CSF assistant editor honored
Rick DelVecchio, assistant editor of Catholic San Francisco, is one of three winners of the 2009 "Egan Award for Journalistic Excellence" competition. The award recognizes journalists who have written about humanitarian and social justice issues for Catholic publications in the United States. The annual competition is sponsored by Catholic Relief Services, which announced the winners in early June.
In the category of large circulation Catholic diocesan newspapers, DelVecchio was selected for the Egan Award because of his 2008 series of stories on current conditions in Guatemala, which included "Guatemala Journey: Land of Modern Martyrs." He joined winners from National Catholic Reporter (national circulation) and the Catholic Universe Bulletin of the Diocese of Cleveland (circulation below 35,000).
Winners will receive a trophy and an all-expense paid trip to visit Latin America to see CRS-supported programs that assist migrants and those living in poverty. The trip will provide the journalists with an opportunity to witness first-hand the work of CRS and to meet people whose lives have been changed by the generosity of the U.S. Catholic community.
The finalists for the Egan Award were judged by a distinguished panel of judges from the secular media, including The New York Times, Orlando Sentinel, Voice of America and the Huffington Post. Now in its 14th year, the award is named after Eileen Egan, CRS' first professional staff layperson, who devoted four decades of her life to assisting refugees and helping the poor in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
Catholic Relief Services, the international humanitarian agency of the Catholic community in the United States, provides assistance to people in more than 100 countries and territories based on need, regardless of race, nationality or creed. For more information, visit www.crs.org or www.crsespanol.org.
From June 26, 2009 issue of Catholic San Francisco.
