This award, created in 1958, is given by the Montana Newspaper Association to honor deceased Montana journalists who, during their lifetime, made outstanding contributions to the profession, the arts and their community.
Appropriate Hall of Fame plaques honoring each designee are displayed in the Don Anderson Journalism Building at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana.
Recipients of the Montana Newspaper Hall of Fame:
| Name | Year |
| Arthur L. Stone | 1958 |
| O.S. Warden | 1958 |
| Joseph D. Scanlan | 1958 |
| John H. Durston | 1958 |
| Harry J. Kelly | 1959 |
| Capt. James H. Mills | 1961 |
| Harry B. Brooks | 1962 |
| Thomas J. Dimsdale | 1962 |
| William M. Bole | 1963 |
| Cornelius Hedges | 1965 |
| John A. Gilluly | 1965 |
| Joseph Kinsey Howard | 1967 |
| Harry N. Blake | 1968 |
| Miles Romney, Sr. | 1969 |
| Charles Doherty | 1970 |
| W.K. Harber | 1971 |
| Dan Whetstone | 1972 |
| George Hoole | 1972 |
| Tom Stout | 1973 |
| Martin J. Hutchens | 1974 |
| Burley Bowler | 1976 |
| Gurnie M. Moss | 1978 |
| Ray Rocene | 1980 |
| Miles Romney, Jr. | 1982 |
| T.J. “Joe” Hocking | 1983 |
| Don Anderson | 1984 |
| Robert N. Sutherlin | 1985 |
| William H. Sutherlin | 1985 |
| Alexander Rhone | 1989 |
| Sam Gilluly | 1990 |
| Dorothy Marie Johnson | 1991 |
| John F. Kavanagh | 1992 |
| A.B. Guthrie, Jr. | 1994 |
| Fred J. Martin | 1996 |
| Harry L. Billings | 1997 |
| Alexander Warden | 1998 |
| Harry Downs, Sr. | 1999 |
| Bessie K. Monroe | 2001 |
| Mel Ruder | 2002 |
| C. Patrick King | 2003 |
| Glenn F. Sorlie | 2003 |
| Helen Peterson | 2004 |
| Larry C. Bowler | 2005 |
| Daniel Webster Tilton | 2005 |
| William D. “Scotty” James | 2006 |
| Gretchen Garber Billings | 2007 |
| Ken Byerly | 2008 |
| Ila Mae Forbregd | 2009 |
| Irvin Hutchison | 2010 |
| Harold G. “Hal” Stearns | 2011 |
| Terry Dwyer | 2012 |
| Verle L. Rademacher | 2014 |
| Lyle K. Williams | 2015 |
| Charles Harwood Allan | 2016 |
| Suzanne “Sue” Hart | 2017 |
| Ed Coyle | 2018 |
| William Richard “Dick” Crockford II | 2018 |
| Robert “Bob” Gilluly | 2019 |
| John Kuglin | 2021 |
| Harry Downs | 2022 |