Journal wins seven international awards.Nashville The Anglican Journal ranked as one of the top national or international church newspapers in North America Lists of newspapers for each country in North America, including Central America and the Caribbean.
ACP - Algebra of Communicating Processes ) convention here in April. The Journal, the national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada, was recognized with an award of merit (second place) in the Best in Class category for national and international newspapers. "Striking photographs anchor nicely designed front pages," wrote the judges. "The paper is a page turner, with a powerful reflection or engaging feature on Page 3. Articles are well written throughout." The Journal won first prize for best convention coverage for its work on the 2004 meeting of General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had (by staff writers Solange De Santis, Marites N. Sison, editor Leanne Larmondin and freelance writer Canon William Portman Sir William Portman (d. 1557) was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. Origins and early career Portman was the son of John Portman, who was buried in the Temple Church on 5 June 1521, by Alice, daughter of William Knoell of Dorset. ). The Journal also won an award of excellence for art director Saskia Rowley's design of an entire issue, the April 2004 issue. In other awards: * Ms. Larmondin's November editorial, entitled Why it was impossible for us to sign declaration, won an honourable mention for best editorial; * Ms. De Santis's June/July story entitled Sexuality questions leave church at odds won an honourable mention in the category of best news story in a newspaper; * Ms. Larmondin and Ms. Sison were recognized for their biographical profile of retired primate Archbishop Michael Peers The Most Reverend Michael Geoffrey Peers (born 1934) was Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada from 1986 till 2004. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1934, Archbishop Peers completed an undergraduate degree in languages at the University of British Columbia in 1956 last February (in a story entitled Making connections with the Primate and an accompanying feature, Primate by numbers); * Freelance illustrator Anna Payne-Krzyzanowski won an honourable mention for best illustration for an image she created to accompany a June/July 2004 story entitled It is more blessed to give than to receive. Other Canadian Anglican media honoured include The Anglican, the newspaper of the diocese of Toronto, and MinistryMarters magazine, edited by Vianney Carriere, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. and information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. for General Synod. Rev. Michael Thompson's article in the Winter 2004 issue entitled Intersections at the edge of vision won an award of merit in devotional or inspirational article. The Anglican, edited by Stuart Mann, placed second for best in class in the regional newspaper category and an award of excellence (first place) for best newspaper front page. The ACP awards, which are given annually, recognize professional excellence among ACP members. The ACP, founded in 1916, is the oldest religious press association in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and has about 200 member publications, Web sites, news services and individuals. |
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