Stephen, perhaps you should all be congratulated once again. I think Insights is an excellent publication that does not get as much positive affirmation as it should.
Well done. Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "insights-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 1:22 PM Subject: insights is best (in australasia) on the web > Here's a bit of denominational parochialist triumphalism but ... we're > chuffed. > > > The New South Wales Synod Communications Unit repeated its success at > the 2003 Australasian Religious Press Association awards by coming away > with the prize for best website at the 2004 awards. > > But, whereas last year the Unit won for the Synods website > (http://nsw.uca.org.au/), this year it won for the Insights site > (http://insights.uca.org.au/). > > And Insights editor, Marjorie Lewis-Jones, also collected a Highly > Commended in the Best Feature (Newspaper or Magazine) category for > Impoverished by wealth , published in the May 2003 edition. > > The Australasian Religious Press Association embraces Christian > publications and related agencies in Australia and New Zealand. These > range from small magazines to large circulation newspapers, from > denominational monthlies to independent weeklies, with publishers > ranging from dioceses and synods to mission bodies. > > The ARPA Awards, held at the annual convention, are presented for > excellence in religious journalism and publishing in a range of > categories. They are judged by leading professional journalists. > > The 2004 convention was held in Perth from August 13 to 15. > > The website award was judged on access, first impressions, navigation, > currency, content, audience appeal, use of multi-media, and > miscellaneous extras. > > The judges said, Insights Online was consistently the highest scorer in > all categories. > > Of the feature Impoverished by wealth the judges said, This is an > excellent treatment of the issues surrounding poverty, materialism and > the blind pursuit of wealth in which we have all been caught up. It is > well-researched, clearly written and thought-provoking. > > Other awards of note for New South Wales Synod folk were a Highly > Commended to Rod Pattendon in Eremos, for The Erotic Life of God in > the Best Devotional Article category, a Highly Commended to Eremos for > And the couch grass whispered & No in the Most Originality section, > and winner of Best News Item for Presbytery News (Canberra Region > Presbytery) for Greenhills faces challenge of rebuilding . > > Not to be too synodochial: Crosslight in Victoria got a commended for > Best Headline ("The Cold Testament"), and New Times, South Australia, > won Best Original Artwork for a cartoon by Edi Leane. > > The Gutenberg award for overall excellence in religious communication > this year went to the NZ Catholic. > > -- > > > Stephen Webb > Media Officer > Communications Unit > NSW Synod, Uniting Church in Australia > Box A2178, Sydney South, NSW 1235, Australia > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: +61 2 8267 4308; Mobile: 0423 259 945; Fax: 9267 4716; Web: nsw.uca.org.au/cu/ & > insights.uca.org.au/ > ------------------ > The Communications Unit publishes the monthly magazine Insights, > conducts public relations for the NSW Synod of the Uniting Church, and > provides a variety of communications services. These include writing, > editing, web consultation and development, desktop publishing and > graphic design, public relations and advertising. > For a consultation or free estimate on your project call the > Communications Unit at (02) 8267 4307. > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) > See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm > ------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
