TITLE: United Methodists Win ACP Awards
SEARCH: awards, Associated Church Press, winnersRelease # 007 {2971} April 18, 1996
The United Methodist mission magazine was a big winner of awards given by the Associated Church Press April 12 during the organization's annual convention in Phoenix.
Associated Church Press (ACP) encompasses approximately 200 religious publications. According to its statement of purpose, ACP "stimulates higher standards of religious journalism in order to exert a positive and constructive Christian influence on society."
In the association's annual competition, New World Outlook, edited by Alma Graham and Christie R. House, received an award of excellence for its statement of purpose. It also won a second place in the "denominational general-interest magazine" category and an award of merit for in-depth coverage of "Refugees in Our World" in the January-February 1995 issue. New World Outlook is published by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries.
Hoosier United Methodist News, edited by Lynne DeMichele, received a third place best in class award for regional newspapers. The publication of the Indiana Area also tied for an award of merit in the theme, issue, section or series category for newspapers.
The United Methodist Board of Church and Society's publication, Christian Social Action, edited by Lee Ranck, was a two time winner. It received an honorable mention for in-depth coverage in a magazine for "50 Years After Hiroshima." It also received an honorable mention for the "Special Issue on Children," April 1995.
The ecumenical magazine The Christian Century, edited by the Rev. James M. Wall, a United Methodist, received an honorable mention for "If Not There, Where?" in the Dec. 13, 1995, issue. The Century also received an award of merit for an article "Where Children Work: Child Servitude in the Global Economy" by United Methodist, the Rev. Pharis Harvey.
Judges for the 40 categories of achievement in religious journalism and publishing were professionals or known academics in the specific field related to that category.
-- Ralph E. Baker
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