United Methodist communicators win awards from PR group
4/29/1998
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (UMNS) -- Four United Methodist communicators received awards of excellence and another five won awards of merit April 24 in the annual DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Communications Awards competition, sponsored by the Religious Public Relations Council (RPRC).
The awards are given to active RPRC members who demonstrate excellence in religious communications and public relations. Entries are judged on overall quality, including elements such as concept, writing, design, style, use of color, appropriateness of material, clarity of communication, freshness, quality of reproduction, cost effectiveness, and creative use of
resources.
In each of eight categories, entries are eligible for an award of merit or an award of excellence.
United Methodists receiving awards of excellence were:
· Alice Smith, Atlanta, executive director of the United Methodist Communications Council of Georgia, in the "Writing for Periodicals" category, for "Emory University and United Methodism: An Uneasy Marriage";
· Wilford V. Bane, Nashville, Tenn., a staff executive with United Methodist Communications (UMCom), in the "Broadcast and Cable Audio and Video" category for the weekly "News Odyssey" program for which he is executive producer;
· Bill Wolfe, Nashville, UMCom staff member, in the "Public Relations and Advertising" category for radio spots "Move On ... to Something Better";
· Alan Griggs, Nashville, UMCom staff member, for "The United Methodist Church" television spots.
Receiving awards of merit in the "Periodicals" category were:
· Alma Graham, Christie House and Roger Sadler, New York, for New World Outlook, magazine of the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries;
· Lynne Bevan DeMichele, Indianapolis, for the statewide newspaper Hoosier United Methodist News;
· Nancye Willis, Nashville, UMCom staff member, for the newsletter Transmitter.
The RPRC also elected a new president, Thomas R. May of New York, executive director of the National Bible Association. UMCom staff member Shirley Whipple Struchen of New York concluded two years as president of the national organization. She will remain on the governing board as immediate past president. Other United Methodists on the board are Barbara Nissen, UMCom staff member from Nashville, and Tricia Schug, director of communications for the Pacific Northwest Annual Conferences with offices in Seattle.
A new name -- Religion Communicators Council -- was chosen for the organization during business sessions. The council, founded in 1929, has about 550 members. It is one of the primary organizations cooperating to host the fourth, once-a-decade Religious Communications Congress in Chicago in the year 2000.
In addition to the DeRose-Hinkhouse awards competition for members, the council gives Wilbur Awards annually for exceptional work reflecting religious values in the public arena. Winners included, in the category of television comedy, "Home Improvement" for "Losing My Religion," Wind Dancer Production group, in association with Touchstone Television; and in the category of television national news, ABC News' "World News Tonight," for "Tornadoes -- Acts of God?", Peggy Wehmeyer, correspondent, and Claudia Rader and Lisa Hampshire, producers.
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