Louis M. Lyons


Louis M. Lyons AKA "L.M. Lyons" was an American journalist and curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism.

Career

Lyons wrote articles and columns for the Boston Globe starting in the 1920s. He also wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, and published memoirs and other books. The Louis M. Lyons Award is named after him and "honors displays of conscience and integrity by individuals, groups or institutions in communications."

Awards

The Louis M. Lyons Foundation was formed in 2005 to preserve his TV and radio broadcasts and also to compile his unpublished memoirs and various articles for publication. In the 1920s he wrote a column for the Globe about conversations with his then-young son. He also had two other sons, a daughter and a stepdaughter.

Works

In 2008, M. A. Lyons published a collection of writings by parent Lyons. It included a chapter entitled, "Edwin A. Lahey: Chicago Daily News."