Flynn and EWTN News colleague Patrick Leonard also took CMA’s top honors for Best Video – The Clergy in recognition of their deeply moving profile of Father Peter Adamski, titled “How a Tragic Loss Led a Top-Level Executive to Become a Catholic Priest.”
Catholic News Agency took top honors for Best News Writing Series – National Event in recognition of its superlative coverage of the phenomenon surrounding Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, whose body was exhumed last year and found to be in an unexpected state of preservation. CNA’s team coverage of the event was led by National Catholic Register Editor-in-Chief Shannon Mullen in tandem with CNA Senior Rome Correspondent Hannah Brockhaus and Joe Bukuras.
The agency also took top honors for Best Personality Profile – National Newspaper or Wire Service. In that category, CNA General Assignment Editor Zoe Romanowsky was recognized as the best in the business for her article “Fighting Euthanasia in Canada: Amanda Achtman is a millennial on a mission.” Achtman is the founder of Dying to Meet You, a project of cultural renewal that aims to “humanize our conversation on suffering, death, meaning, and hope.”
CNA further distinguished itself by winning CMA’s award for Best Coverage – Religious Liberty Issues. In that category, senior editor Daniel Payne, in tandem with Joe Bukuras and Tyler Arnold, were feted for their groundbreaking reporting on the FBI memo on investigating traditional Catholics. In the words of one of the CMA’s judges: “This package represents some of the best investigative and expository reporting I have ever read.”
The judge also credited the reporting for making the National Catholic Register “a player in the quest to demand reform in the FBI and to get the FBI to own up to its unjustified investigation of and besmirchment of practicing Catholics.”
The National Catholic Register also took top spot for Best Coverage – Pro life Issues. In that category, Lauretta Brown was recognized for her superlative “Moms on Campus” series on how Catholic institutions of higher education are helping to empower young women to choose life while pursuing degrees.
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