Headline: GREG FREEMAN WINS AWARD FROM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
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Publication: ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Last Printed:  Fri., Apr. 25, 2003
Section: METRO, Page: D2, Edition: FIVE STAR LATE LIFT

Greg Freeman, the late Post-Dispatch columnist and radio talk show host, has won the National Association of Black Journalists' 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award.  The honor will be presented during NABJ's annual convention Aug. 6-10 in Dallas.
   It is given to an African-American journalist who has made "an extraordinary contribution to the enrichment, understanding or advancement of African-American life and culture." Freeman was a longtime member of NABJ and its local chapter.

Condace Pressley, NABJ president, said the award was the highest recognition the organization bestows. Pressley, assistant program director at WSB Radio in Atlanta, called St. Louis on Thursday with the news.
  
"Greg was one of the most outstanding, loyal, compassionate members of NABJ, " she said. "There was no question that we would honor his many years of service to his profession, his community and our organization."

Freeman, 46, died Dec. 31 from a chronic weakening of the heart muscle. He had been with the Post-Dispatch since 1980 and a columnist since 1989.
  
He wrote on a variety of topics, from street vendors downtown to organ donation to his family.
   Freeman battled kidney disease, muscular dystrophy and prostate cancer in recent years, but his death was unexpected.
  
Freeman also hosted "St. Louis On the Air, " a talk show on KWMU-FM, and was a frequent guest on "Donnybrook, " on KETC (Channel 9).

He was jointly nominated for the NABJ award by the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists and the Post-Dispatch.


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