Alissa Rubin Accepts 2016 Lovejoy Award
New York Times correspondent believes a war reporter's duties extend well beyond the battlefield.
It’s been a remarkable year for New York Times Paris bureau chief Alissa J. Rubin. In April, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, for her previous work in Afghanistan. And last night, she was at Maine’s Colby College to accept the 2016 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courageous journalism.
Dan Shea, director of the Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement at Colby and a member of the selection committee, told Morning Sentinel reporter Rachel Ohm that Rubin was a textbook candidate:
“Her work in so many war zones and her willingness to put herself in so many dangerous situations made it an easy selection for the committee,” Shea said.
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