Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award Mission and Criteria

The award, presented annually at The Lovejoy Convocation to a member of the newspaper profession, was established in 1952.

1. 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.
2. To 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.

The selection committee makes its choice of a recipient on the basis of:

1. Integrity, without which no newspaper can function in its traditional role as a public servant.
2. Craftsmanship, without which no one can succeed as a journalist.
3. Character, intelligence, and courage.

The recipient may be an editor, reporter, or publisher. It is important only that he or she be a newsman or newswoman, regardless of title, who, in the opinion of selection committee members, has contributed to the country's journalistic achievement.

Nominations should be submitted by March 1 to:

Stephen Collins, secretary, Lovejoy Selection Committee
Colby College
4193 Mayflower Hill
Waterville, Maine 04901