Mitchell to be Feted by Colby College
For his efforts leading to the convictions of criminals from the Civil Rights era, including the murderer of NAACP worker Medgar Evers, as documented in the film Ghosts of Mississippi, investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell will receive the 2007 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award from Colby College. Mitchell is a Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Clarion-Ledger.