Pilot,
3 other N.E. papers win Catholic Press Awards
The
Pilot of Boston has won four Catholic Press Awards, the Rhode Island
Catholic of Providence has taken three, and the Catholic Transcript
of Bloomfield, Conn., and the Vermont Catholic Tribune of Burlington,
Vt., both have won once.
TheBostonPilot.com, the Pilot’s Web site, took third place in
the Best Web site category, marking the third year in a row the site
was recognized. Neil McCabe’s story, “Prayers, Rosary
Help Brockton Couple Endure Mumbai Terrorist Attack,” placed
second for best news writing on a local or regional issue.
The Pilot’s special
supplement on stewardship, by its advertising manager, Larry Ricardo,
placed second in the best advertising volume builder category. Monsignor Thomas
J. McDonnell’s “Lent’s Calls: Contemplating the
Face of Christ” column took third for scripture commentary.
The Rhode Island Catholic
received an honorable mention in the same category for Brian J. Lowney’s
“Amazing Duck Overcomes Challenges, Inspires Children.”
The Rhode Island Catholic also placed second for best editorial, national
or international. The Rev. Bernard A. Healey’s “A Christmas
Carol, of Mayhem, Murder” won the award. In the Spanish version
of the paper, El Catolico de Rhode Island, Hugo Carmona placed third
in best column/general commentary with his column, Temas de Refleccion.
The Catholic Transcript
placed second for best front page in tabloid format.
The Vermont Catholic Tribune’s
“Middlebury Students ‘Launch Dreams’ During Starbase
Vermont Program,” by Cori Fugere Urban, finished third in the
category for best reporting on children.
The awards were
given by the Catholic Press Association.
Yankee
Quill award nominations due June 22
Nominations for the annual
Yankee Quill awards are due June 22. The awards, given by the New
England Society of Newspaper Editors, honor those “who have
had a broad influence for good in the field of journalism” with
“a lifetime contribution to the profession,” according
to the society.
Recipients will be honored
at a society dinner in the fall, and all winners will be inducted
into the Academy of New England Journalists.
The Yankee Quill award
recognizes newspaper, radio and television journalism, with the focus
on whether the nominee has affected the entire field of journalism
rather than making an impact on a specific coverage area or producing
an individual achievement.
The Academy of New England
Journalists’ board of trustees and some New England news association
presidents will choose this year’s recipients.
Nominations should be made
on the society’s form and sent to the society’s office
at 70 Washington St., Salem, Mass. 01970. Forms can be obtained by
contacting the New England Newspaper Association’s George Geers
at gnews@empire.net or (603) 226-1020, or the Eagle-Tribune’s
Bill Ketter at BKetter@eagletribune.com, or (978) 685-1000.
The items
above were written, at least in part, from published reports by Jen
Slothower, a graduate student at the Northeastern University School
of Journalism and a news staff coordinator for the Bulletin.
