Editing The Wall Street Journal (section)

===1952: Empire Mail Order===
In October 1952, the Chicago bureau of the ''Journal'' received a press release announcing that [[Howard Hughes]] sold his controlling interest in [[RKO Pictures]] to the Empire Mail Order Company. Managing editor Henry Gemmill led reporting efforts that resulted in articles in late 1952 exposing links between Empire Mail Order and organized crime. Following these stories, Hughes canceled the RKO sale. These stories also led to the first major industry award for the ''Journal'', a [[Society of Professional Journalists|Sigma Delta Chi]] public service award for these stories.{{sfn|Scharff|1986|pp=[https://archive.org/details/worldlypowermaki0000scha/page/120/mode/2up?q=%22howard+hughes%22 121]-[https://archive.org/details/worldlypowermaki0000scha/page/122/mode/2up?q=rko 122]}}