Nominations are open for the 1999 Louis M. Lyons Award for conscience and integrity in journalism, offered by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, reports IFEX Clearing House. Every year, the class of Nieman Fellows honors a journalist, or a group of journalists, with the Lyons Award. The award, which includes a $1,000 honorarium, is named after the late curator of the Nieman Foundation.

All full-time print and broadcast journalists worldwide are eligible. Nominations must be made by a third party, either an individual or an organization, and news organizations may nominate their own employees.

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Applications must contain an official letter of nomination, a one-page biography of the nominee, two letters of recommendation and three samples of the nomineeнs work. The deadline is February 1. Send nominations to the Nieman Foundation, Harvard University, 1 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, Mass., 02138 USA, Tel: (617) 495-2237. Fax: (617) 495-8976. E-mail: nieman@harvard.edu. Web site: http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/Nieman_Home_Page.html.