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Elijah Parish Lovejoy Journalism Award
October 5, 2015, 7:30 PM
Free
For shining a spotlight on poverty and the heartrending inequalities of our era, Katherine Boo has a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a MacArthur genius grant. In October, she will receive Colby College's Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism. Boo will receive an honorary doctoral degree along with the Lovejoy award and will deliver the Lovejoy Convocation address. The ceremony, which is open to the public, and the award honor America's first martyr to freedom of the press, Elijah Parish Lovejoy.