Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award Explained
| Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award |
| Awarded For: | A member of the newspaper profession who has contributed to the country's journalistic achievement. |
| Presenter: | Colby College |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1952 |
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]
Award criteria
The award was established to:
- 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.
- 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
| Year | Recipient | References |
|---|
| 2023 | | [5] |
| 2018 | Chuck Plunkett | [6] |
| 2017 | Alec MacGillis | [7] |
| 2016 | | [8] |
| 2015 | | [9] |
| 2014 | | [10] |
| 2013 | | [11] |
| 2012 | | [12] |
| 2011 | | [13] |
| 2010 | | [14] |
| 2009 | | [15] |
| 2008 | | [16] |
| 2007 | | [17] |
| 2006 | | [18] |
| 2005 | | [19] |
| 2004 | | [20] |
| 2003 | Steve Mills and Maurice Possley | |
| 2002 | | [21] |
| 2001 | | [22] |
| 2000 | | [23] |
| 1999 | | [24] |
| 1998 | | [25] |
| 1997 | | [26] |
| 1996 | | [27] |
| 1995 | | [28] |
| 1994 | | [29] |
| 1993 | | [30] |
| 1992 | | [31] |
| 1991 | | |
| 1990 | | |
| 1989 | | |
| 1988 | | |
| 1987 | | |
| 1985 | | |
| 1984 | | |
| 1983 | | |
| 1982 | W. E. Chilton III | |
| 1981 | | [32] |
| 1980 | | |
| 1979 | | [33] |
| 1978 | Jack C. Landau, Clayton Kirkpatrick | |
| 1977 | | |
| 1976 | | |
| 1975 | | |
| 1974 | | |
| 1973 | | |
| 1972 | Dolph C Simons, Jr | |
| 1971 | | |
| 1969 | | |
| 1968 | | |
| 1967 | | |
| 1966 | | |
| 1965 | Colbert Augustus McKnight | |
| 1964 | | |
| 1963 | | |
| 1962 | | |
| 1961 | | |
| 1960 | | |
| 1959 | | |
| 1958 | | |
| 1957 | Buford Boone | |
| 1956 | | |
| 1955 | | |
| 1954 | | [34] |
| 1953 | Irving Dilliard | |
| 1952 | James S. Pope | [35] | |
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: SIUE Archives - Elijah Parish Lovejoy. www.siue.edu.
- Web site: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award.
- Web site: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award Mission and Criteria - Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award.
- Web site: Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award.
- Web site: Evan Gershkovich to Receive Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism. 6 September 2023. Kennebec Journal.
- Web site: Colby selects former Denver Post editor for 2018 Lovejoy Award. 19 October 2018. Kennebec Journal.
- Web site: ProPublica's Alec MacGillis to Receive Lovejoy Award. 19 October 2018. ProPublica.
- Web site: New York Times reporter Alissa Rubin to receive Colby's Lovejoy award. 19 October 2018. Kennebec Journal.
- Web site: Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo to receive Colby College's Lovejoy Award. 19 October 2018. Portland Press Herald.
- Web site: New York Times reporter James Risen at Colby: 'Obama hates the press'. 19 October 2018. Portland Press Herald.
- Web site: ProPublica reporter gets Colby College award. 19 October 2018. Portland Press Herald.
- Web site: Watergate reporter Bob Woodward receives Colby's Lovejoy journalism award at convocation. 19 October 2018. Kennebec Journal.
- News: Lovejoy Winners Share Courage to Report News, Whatever the Risk. The Morning Sentinel. David . Offer.
- "COLBY COLLEGE: Journalist speaks of silence, anger, finding one's voice Alfredo Corchado accepts Elijah Parish Lovejoy award", The Morning Sentinel, Scott Monroe, September 27, 2010. Accessed at Web site: COLBY COLLEGE: Journalist speaks of silence, anger, finding one's voice | the Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME . 2011-08-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318172429/http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/journalist-honored-for-fearlessness_2010-09-26.html . 2012-03-18 .
- Web site: Lovejoy Award Goes to Pulitzer-Prize Winning Foreign Correspondent. MPBN. October 19, 2009. August 28, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927082505/http://www.mpbn.net/Home/tabid/36/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3478/ItemId/9419/Default.aspx. September 27, 2011. dead.
- Web site: Anne Hull - Poynter. about.poynter.org.
- Web site: Foreign correspondent to receive Lovejoy Award - Sun Journal. www.sunjournal.com. 21 October 2020.
- Web site: Journalist who took on the Klan speaks at Colby | the Morning Sentinel, Waterville, ME . 2013-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927184301/http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/journalist-who-took-on-the-klan-speaks-at-colby_2011-04-25.html . 2013-09-27 . dead .
- Web site: Columnist Tucker to receive Lovejoy Award.
- Web site: Lovejoy Convocation will Honor Studs Terkel Sunday. Magic City Morning Star. IPR . October 5, 2004.
- Web site: Colby chooses online, TV journalist for Lovejoy journalism award. 17 September 2013.
- News: Tom Gish, Tenacious Kentucky Newsman, Dies at 82. The New York Times. Associated Press. 23 November 2008.
- Web site: Bill Kovach, Author at International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
- Web site: Overby Center Tribute Honors Okolona Native, Washington Post Columnist William Raspberry - Ole Miss News. 24 August 2012.
- Web site: Ellen Goodman - Ellen Goodman Biography - Poem Hunter. www.poemhunter.com.
- Web site: David Halberstam, Obituary. The Connecticut Forum. 2011-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20110929032710/http://www.ctforum.org/content/david. 2011-09-29. dead.
- Web site: Article - John Siegenthaler Speech and Response . 2013-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130102181307/http://www.pewcenter.org/doingcj/speeches/a_siegenthaler.html . 2013-01-02 . dead .
- Web site: Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
- Web site: Sun Journal - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
- Web site: Pioneering New York Times journalist dies - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. 31 October 2011. www.rcfp.org.
- Web site: Sun Journal - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
- News: Top Times Editor to Receive Lovejoy Award in Journalism. The New York Times. 28 September 1981.
- Web site: The Lewiston Journal - Google News Archive Search. news.google.com.
- News: Editor Named Recipient Of Lovejoy Fellowship. The New York Times. 12 October 1954.
- News: J. S. Pope Gets Lovejoy Award. The New York Times. 5 October 1952.
