Louis Martin Lyons (September 1, 1897 – April 11, 1982) was an American

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in Massachusetts and

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of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at

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Lyons was born in

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in 1897 and was a graduate of Massachusetts Agricultural College, now known as the

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. Lyons was a reporter for ''

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'' in 1919 and from 1923 to 1946; in 1971, he published a history of the first 100 years of that newspaper. In 1946, he took the position of curator for the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at

, where he worked until retiring in 1964. Lyons also wrote for '' The Springfield Republican'' and ''

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'', and published memoirs and other books. Lyons died of

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at the Stillman Infirmary at Harvard in 1982; he was survived by his wife, a daughter, and three sons. The Louis M. Lyons Award is named after him and "honors displays of conscience and integrity by individuals, groups or institutions in communications." The Louis M. Lyons Foundation was formed in 2005 to preserve his TV and radio broadcasts (for

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Boston) and also to compile his unpublished memoirs and various articles for publication. ;Awards * 1957: **

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for Best Reporting and Interpretation of the News from a Local Station * 1963: **

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from

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** Honorary

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from Colby College ** Alfred I. duPont AwardAll duPont–Columbia Award Winners
, Columbia Journalism School. Retrieved 2013-08-06.

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