Title: ELCA Communicators Earn Awards from the Associated Church Press ELCA NEWS SERVICE
May 1, 2006
ELCA Communicators Earn Awards from the Associated Church Press 06-061-MRC
ORLANDO, Fla. (ELCA) -- The Associated Church Press (ACP) honored several communicators of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) April 25 at its annual "Best of the Christian Press" for 2005 awards program. The program was part of ACP's annual convention which took place here April 23-26 at the Florida Mall Hotel. Founded in 1916, the ACP is the oldest religious press association in North America.
Earning ACP's highest award, "Cafe" received a "Best in Class" Award of Excellence in the Independent Web site or E-zine category. Cafe is an e-zine of Women of the ELCA, the women's organization of the church. Elizabeth McBride is editor of Cafe. The judges said, "Cafe is clear, focused and relevant to the concerns of young women who want to confront large questions with the help of a calm voice and some thoughts from Scripture."
Women of the ELCA's magazine -- "Lutheran Woman Today" -- earned three awards. An Award of Merit in the Devotional/Inspirational: Long Format category went to Lutheran Woman Today's "Transformation One Foot at a Time" by Lynn C. Ramshaw, September issue. The magazine's Web site -- http://www.lutheranwomantoday.org -- received an Award of Merit in the Publication Web site category. Eva Yeo serves as editor of the Web site. Lutheran Woman Today tied for an Honorable Mention in the Feature Article: Denominational Special Interest Magazine category for "Gratitude: Our Gladness Made Visible" by Karen Melang, November issue.
The Lutheran -- the magazine of the ELCA -- received eight awards from the ACP: + Award of Excellence, Devotional/Inspirational: Long Format, "Counting the Last Days" by Walter Bouman, November issue + Award of Excellence, Magazine Cover, "They Came to the Tomb" created by Janet McKenzie, designed by Michael D. Watson, April issue + Award of Excellence, Humor Graphic, "You Didn't Know it was Missing" by Watson, January issue + Award of Merit, Letters to the Editor, "Letters" edited by Sonia C. Solomonson, designed by Watson, June issue + Award of Merit, Magazine Design: Entire Issue, 4-Color, The Lutheran's December issue, designed by Amber R. Leberman and Watson + Award of Merit, E-Promotion, The Lutheran's "E-Promotion" by Leberman + Honorable Mention, Convention Coverage: Magazine, coverage of the 2005 ELCA Churchwide Assembly by The Lutheran staff, Chicago + Tie for Honorable Mention, In-Depth Coverage: Magazine, "The Uncharted Journey" by Solomonson, editor, June issue
The ELCA News Service, Chicago, earned an Award of Merit in the Convention Coverage: News Service category for its coverage of the 2005 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, June 16-Aug. 22. The ELCA News Service received an Honorable Mention in the Publication Web site category for http://ELCA.org/news on the Internet, edited by John R. Brooks, Frank Imhoff and Melissa Ramirez Cooper. It received another Honorable Mention in the Theme Issue: Newspaper, Newsletter, News Service or Web site category for "ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Visits Middle East" by John R. Brooks, Aug. 29-Sept. 6.
The complete list of Associated Church Press award winners will be available at http://www.theacp.org on the Internet.
For information contact:
John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or news@elca.org http://www.elca.org/news ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog