Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

journalism

Published
April 2, 2021

Journalist Leonard Pitts Jr. to receive Colby College’s Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

On Tuesday, Colby will award Pitts, a journalist, commentator and novelist, with the award named for Lovejoy, an Albion native, Colby alumnus, journalist and abolitionist who was murdered in 1837 while defending his printing press in Alton, Illinois, from an angry, pro-slavery mob.
Published
March 21, 2021

The View From Here: Voices from the Press Herald community

Every day, readers tell us – and each other – how things look from where they sit.
Published
November 5, 2020

Commentary: A lot is still unclear about this election – except that pundits, pollsters blew it again

There will be no Biden landslide, because what Trump is good at (tribal politics) has more of an impact than what he’s bad at (dealing with a deadly pandemic).
Published
October 7, 2020

Another View: Truth can’t be found along partisan lines

As citizens, we should educate ourselves more thoroughly on issues before attacking one another.
Published
October 5, 2020

Retired TV reporter Bill Green backs Susan Collins in series of ads

Green breaks his journalistic neutrality to back Collins and Joe Biden in this year's election.
Published
August 13, 2020

Commentary: No more ‘Bachelor’ analogies, and other hopes for the media’s Kamala Harris coverage

Female candidates have to slog through toxic sexism in U.S. political journalism, but a memo to newsroom leaders offers a better way.
Published
August 12, 2020

Commentary: A bad storm brings good news – part of our information system still works

Weather warnings are among the most concrete examples of how good information can actually save lives.
Published
August 6, 2020

Health and human services director: India Street Clinic working hard to meet Portland’s public health needs

The STD clinic has added PrEP for HIV prevention, implemented online scheduling and is now offering at-home HIV testing.
Published
July 12, 2020

The View From Here: White with a capital ‘W’

It's too easy for white people to think that racial hierarchies don't affect them.
Published
June 10, 2020

Commentary: Newspaper, city of Portland mischaracterize protest safety concerns

The city used a meeting between officials and community members ‘to provide legitimacy for their actions against the public for expressing their First Amendment rights.’