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Louis M. Lyons, renowned newspaper reporter, commentator, and former curator of Harvard's Nieman Foundation, died at Stillman Infirmary Sunday night after a long illness. He was 84 years...
...member of the Nieman Foundation's first class in 1938. Lyons was appointed the foundation's curator in 1939 and held that position until ill health forced him to retire in 1964. The Nieman Foundation invites journalists to study at Harvard for a year...
...American journalism has lost one of its great mentors," James C. Thomson Jr., current curator of the Nieman Foundation, said yesterday, adding. "Louis Lyons was a national conscience for the profession. He embodied excellence, courage and integrity." Thomson said that even after Lyons retired, he "was constantly in touch with and caring about the Nieman Follows, both the new ones and the alumni...
...What has happened to Joe is symbolic of the plight of Black South African journalists," current Nieman Fellow Ameen Akhalwaya said yesterday. "More than any other journalist, he has shown the courage that the award stands for." Akhalways is a political reporter for the South African Rand Daily Mail...
Nominations for the prestigious annual Lynes Award were made by members of this year's Nieman class, who selected the winner by a majority vote...