Journalists on stamps

Postmaster General John E. Potter today previewed images of the stamps that will immortalize five journalists who risked their lives reporting some of the most important events of the 20th Century.

The five "American Journalists" stamps honor Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar and Eric Sevareid.

"These distinguished journalists risked their lives to record the events that shaped the modern world," Potter said during his presentation at the 2007 Associated Press Managing Editors meeting in Washington, D.C. "Their body of work stands as a towering monument to the importance of a free press. It is our hope that Americans will use these stamps to honor these outstanding individuals who have served the cause of journalism so well."

Other journalists who have been commemorated on stamps include Edward R. Murrow, Ernie Pyle, Walter Lippman, Henry Luce, Nellie Bly, Ida M. Tarbell, Ethel L. Payne, Margueritte Higgins and publisher Adolph S. Ochs.