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2003 Wilbur Awards given to best religious programs in various media
2003-070-5
4/1/2003
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[Episcopal News Service]
The Boston Globe has been chosen the best major market newspaper by the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) in its annual Wilbur Awards competition. Religion reporter Michael Paulson receive the Wilbur for his stories about the clergy sexual abuse crisis of 2002. He was part of a team of eight Globe reporters that collaborated on an ongoing series, 'Crisis in the Catholic Church,' about the Roman Catholic Church's handling of sexually abusive priests.
For the fifth year in a row, The Dallas Morning News has won the Wilbur for newspaper religion sections. Tracey O'Shaughnessy has won her second Wilbur for her 'Sunday Reflections' column in The Republican-American newspaper of Waterbury, Connecticut. Other winners in the newspaper category include Diana Keough for her Cleveland Plain Dealer article, 'United They Stand,' and Matt Detrich for his photography, 'A Child Shall Lead Them,' in the Indianapolis Star.
The television drama Wilbur, awarded to 'The West Wing' in 2001 and 2002, goes this year to another Warner Brothers Television and John Wells production, 'Third Watch,' for its episode titled 'Unforgiven.' Other television winners include Religion & Ethics Newsweekly for its series 'Exploring Religious America'; WPBT Channel 2, North Miami, Florida, for its news feature 'Faith: One Year After 9/11'; and the National Film Board of Canada for its documentary 'The Pacifist Who Went to War.'
Other Wilbur winners are David Van Biema for his article 'The Legacy of Abraham' in TIME magazine; Jef Mallett for his United Media comic strip Frazz; Rodale Press for its book 'Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith'; and WHYY-FM in Philadelphia for 'Been There, Done That' with Marty Goldensohn.
Anne Ryder, co-anchor of WHTR-TV news in Indianapolis and a former Wilbur Award winner, will host the awards ceremony April 26 at the Artsgarden in Indianapolis in conjunction with the Religion Communicators Council's 2003 convention. Named for the Rev. Marvin C. Wilbur, a Presbyterian minister, the awards are presented each year by the RCC for excellence by secular media in featuring religious issues, themes and values.
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