Jim Thomson's courage is lauded at Boston University symposium. (Nieman Notes).

From: Nieman Reports | Date: June 22, 2003 | Copyright information

After Jim Thomson retired as Curator of the Nieman Foundation, he had yet another career as a professor of history, journalism and international relations at Boston University. At a symposium in his honor, author and columnist Anthony Lewis, a 1957 Nieman Fellow, told the crowd of Thomson relatives, friends, faculty and students, of Jim's courage during another period in U.S. history when there was dissension among policymakers and the public. Thomson made a difficult, soul-searing...

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