Welcome everybody. Were here for the J Anthony Lucas prize pride project ceremony will be honoring excellence in Nonfiction Book writing with four awards. Im nick lemon. Im x dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school, and im especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997. I guess 25 years ago part of the founding crew that set up this this program. Tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. This kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but its a Distinct Community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new York State Writers Institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. He was the president of the Authors Guild he just, you k
Program. Tony lukas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter. Who is not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. This kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say. But it is a Distinct Community of people really care about it, help and support each other. It was very important to tony to be part of that community. He put on with me as sort of his deputy have big conference on nonfiction writing at new York State Writers Institute in albany and 91 or 92. The time of his death he was the president of the authors guild. He did as much n as he could possibly do we really pleased this Program Named after him has become. I never got to know mark he had died by the time we started this program. I gather he was an equally man. I cannot tell you that from experience. People are historians they find each other in a moment and the late 1990s and come together and build this programr. Togeth. It has really been a wonderful experience for everybody and produc
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