Charles H. Morris Sr., president and CEO of Morris Multimedia Inc., which owns the Statesboro Herald, was named the recipient of the 2017 Frank W. Mayborn Leadership Award that was presented Monday during the annual meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association and Inland Press Association in Colorado Springs, Colo. The award is considered the most prestigious given at the meeting each year and is named for Texas newspaperman Frank Mayborn, whose guidance helped shape SNPA in the early 1950s and who served as president of newspaper advocacy group from 1961 to 1962. The Mayborn Award is given to someone who has "demonstrated great vision, community leadership and contributions to the newspaper industry," according to SNPA President Chris Reen, president and publisher of The Oklahoman Media Company.