Thursday, September 25, 2008

Religion Newswriters Announce Awards

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michael Paulson of the Boston Globe took top honors in the Religion Newswriters Association's annual contests for a package of stories highlighted by a series on the trials of an inner-city church.

Paulson received first place in both the Templeton Award for Religion Reporting and the Supple Award for Religion Writing categories from the RNA, which seeks to improve coverage of religion in the secular press.

Other first-place winners presented at the group's annual conference in Washington:

Cornell Award for Religion Reporter of the Year - Mid-sized Newspapers: Jennifer Green of Canada's Ottawa Citizen.

Cassels Award for Religion Reporter of the Year - Small Newspapers: Sara Schilling of the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash.

Schachern Award for Best Religion Section or Pages: The Salt Lake Tribune

Chandler Award for Best Student Religion Reporter: Heather Donckels, The Master's College in Santa Clarita, Calif.

Best Television Religion Reporting: Kim Lawton of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

Best Radio Religion Reporting: Jason DeRose, for work done at Chicago Public Radio

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