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The Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod
Board for Communication Services

LCMSNews -- No. 22
April 15, 2002

Synod periodicals receive
5 awards in ACP contest

"Reporter" and "The Lutheran Witness," The Lutheran Church--Missouri 
Synod's two official periodicals, won a total of five awards in this year's 
Associated Church Press (ACP) competition for work done in 2001. "Reporter" 
and "The Lutheran Witness" are a monthly newspaper and a monthly magazine, 
respectively.

The awards presentation was April 9 during the ACP's annual convention, 
this year in Birmingham, Ala.  ACP is an association of some 200 church 
related publications and news services.

"Reporter" received a first-place "Award of Excellence" in the news- story 
category for Staff Writer Paula Schlueter Ross' September Page 1 story on 
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America. The judge's comments noted that 
the story, titled "LCMS members witness best, worst of humanity," was 
"excellent [and] well done, especially considering the time constraints." 
That issue went to the printer on Sept. 12.

In the "Department" category for newspapers, "Reporter" picked up an 
"Honorable Mention" (third place) for the back-page "Ideas" section, 
written by Managing Editor Bruce Kueck.

"The Lutheran Witness" received two second-place "Awards of Merit."

One was for "Razing Hell," by the late Dr. Robert C. Baden, in the April 
issue.  It was entered in the category "Theological Reflection: 1,500 Words 
or More." The judge commented that it covered an "unusual topic," and was 
"well written and discussed."

The other "Award of Merit," in the "Biographical Profile" category, was 
free-lance writer Roland Lovstad's May story on Synod President A.L. Barry, 
following Barry's death.  Titled "Al, It's Time to Come Home," it was cited 
by the judge for "nice use of quotes, good use of examples of his beliefs."

In the "Critical Review Section" category, "The Lutheran Witness" received 
an "Honorable Mention" for B. Brent McGuire's article, "Will You Be `Left 
Behind'?" The "Witness" shared that honor with another magazine, 
"Christianity and the Arts."

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