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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—December 17, 2003 Contact: Julia Rothwax, Director Media Relations, Atlantic Media Company, 646-935-4147 MICHAEL KELLY AWARD IN JOURNALISM ESTABLISHED The Atlantic Media Company today announced a new annual $25,000 journalism award in honor of Michael Kelly, who died last April covering the war in Iraq. Kelly was editor of two Atlantic Media publications, The Atlantic Monthly and National Journal, during his five-and-a-half-year tenure with the company. Information about the Michael Kelly Award appears on a Web site launched today—www.kellyaward.com. The award will recognize a journalist whose work exemplifies a quality that animated Mike Kelly's own career: the fearless expression and pursuit of truth. Atlantic Media Chairman David G. Bradley said, "Michael was the boldest man I've ever met. At the center of his genetic wiring was moral courage." As a writer and editor, Michael Kelly was known for his independence, wit, and passion for justice. His mother, journalist Marguerite Kelly, described him this way in her Family Almanac column in The Washington Post after his death: "Mike's political column could be fierce and it infuriated some readers, but he was a sunny, funny fellow who made fun of himself, easily and often. That boy could make a dog laugh. A humble man, an honest man—a moralist, really—he was always true to himself. Although sometimes given to hyperbole, he said what he meant, whether anyone liked it or not, and he never ran away from a bully, either on the playground as a child or on the battlefield as a man." In addition to his tenure at Atlantic Media, Kelly worked at The New Republic, The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Baltimore Sun, The Cincinnati Post, and ABC's Good Morning America. He wrote a weekly column for The Washington Post Writers' Group. Kelly was also the author of the highly acclaimed book Martyrs' Day (1993), a firsthand account of the first Gulf War which won the PEN-Martha Albrand award and was included in the notable books listing of The New York Times. Kelly, 46, died on April 3, 2003. He was the first American reporter killed during the conflict. He is survived by his wife, Madelyn, and their two sons, Tom and Jack. Entries for the Michael Kelly Award can be submitted to Atlantic Media until Feb. 16, 2004. The winner will be selected by a panel of journalists. Reporters and editors at U.S.-based newspapers or magazines are eligible for the award, which will be given for work published in 2003. More information about the award, as well as entry rules and an entry form, are available at www.kellyaward.com. Questions about entry requirements can be directed to Charles Green, 202-739-8417. For other media inquiries, contact Julia Rothwax, at 646-935-4147. See a list of articles written by Michael Kelly for The Atlantic. See Michael Kelly's full biography. See an obituary of Michael Kelly from the June 2003 issue. See articles written about Michael Kelly since his death.
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