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National Catholic Reporter
National Catholic Reporter was named first in “General Excellence” among national Catholic newspapers for the 13th time in 14 years by the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada at the 2014 Catholic Media Conference that ran June 18-20 in Charlotte, N.C.
The judges said NCR provides “simply excellent coverage of the Catholic world in the U.S. and abroad. Challenging in some articles but solid in sourcing across articles. American journalistic standards with a strong sense of the newsworthy.”
NCR also garnered 21 other CPA honors, including four first-place awards for news writing and commentary:
Best online blog: “Distinctly Catholic” by Michael Sean Winters
Best news writing on a national event: “Lack of funding ends lay-run forum” by Megan O’Neil
Best news writing on an international event: Mary Jo McConahay’s coverage of the Guatemala genocide trial
Best investigative reporting: “Contradictions cast doubt on Philadelphia verdicts” by Ralph Cipriano
NCR also took the second- and third-place honors for investigative news writing. Second place went to NCR staff writer Brian Roewe for “Excommunicated: A tangled tale leads to Australian priest’s dismissal.” Third place was awarded jointly to Jason Berry, Joshua J. McElwee and Tom Gallagher for “Anatomy of a cover-up,” “The widow: Deposition shows dedication to order,” and “The banker: insulator and facilitator.”
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