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LifeWay communications team receives awards for '08 work
Awards come from various professional organizations
Ragan Communications
Ragan Recognition Awards
Kelly Shrout
- Grand Prize, best nonprofit magazine for "LifeLines" (unavailable online).
Baptist Communicators Association
Wilmer C. Fields Awards Competition
Kent Harville
- 1st place, photography division, newspaper/newsletter single for "They Shall Rise Up and Call Her Blessed."
- 1st place, photography division, newspaper/newsletter series for "Living Lives on Mission."
- 1st place, photography division, magazine series for "Outreach in Uganda."
- 2nd place, photography division, magazine single for "Let the Little Children Come to Me."
- 2nd place, photography division, other media electronic for "Taking a Leap."
Polly House
- 1st place, news writing division, single article-magazine for "VBS 2009 themes announced."
Brooklyn Noel Lowery
- 2nd place, feature writing division, single article-magazine for "Sand and Light: Spring breakers share rides, pancakes, and Jesus at Beach Reach" (unavailable online).
- Honorable mention, news writing division, series or package - online publication for "Campers challenged to ‘Pay the price’ at Centrifuge."
Rob Phillips
- 1st place, news writing division, first person column for "Death and life in the Valley of Camarones."
Russ Rankin
- 1st place, feature writing division, single article-magazine for "Neo-Nazi finds freedom in prison."
Kelly Shrout
- 1st place, photography division, magazine single for "Hope for Rwanda."
- 2nd place, news writing division, single article-magazine for "LifeWay mission volunteers lead more than 5,000 to Christ in 2007."
- Honorable mention (with Russ Rankin), audio-visual division, podcast for "Lifecast – Oliver North" (unavailable online).
Chris Turner
- 1st place (with Brooklyn Noel Lowery and Russ Rankin), audio-visual communications division, podcast for "Inside LifeWay."
Religious Communicators Council
DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards
Polly House
- Award of Excellence, writing category 6 / magazine article, series for "VBS Outrigger Island: Waves of success in reaching people for Christ."
- Certificate of Merit, writing category 2 / newspaper or magazine news, series for "Lifeboxes give our military heroes a positive sign that churches care."
Katie Shull
- Award of Excellence, graphic design, art and photography category 2 / design, publication cover for "Facts & Trends, May/June 2008."
