Going back to the notion that Lois Lane should be "The Greatest Journalist Of All Time", 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.