Catholic SF garners honors once again
For the 11th consecutive year, Catholic San Francisco won honors in the annual Catholic Press Association awards competition announced June 4 at the annual Catholic Media Convocation, held this year in New Orleans. The 2010 awards are based on work completed in 2009, submitted by Catholic newspapers throughout the United States and Canada.
Rick DelVecchio, assistant editor, took first place in the Best Investigative News Writing category for “Haiti Journal,” a series of stories on the dire conditions in Haiti. Judges said the series, “written after the earthquake, reported on the dire state of Haiti, but also touched on problems that are not as well known.” Judges concluded that the series was “well-written and very informative.”
DelVecchio also won third place honors in the Best News Writing – International Event category for the story, “Crossing against danger, a teen earns her dignity.” Judges called it “incisive foreign reporting.” They praised the entry as “A stark story told compellingly through the eyes of a 16-year-old girl, struggling to survive in the depression of pre-earthquake Haiti.”
Tom Burke, Datebook and On the Street editor, won third place in the Best Reporting on Teenagers category for “Playing softball is an important part, but not all of, this teen’s life” – a profile of Caitlin McCann, a pitcher on the varsity softball team at Belmont’s Notre Dame High School. Judges said the story “skillfully examines the on-field and off-field life of a teenage athlete – providing context and letting Caitlin speak for herself created a three-dimensional portrait.”
In the Best Regular Column – Family Life category, Ginny Kubitz Moyer, a freelance contributor to Catholic San Francisco, received Honorable Mention for her columns “The spiritual side of camping,” “Holy Ground,” and “The gift of Saints.”
Catholic San Francisco, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, was founded in February 1999. Since that time, the paper has won 46 Catholic Press Association awards for news writing, feature writing, investigative journalism, editorials, columns, special issues, advertising programs, and general excellence.
Published 39 times a year, Catholic San Francisco is mailed free to parishioners registered at parishes of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Also see newspaper highlights and web content at www.catholic-sf.org.
From June 11, 2010 issue of Catholic San Francisco.
