The Nebraska Journalism Hall of Fame added five new members to its ranks during a ceremony Friday in Lincoln.
Lee Warneke, Bud Pagel, Viola Herms Drath and the late Robert Bogue and Burt James were all deemed by the Nebraska Press Association to have made a significant contribution to print, their communities, and/or their state and nation. Nominees to the Hall must have also spent a significant percentage of their newspaper careers in Nebraska.
Warneke was the editor of the Plainview News for 35 years. He previously worked for newspapers in Osmond, Seward and Neligh.
Pagel formerly worked at the Omaha World-Herald. His 34 years as a journalist included jobs in Neligh, Neb., where he was part owner of the newspaper, and Lincoln, Chicago, Miami and Ireland.
Bogue owned newspapers in Oakland, West Point, Madison and Lyons, Neb., and taught at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Midland Lutheran College. He died in 2003.
James served as the managing editor and editor of the Hastings Tribune. He also worked for the Wichita Eagle in Kansas and the Lincoln Journal. He retired in 1973 at the age of 65 and died in 2004.
Earlier this year, Drath served as a delegate of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations Small Arms Conference and is currently serving on a United Nations disarmament committee.
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