Louis M. Lyons
Louis M. Lyons AKA "L.M. Lyons"[1] (1 September 1897 – 11 April 1982) was an American journalist and curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.
Career
Lyons wrote articles and columns for the Boston Globe starting in the 1920s. He also wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, and published memoirs and other books. The Louis M. Lyons Award is named after him and "honors displays of conscience and integrity by individuals, groups or institutions in communications."
Awards
- 1957:
- Peabody Award for Best Reporting and Interpretation of the News from a Local Station
- 1963:
- Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award from Colby College
- Honorary Doctor of Laws from Colby College
- Alfred I. duPont Award.[2]
Legacy
The Louis M. Lyons Foundation was formed in 2005 to preserve his TV and radio broadcasts (for WGBH Boston) and also to compile his unpublished memoirs and various articles for publication. In the 1920s he wrote a column for the Globe about conversations with his then-young son (Richard Lyons, who became a reporter for the Washington Post). He also had two other sons, a daughter and a stepdaughter.
Works
In 2008, M. A. Lyons published a collection of writings by parent Lyons. It included a chapter entitled, "Edwin A. Lahey: Chicago Daily News."[3]
References
- Ennis, Thomas W. (April 13, 1982). LOUIS LYONS, JOURNALIST, IS DEAD; EX-CURATOR OF NIEMAN FOUNDATION. New York Times
- ^ Lyons, L.M. (January 1948). "Bert Andrew's Report on a Security Case" (PDF). Nieman Reports: 4. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ All duPont–Columbia Award Winners Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine, Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
- ^ Lyons, Louis M. (2008). "Edwin A. Lahey: Chicago Daily News". In M. A. Lyons (ed.). A Pause to Copy: Memoir of Louis M. Lyons-Journalist. XLibris. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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