The Denver Press Club is proud to induct five more journalists into our Hall of Fame. Please join us for a banquet in honor of:

Bill Husted

Pauline Riviera

Eddie Castro

Helen Richardson

Rick Sallinger (posthumously)

The event will start with a 5:00 p.m. pre-party at the Denver Press Club before moving to the Curtis Hotel for the ceremony and dinner at 6:15 p.m. 

Purchase your tables and tickets early as we have a limited number of seats for this event!

Bill was born and raised in New York City, on the Upper East Side, in the jazzy, fizzy 1950s. His parents took a laissez-faire view of child-rearing and gave Bill complete freedom to explore the world on his own. Thus, at 10-years-old, Bill was riding subways and cabs, sneaking into clubs, soaking up New York’s last golden age. Fearing the city life was perhaps too enticing, Bill was sent away to boarding school when he was 12. Then on to the Lawrenceville School, then college at Wesleyan University, where he majored in English Lit. Upon graduating, Bill headed west, where he opened a bar/restaurant, the Great Divide in Denver. But soon Bill was homesick. So, he returned to the East Coast and took a position on the dean’s staff at Manhattanville College. After spending two years traveling Western Europe and Africa, he returned to the Colorado mountains, and another stint in the restaurant-bar business. In 1983, Bill moved back to Denver and tried his hand at journalism. He caught on at the Rocky Mountain News, as nightlife columnist, then society columnist, then city columnist. In 1996 he was lured away by the Denver Post, where he was the paper’s featured City Columnist through 2011. Bill was a fixture on Denver television for nearly 20 years.

Pauline Rivera is a graduate of Metropolitan State University of Denver. Ms. Rivera majored in Journalism with a minor in History. While a student at Metro State College she was a member of the Golden Key Honor Society. Employed at Denver’s 7 (KMGH-TV Channel 7, the ABC affiliate, now Denver7) for over 15 years, Ms. Rivera served as Programming Manager for 12 of those years. She worked in the capacity of acquiring syndicated programming for the station’s schedule Ms. Rivera was the liaison between initially CBS Network and KMGH-TV. Following the affiliate switch, Ms. Rivera was the liaison between ABC Network and KMGH-TV. She also served as the liaison between major film/movie companies such as MGM, Paramount Studios, Disney, Warner Bros., KingWorld and Denver7. In the latter part of her television career Rivera served as the Community Affairs Manager whose responsibility was to outreach to the local Denver community via various events and projects while addressing community issues. In 2004 Ms. Rivera joined La Voz on a contract basis, then as a columnist for (Mis Recuerdos), eventually becoming the Lifestyles editor. In 2007 she became the General Manager at La Voz. In 2008 Ms. Rivera and her husband purchased La Voz and have successfully operated the now 50 year-old bilingual publication. Under Ms. Rivera’s leadership, La Voz has advanced editorially, expanded reach statewide, and is the winner of numerous National Association of Hispanic Publicans (NAHP) awards including Latina Publisher of the Year in 2016. Rivera has been recognized by various organizations, Latinas First Foundation, Kaiser, Adelante Mujer and more. Ms. Rivera lives in Thornton, is married to La Voz co-owner Richard Rivera. They have two adult children and one grandson.

Eddie Castro is photojournalist whose career in TV news has spanned 44 years and three states. He joined KCNC CBS Denver 4 in 1994 spending many of his years working on morning news, his favorite being breaking news. Castro has covered Colorado’s history making news events including the JonBenet Ramsey and Jessica Ridgeway murders, Oklahoma City Bombing, Denver Bronco Superbowl’s, Colorado Avalanche Stanely Cups, Denver Nuggets Championship, George Floyd protests, numerous state fires including Buffalo Creek, Cameron Peak, and Marshall. Additionally, the tragedies at Columbine High School, Platte Canyon High School, Arapahoe High School, and STEM School. Castro tried but could not put a number on the snowstorm live shots taken on the side of a highway, or how many live shots from DIA during the Bomb Cyclone. Castro was the first photojournalist on the scene of the Aurora Movie Theatre Shooting, which occurred close to home. Contributions also include numerous KCNC CBS 4 Station Emmy awards, NPPA Photographer Station of the Year, and an individual Emmy for breaking news on the Thornton, Colorado Walmart Shooting. Eddie’s TV news career began in Tucson, Arizona at KOLD-TV, he then worked in Albuquerque, New Mexico at KOAT and KRQE prior to moving to KCNC CBS.

Helen H. Richardson is a staff photographer at The Denver Post. She has been on assignment all over the world covering stories for the newspaper including the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the 2004-05 Christmas tsunami in Indonesia and Thailand; the final visit to Mexico by Pope John Paul II and his subsequent death in Rome; and the effects of AIDS and lack of water in African nations. Her sports coverage has included two Olympic games, multiple World Cup ski finals, Denver NFL, NBA and MLB games, Superbowl 50 and almost a decade of covering the Pro Cycling Challenge races. She has won multiple awards for her work including an 2015 Edward R. Murrow for best sports reporting and video for “Bridal Veil Falls Ascent” about a paraplegic ice climber. In Colorado, she regularly photographs news, features, sports and other stories. She has covered breaking news stories including Colorado’s largest and historic wildfires including the Marshall Fire, Waldo Canyon and Black Forest Fires. Her coverage of these fires led to a 2014 Emmy award winning video, The Fire Line: Wildfire in Colorado which details the dangers of wildland fires and the worsening outlook for the West. She has covered the Aurora Theatre, King Soopers and Club Q mass-shootings. In 2013, She was part of the Denver Post staff journalists that were awarded the breaking news Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Aurora Theater Shooting. She seeks out stories that converge with her interests, which include rock and ice climbing, nature, animals, the environment, the arts and the West.

Rick Sallinger (posthumously)