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 it s 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 author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his widow and his his children who are here very well
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 it s 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 author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we star
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 it s 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 author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his widow and his his children who are here very well
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 it s 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 author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his wido
welcome everybody. we re here for the j anthony lucas prize pride project ceremony will be honoring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. i m nick lemon. i m x dean now faculty member here at columbia journalism school, and i m 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 it s 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 author s guil