Ted Natt

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