Golden Owl E. Bruce Harrison dies at 88

E. Bruce Harrison, a 51-year Communicator member of the National Press Club, died January 16.  He was a Club Golden Owl.

Harrison, a resident of Arlington, Virginia, and a frequent lunchtime diner at the Reliable Source pub, ran his own environmental communications company. He was also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

A 68-year member of the Society of Professional Journalists, he was among those who created "Project Watchdog," the media's effort to engage the public in a dialogue about the role of free and ethical news media in a democracy that guarantees freedom of the press.

Harrison and others raised $1 million and worked with the Ad Council to prepare a four-year series of public service ads.  The slogan of the first Project Watchdog ads: “If the press didn’t tell us, who would?”

Services are private.  A full death notice is available online.