Anstaett, Cornish recognized by Huck Boyd Center
Doug Anstaett, third from left, was presented the Huck Boyd Leader of the Year award in Community Newspapers Nov. 5 at Kansas State University. He is shown with (left to right) Mike James, chair of the Huck Boyd Institute, Gloria Freeland, director of the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media, and Ron Wilson, HBI director. Kent Cornish of the Kansas Association of Broadcasters received the radio and television award.
The executive directors of the Kansas Press Association and Kansas Association of Broadcasters have been named recipients of the 2015 Community Journalism Leaders of the Year award by the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development and the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media.
Doug Anstaett, KPA executive director, and Kent Cornish, KAB executive director, were presented the awards at Nov. 5 luncheon at Kansas State University.
Anstaett, a 1973 graduate of K-State with a degree in journalism and mass communications, was cited for his more than four decades of work in print journalism.
Before joining KPA in 2004, he worked at six newspapers in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota, with 21 of those years as an editor and publisher.
“Doug Anstaett is the epitome of great Kansas journalism,” said Gloria Freeland, director of the Huck Boyd National Center for Community Media. “He has worked in the trenches as an editor and publisher himself and now he is leading newspapers around the state through educational programs, editorial leadership and advocacy. He believes in journalism and the capacity of media to serve their communities.”
Cornish, a 1976 journalism graduate of the University of Kansas, was recognized for his leadership in the broadcast area. Prior to joining the KAB in 2008, he worked at television stations in Topeka and Wichita.
“Kent understands the daily challenges of running radio and television stations and KAB’s role in serving them, which makes him a very effective ambassador and spokesperson for the Kansas broadcasting industry,” said Steve Smethers, associate director of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at K-State.
