The annual Catholic Media Convention took place June 21-25 in Pittsburgh, PA. The convention is a great chance for members of the Catholic press to meet and to exchange ideas. It concludes with the presentation of the Catholic Press Awards, and I’m pleased to announce that this year America received the following honors:

Best Blog: Second place, “In All Things”
Best In-Depth News/Special Reporting (magazine): Third place, “Catholics as Citizens” by M. Cathleen Kaveny
Best Editorial (magazine): Second place, The Millstone
Best Original Poetry: Third place, “Seeds,” by Courtney Kampa
Best Feature Article (Magazine, General Interest): Third Place, “Crossing the Line” by Andrew Selee
Best Review (magazine): First Place: “Of Eternity and Beyond” by John Anderson; Second Place: “Un-Friendly” by Kerry Weber
Best Review Section (magazine): Second Place, Fall Books II
Best Stand-Alone Web site (magazine): First Place, www.americamagazine.org
General Excellence Award (National General Interest Magazine): First place, America

Thanks to all our readers and contributors for your continued support!

Kerry Weber

 

Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.