Episcopal Publications Win Major Awards at Annual Associated Church Press Convention
Episcopal News Service. May 13, 1992 [92111]
Episcopal publications took a number of major awards during the 76th annual meeting of the Associated Church Press (ACP) in Alexandria, Virginia, May 3-6.
The ACP, an association of more than 200 denominational and interdenominational publications in Canada and the United States, received more than 800 entries in 43 categories in this year's competition.
The Episcopal Times, newspaper of the Diocese of Massachusetts, was judged the best newspaper among the 23 entries in the general excellence category. It was cited by judges from American University's School of Communication for coverage that is "wide-ranging in scope, tackling the major issues facing the church today." Judges said that the newspaper "serves its readers as a lively, authoritative voice on a wide range of issues" and that the paper's overall design "is comparable to the high quality of its editorial content."
Episcopal Life received several awards of merit, the top award in each category. It won for feature articles in the newspaper category, for an article on migrants written by Nan Cobbey. It also won the top award for a news story written on a current event for Ed Stannard's article on the General Convention in Phoenix.
Episcopal Life also won two top graphics awards, one for front page and another for graphics for a page, spread, or entire issue in the newspaper category.Anglican Magazine, published by the Anglican Church of Canada, won an award of merit in magazine graphics.
In the category of "in-depth coverage of a current issue," Episcopal publications won both awards for this kind of article. Interchange, the diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Southern Ohio, won for a story on the crisis in rural America written by Ariel Miller. And Episcopal News Service won for an article on the financial crunch in the church written by James Solheim with contributions from the diocesan communicators network.
Interchange also won the top award for newspaper photography with a cutline, article, or entire issue. The East Tennessee Episcopalian won in the same category for publications with a circulation under 10,000 for its photo essay on the ordination of Bishop Robert Tharp.
Episcopal News, the diocesan newspaper of the Diocese of Los Angeles, won the top award for best front page in the newspaper category.
The Witness magazine won the top award for magazine photography with an article or cutline and also for magazine photography in an entire issue, for publications with a circulation under 10,000.