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CHICAGO ? Members of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s communications team received awards from the Baptist Communicators Association during the group’s annual workshop, held April 6-9 in Chicago.
Russell Lightner, the convention’s graphic artist, won second-place honors in the design division, news and information category, for his design of “Cm Elements,” a booklet promoting the services of the SBTC’s Church Ministries department.
Jerry Pierce, communications associate and managing editor of the Southern Baptist TEXAN, won second place in the feature writing division, single article (newspaper or newsletter), for the story “Given slim hope, burn victim beating odds” (Dec. 28, 2009 TEXAN).
Also, Lightner and Pierce accepted the first-place award in the design division, state Baptist newspapers, for the Southern Baptist TEXAN.
The judging panel included 19 communications professionals from news organizations such as Reuters and Crosswalk.com, from churches, design firms, and from university faculties. Awards were given in public relations and development, interactive communications, audio-visual communications, photography, news and feature writing, and design.
