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1997 Louis Lyons Award

Awards March 25, 1997

Goenawan Mohamad, founder and editor of Tempo magazine in Jakarta, Indonesia, was selected by the Nieman Fellows to receive the 1997 Louis Lyons award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. The 1997 Class of Nieman Fellows cited Mohamad for his … Read more

1996 Louis Lyons Award

Awards March 25, 1996

Raymond T. Bonner of The New York Times was awarded the 1996 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. In naming Bonner, who is a correspondent based in Warsaw, the Nieman Fellows broke with the practice of … Read more

1995 Louis Lyons Award

Awards March 25, 1995

The Nieman Foundation presented the 1995 Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism to Olatunji Dare, former editorial chairman for the Guardian Group of Newspapers in Lagos, Nigeria. When the 1995 Class of Nieman Fellows selected Dare … Read more

1994 Louis Lyons Award

Awards March 25, 1994

The Nieman class of 1994 honored Abdelhamid Benzine, editor of the independent daily newspaper Alger Republicain in Algeria, with the Lyons Award. Mr. Benzine has been fighting for a free press in his country. Pressure from the military government and … Read more

1993 Louis Lyons Award

Awards March 25, 1993

In 1993, the journalists of Oslobodjenje (Liberation), a daily newspaper from Sarajevo, received the award. They kept their newspaper alive and on the streets in spite of Serbian attacks that destroyed their buildings, killed colleagues and cut off paper supplies. Read more

1992 Louis Lyons Award

Awards July 2, 1992

Jean Mario Paul, a correspondent with Radio Antilles Internationale in Haiti, is the 1992 recipient of the Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University announced July 2, 1992. The 25-member Nieman … Read more

1991 Louis Lyons Award

Awards July 7, 1991

Max du Preez of South Africa and Gitobu Imanyara of Kenya have won the 1991 Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism, the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University announced July 1, 1991. The 22-member Nieman Fellow Class … Read more