |
| Fred Bandy | The Daily Iberian (New Iberia) |
| Frank J. Budde | The Times (Shreveport) |
| Earl Cobb | The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) |
| 1992 | |
| Ansley H. Colvin, Jr. | The Jackson Independent (Jonesboro) |
| Lester G. Colvin | The Jackson Independent (Jonesboro) |
| T.L. Colvin, Sr. | The Jackson Independent (Jonesboro) |
| Bill Chapman | Bastrop Daily Enterprise |
| 1991 | |
| Ray F. Dill | Houma Daily Courier |
| Ivy J. Smith | Houma Daily Courier |
| L.D. Young, Jr. | West Side Journal (Port Allen) |
| A.N. Dawson, Jr. | Alexandria Daily Town Talk |
| 1990 | |
| Ralph Bienvenu, | Abbeville Meridional |
| Jo Cart | Rayne Independent |
| Myrta Fair Craig | Rayne Acadian Tribune |
| Charles P. Manship, Jr. | State Times-Morning Advocate (Baton Rouge) |
| William C. Risinger | Alexandria Daily Town Talk |