Awards

Distinguished Alumni Service Award - 2024

Bicentennial Medal - 2019

About Julie A. Inskeep

Julia A. Inskeep received a B.A. and M.S.W. from Indiana University.

Inskeep is the publisher of The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and chairman of Fort Wayne Newspapers. She is a third-generation member of a distinguished Indiana newspaper family; her dad retired in 1997, and she became publisher. Inskeep has been active nationally for the industry, serving on the board of the Newspaper Association of America, the Associated Press and was president of the Hoosier State Press Association. She persuaded a local author, Scott Bushnell, to write a book about the history of the Journal Gazette; the Indiana University Press published the book (Hard News, Heartfelt Opinions: A History of The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette) in 2007. Prior to her time at The Journal Gazette, Inskeep had a successful career in social work. She was a geriatric social worker, and a nephrology social worker, working with people who had kidney diseases at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. She became the hospital’s director of social services before leaving the industry to raise her family.

Inskeep has been on the boards of the Fort Wayne Community Foundation, United Way of Allen County, Community Partnerships Inc., and also served as past president of all three. She has served on the board of the Neighborhood Health Clinic and was past president and interim CEO. Inskeep has served on the boards of the Fort Wayne National Bank, National City Indiana, Parkview Hospital, Lutheran Hospital, Three Rivers Neighborhood Health Services, Crossroads Children’s Home, Lutheran Hospital Foundation, American Cancer Society, SCAN (Stop Child Abuse & Neglect), Invent Tomorrow, the YMCA (also co-chair of a capital fund drive to build a YMCA on the southeast side of town), and the Allen County Courthouse Preservation Trust. She was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame in 2008, and in 2019, was honored with Indiana University’s Bicentennial Medal in recognition of her distinguished contributions and service.