Three former Enquirer staffers to be inducted into Cincinnati Journalism Hall of Fame
Three former Cincinnati Enquirer staffers are being honored as some of the best journalists in Cincinnati history.
Anne Saker, Jim Delaney and the late Ernie Coleman will be inducted into the Greater Cincinnati Society of Professional Journalists Journalism Hall of Fame Thursday. The trio worked for The Enquirer at different times, spanning decades from the 1970s to 2021.
Saker, a Columbus native, retired from The Cincinnati Enquirer in 2021. She has worked as a reporter across the U.S., including at United Press International in Washington D.C.; Gannett News Service; The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina; The Oregonian in Portland, Oregon; and last for The Enquirer.
She reported on legal marijuana in Ohio, turmoil at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center, the transgender community, the rise in youth suicide, and barriers to mental health care. Saker received the Enlightenment Award from the Ohio Psychiatric Physicians Foundation for her coverage of youth suicide following the January 2017 death of 8-year-old Gabriel Taye. She was also part of the 60-person team that won the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting for the Enquirer's "Seven Days of Heroin" project in 2018.
Delaney is known for work both in the local newspaper and broadcast business, and had been in the business since the 1960s as a police reporter for the Cincinnati Post. He left for WCPO, then for The Enquirer in 1976. He served as a city editor and metro editor there before leaving daily journalism in 1988. He was also a special projects editor, assistant city editor and investigative reporter.
Delaney won acclaim for his coverage of the trial which pinpointed one of the causes of the 1977 Beverly Hills Supper Club fire as aluminum wiring. He later won the first-ever Gerald White Memorial Award from the Greater Cincinnati Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ).
He founded Delaney Communications, which produced over 125 videos for national distribution under the name Sentimental Productions.
Coleman, a California native, was an Enquirer photographer for 22 years and covered general news, spot news and feature assignments. He also photographed high school and professional sports, before leaving in 2011 and joining the Associated Press as a freelancer. He was known for his signature baseball cap on the sidelines of all the sports he covered.
He worked for the Commercial-News in Danville, Illinois, before coming to the Enquirer in 1990. In December, he died. He was 68.
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