Elijah_Parish_Lovejoy_Award

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

Colby American College Award

This article is about an award presented to journalists. For an award presented to weekly newspaper editors, see Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award (to editors).

The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award is presented annually by Colby College to a member of the newspaper profession who has contributed to the country's journalistic achievement. The award is named for Elijah Parish Lovejoy, and established in 1952.[1][2]

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Award criteria

The award was established to:

  1. Stimulate and honor the kind of achievement in the field of reporting, editing, and interpretive writing that continues the Lovejoy heritage of fearlessness and freedom.
  2. Promote a sense of mutual responsibility and cooperative effort between a newspaper world devoted to journalistic freedom and a liberal arts college dedicated to academic freedom.[3]

The recipient is chosen, based on a selection committee's judgement of a journalist's integrity, craftsmanship, character, intelligence, and courage.[3][4]

Recipients

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See also

References

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