mann , ▁prefer ably ▁more . ▁ ▁U ll mann ▁had ▁a ▁long ▁career ▁as ▁a ▁newspaper ▁rep orter , ▁column ist , ▁editor ▁and ▁even ▁spent ▁a ▁de cade ▁as ▁the ▁director ▁of ▁public ▁relations ▁for ▁Indiana ▁University - P urd ue ▁University ▁Indian apolis . ▁Once ▁leaving ▁the ▁university , ▁U ll mann ▁began ▁writing ▁an ▁opinion ▁column ▁for ▁N U VO . ▁The ▁sometimes ▁controvers ial ▁column ▁r anged ▁in ▁subject ▁from ▁hum orous ▁observations ▁to ▁serious ▁investig ations ▁into ▁the ▁local ▁power ▁structure . ▁After ▁writing ▁the ▁column ▁for ▁several ▁years , ▁he ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁by ▁publish er ▁Kevin ▁McK in ney ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁news week ly ' s ▁editor . ▁While ▁leading ▁the ▁paper ' s ▁editor ial ▁staff , ▁the ▁paper ▁grew ▁in ▁circul ation ▁from ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁ 5 0 , 0 0 0 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁U ll mann ▁was ▁recognized ▁many ▁times ▁for ▁his ▁reporting ▁and ▁advoc acy ▁by ▁such ▁organizations ▁as ▁the ▁Indiana ▁State ▁Te acher ' s ▁Association , ▁the ▁Indiana ▁State ▁Medical ▁Association ▁and ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁Libert ies ▁Union . ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 ▁he ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁S ag am ore ▁of ▁the ▁W ab ash ▁by ▁Governor ▁Frank ▁O ' B annon , ▁the ▁highest ▁honor ▁the ▁state ▁can ▁award . ▁U ll mann ▁was ▁induct ed ▁into ▁the ▁Indiana ▁Journal ism ▁Hall ▁of ▁Fame ▁in ▁ 2