About the Goldfarb Center
The Goldfarb Center brings faculty and students together with local, state, national, and international leaders to explore creative, interdisciplinary approaches to the complex challenges facing today's world.
Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism and News Literacy Initiatives
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Lovejoy Journalism Award 2011 Recipient: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
NPR Foreign Correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson described facing a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan and a death sentence in Iraq, but concluded, "It’s been worth it, both for myself and those informed by my work."
About the Lovejoy Award
Honoring courage and excellence in journalism since 1952
The Story of Lovejoy
America's First Martyr to Freedom of the Press
 Elijah Parish Lovejoy was born Nov. 9, 1802, in Albion, Maine, and graduated from Waterville College (now Colby) in 1826. On Nov. 7, 1837, in Alton, Ill., Lovejoy, a newspaper editor, became America's first martyr to the freedom of the press when a pro-slavery mob set fire to the building that housed his press. Killed as he attempted to extinguish the blaze, he was buried on Nov. 9, his 35th birthday. The Goldfarb Center brings faculty and students together with local, state, national, and international leaders to explore creative, interdisciplinary approaches to the complex challenges facing today's world.Knight Foundation
 Goldfarb Center and Lovejoy news literacy programs are made possible, in part, by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Lovejoy Journalists in Residence
Jerry MitchellInvestigative Reporter, The Clarion Ledger April 24 - April 28, 2011
Public Lecture:
Tales of Justice and Reconciliation in Mississippi: A reporter's journey into the Klan and unpunished killings from the civil rights era April 25, 2011, 7:00 PM Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond Building
Lovejoy Journalism Interns
Dashiell Wasserman '12Internship: 2011 at Marketplace/American Public Media A junior English & Creative Writing Major from New Orleans, Dash is interested in pursuing a career in either audio or print journalism. After Colby, he plans to attend the SALT Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, ME before applying... Undergraduate News Literacy Course
In January 2009, David Offer led students on an exploration of how news-gathering techniques differ among
different media, with an emphasis on how to interpret the fairness and reliability of the news.
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