anthony lukas prize families and they find each other any moment in the late 1990s and come together and build this program together and it's really been a wonderful experience for everybody and produce a bunch of great events in the winners in our partner and this is the nieman foundation at harvard and this event is held alternate here's i guess in even numbered years even and odd number and it cambridge at the nieman foundation in our partner and running this, the head of the nieman foundation cannot be here tonight but i want to thank her and everyone there for the role they have and this program and so, i want to set up the awards and then we will have the discussion and i should say to another thingsbo about this trik particular program, one, we are somewhat distinctive among journalism awards and that we are not just operating it after the fact, it was very important to tony u and to all of us who work on this to understand this will not apply to anybody in this room but could be party to book written and sometimes we run out of money and so a little cash and validation and co

we are here for the j anthony lukas ceremony hiring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. on x demon, now faculty member here at columbia journalism school and i'm especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997 i think it was 25 years ago part of the founding crew that set up this program. tony lucas was 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 puts on with me as is sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing. the new york state writers institute in albany back in 91 or 92 telling the truth. at the time of his death he was the president of the authors guild. he just did as much as he could possibly do, not just for his own work but for other people who do his work. and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named aft

we are here for the j anthony lukas ceremony hiring excellence in nonfiction book writing with four awards. on x demon, now faculty member here at columbia journalism school and i'm especially happy to be here because i was back in 1997 i think it was 25 years ago part of the founding crew that set up this program. tony lucas was wonderful