2025 Tony Wilbert, CoStar News

2024 Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post

2023 Jason Hidalgo, Reno Journal-Gazette

2022           Eileen Woods, Boston Globe

2021           Jeff Collins, Orange County Register/SCNG

2020           Catie Dixon, Bisnow

2019            Beth DeCarbo, The Wall Street Journal

2018            Dion Haynes, The Washington Post

2017            Michelle Jarboe, The Plain Dealer

2016            Steve Brown, Dallas Morning News

2015            Shonda Novak, Austin American-Statesman

2014            Daniel Taub, Bloomberg News

2013            Kris Hudson, Wall Street Journal

2012            Harold Bubil, Sarasota Herald-Tribune

2011            Leigh Robinson, Express Publishing

2010            Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times

2009            Holden Lewis, Bankrate.com

2008            Ken Harney, Washington Post Writers Group

2007            Lois Weiss, New York Post

2006            Al Heavens, Philadelphia Inquirer

2005            Sue Doerfler, Arizona Republic

2004            Michael Desiato, Real Estate Forum

2003            Greg Thomas, Times-Picayune

2002            Carl Larsen, San Diego Union-Tribune

2001            Dick Barnes, Los Angeles Times

2000            Earni Young, Philadelphia Daily News

1999            Judy Stark, St. Petersburg Times

1998            James E. McAlexander, Syndicated Columnist

1997            Ellen James Martin, Universal Press Syndicate Columnist

1996            Ralph Bivins, Houston Chronicle

1995            Glenn Fischer, MetroAmerica

1994            Mary Doyle-Kimball, Miami Herald Columnist

1993            John T. Harding, Star-Ledger

1992            Bradley J. Inman, Inman News

1991            Steve Kerch, Chicago Tribune

1990            June Fletcher, Builder

1989            James Carper, Professional Builder Magazine

1988            Jack Snyder, Orlando Sentinel

1987            Mike Sheridan, Houston Chronicle 

1986            H. Jane Lehman, Changing Times

1985            Wayne Markham, Miami Herald

1984            David M. Kinchen, Huntington News Network

1983            Richard Piper, Fox Valley Real Estate Digest 

1982            Carl Hooper, Houston Post 

1981            Lew Sichelman, Washington Star 

1980            Polly Lane, Seattle Times

1979            Samuel L. Spatter, Pittsburgh Press 

1978            Jerry C. Davis, Chicago Sun-Times

1977            Glenn B. Morris, Youngstown Vindicator 

1976            Janice Williams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

1975            Eli Adams, Jr., Professional Builder Magazine

1974            Charles E. Dole, Christian Science Monitor

1973            Charles Evans, Houston Chronicle

1972             Dick Turpin, Los Angeles Times

1971             Daniel Poole, Washington Star

1970             Dillon Karsian, Hackensack Record

1969             David E. Link, Milwaukee Sentinel

1968             A. Russell Didsbury, Providence Journal

1967             Robert F. Brennan, Cleveland Press

1966             John B. Willmann, Washington Post

1965             John A. Woerpel, Detroit Free Press

1964             Oscar B. Teller, Philadelphia Inquirer

1963             E. D. Alexander, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

1962             Fred Sherman, Miami Herald

1961             David Bollinger, Pittsburgh Press

1960             Clyde V. Smith, San Diego Union

1959             Ben Schneider, Miami News

1958             Grady Clay, Louisville Courier-Journal

1957             Paul F. Kneeland, Boston Globe

1956             Robert L. Lewis, Washington Star

1955             William J. Manly, Milwaukee Journal

1954             James L. Holton, New York World Telegram

1953             Allyn Hemenway, Hartford Times

1952             Lillard (Mike) McGee, Memphis Commercial Appeal

1951             Lee Cooper, New York Times

1950             Garrett Winter, New York Sun

1950             Conrad (Pat) Harness, (served to March 3) Washington Post

1949             Ernest A. Baumgarth, Detroit News

1948             James K. Chandler, Cleveland Press

1947             Henry H. Burdick, Detroit Free Press 

1943-46       John W. Kempson, Newark Evening News

1938-42       James G. Monnet, Jr., Cleveland Plain Dealer

1937             Walter Wyrick, Milwaukee Journal

1936             John W. Kempson, Newark Evening News

1930-35        Col. Herman J. Seiferth, New Orleans Times-Picayune 

1929             Hugh C. Sexton, St. Louis Post-Dispatch