Ed Grisamore, winner of the 2010 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, enjoys a laugh with Durwood "Mr. Doubletalk" Fincher
Ed Grisamore is a columnist for The Macon Telegraph and the recipient of the 2010 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award, presented by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
He is a native of Atlanta and graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in journalism.
He began his newspaper career in the Telegraph sports department, where he was an editor, reporter and columnist. He began writing local columns in December 1996 and replaced legendary columnist Bill Boyd in June 1998.
He published a book of columns and essays called “Never Put a Ten-Dollar Tree in a Ten-Cent Hole” in Spring 2011 and a history of Nu-Way hot dogs called “There’s More Than One Way To Spell Weiner” in Fall 2011.
He was featured in the November 2005 issue of “Georgia Trend” magazine in a story called “A Way With Words” and listed in the “Who’s Who Among Georgia Newspaper Columnists.”
His audiobook, Gris & That, is a collection of 16 columns as read by the author and available on CD. It was nominated for a Grammy in the “Spoken Word” category. He has twice been nominated for “Georgia Author of the Year” in the Creative Non-Fiction category. He has provided commentary on the “Georgia Gazette” program on Georgia Public Radio and is a popular speaker in Middle Georgia.
In 2008, Ed was inducted into the Macon Sports Hall of Fame for “contribution to sports” in the city. He is involved in numerous community activities, including serving as a volunteer tour bus guide for the Cherry Blossom Festival, serving as an advisor for local high school newspaper staffs and teaching classes on “writing your autobiography’’ for senior citizens.
Ed and his wife, Delinda, have co-authored three sons — Ed , Grant and Jake. He is a member of First Baptist Church in Macon.
He is very proud to have the Monte “Gristo” sandwich at Molly’s Café in downtown Macon named in his honor.