Going back to the idea that Lois Lane should be The Greatest Journalist In All Fiction, here are some of the accolades she should have under her belt (half of them earned BEFORE she even meets Clark):
01. Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting (@ age 19, youngest ever to win any Pulitzer)
02. Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting
03. Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting
04. Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
05. Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
06. Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
07. Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing
08. Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing
09. Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
10. Pulitzer Prize for Criticism
11. Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction
12. Pulitzer Prize for History
13. Heywood Braun Award
14. Worth Bingham Prize for Investigative Journalism
15. Sigma Delta Chi Award in newspaper/wire services
16. Sigma Delta Chi Award in television
17. Sigma Delta Chi Award in online reporting
18. George Polk Award for National Reporting
19. George Polk Award for Television Reporting
20. George Polk Award for Local Reporting
21. William Allen White Award for Outstanding Journalistic Merit
22. Gerald R. Ford Journalism Prize for Reporting
23. The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award
24. The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism
25. 10 non-fiction bestseller books
26. 4 fictional novel bestsellers
Lois should have half these accolades in hand BEFORE Superman ever publicly debuts. She's already a legit legend in the DCU even without having her name later attached to Superman.
Basically, Lois Lane is the comic book equivalent of legendary journalist IRL Bob Woodward, only much more so. There is no aspect of journalism that Lois does not excel at, and that means that stupid need to have her not know how to spell needs to GO. NOW.
I'd also put forth the idea that someone in an official capacity at DC and WB should actually approach some of these institutions IRL to get Lois Lane an honorary award IRL. She's got to be the most famous fictional journalist ever (no, Clark is a superhero first, journalist way way second), some of these journalism committees may see the value in doing this.
What do you think?