The award is given annually to journalists who exhibit courage in reporting and writing. The recipients this year had their phone records seized by the Justice Department in an effort to uncover their sources.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Colby College honors courageous acts of reporters and photojournalists
The college on Friday honored 66 journalists who died in 2018 with the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award named for the Albion native who was killed while defending his newspaper in Illinois from an pro-slavery mob.
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