Newspaper receives Catholic Press awards

Published: June 25, 2018

Arkansas Catholic received six Catholic Press Association awards during the 2018 Catholic Media Conference hosted by the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin June 15.

• Editor Malea Hargett got three writing awards: first place for best pro-life coverage for small weekly newspapers, honorable mention for feature writing for small weekly newspapers and shared a third-place award with associate editor Aprille Hanson for best reporting on ecumenical and interfaith issues. For her first-place coverage of the executions in April 2017, the judges said, “The stories of execution are gruesome and told with detail. Yet telling them is a moral imperative borne by the author and paper that effectively expands the Church’s pro-life teaching.”
• Associate editor Aprille Hanson also earned second place for best reporting on young adults.
• Production manager Emily Roberts earned first place for the best promotional house ad for the newspaper’s 2017 circulation campaign. The judges said, “This ad offers a compelling value proposition that is creatively reflected in the design. It elicits the desire to experience the product it promotes.”
• Website director Tara Little earned third place for best diocesan website.

Arkansas Catholic is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock. It has printed the statewide Catholic newspaper since 1911. In recent years, it added the Arkansas Catholic website, digital edition, the Diocese of Little Rock website, presence on social media and an e-mail newsletter. The newspaper is a member of the Catholic Press Association, which has nearly 250 publication members and 600 individual members across the United States and Canada.