Loading...The article, "With ‘Eyes Wide Open': Cathedral Visitors Glimpse the Human Toll of War," receive a merit award for news story. The article, published in March 2006, was co-written by Janet Irwin, Episcopal News staff writer, and Mary Jane Cherry, the newspaper's editor.
The editor received another merit award for a series of articles and an honorable mention for an interview. The awards involved news stories and an interview published between January and July 2006 regarding Bishop Ted Gulick's nomination for presiding bishop.
Judges for the 27th Annual Polly Bond Awards selected honorees from among 597 entries in 15 categories for work done in 2006, according to an Episcopal News
Service story. In commenting about the submissions, Joe Bjordal, an awards committee member, told ENS that the judges had "an extremely profound feeling and understanding that what we were handling was your blood, sweat and tears, and extremely remarkable, talented work."
