Diocesan News

Catholic Press Awards 2021

The Tablet and Nuestra Voz won a combined 68 awards during this year’s Catholic Media Conference. See the full list below.


The Tablet

 

Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues – Rights and Responsibilities
First Place
Coronavirus Backlash Felt in Local Chinatowns

Best Photo Story – News
First Place
At Long Last, Parishioners Return to Church for Prayers

Best Regular Column by Bishop or Archbishop
First Place
The Evil of Racism Must End Now; Dilemmas Catholics Face During an Election Year; The Constitutional Rights of our Parishioners to Exercise Their Faith / Nov. 14, 2020 Cabrini

Best News Writing One Shot – International Event
First Place
Nigeria’s Government Blamed for Not Preventing ‘Herdsmen’ Violence

Best Coverage – Religious Liberty Issues
First Place
Court Battle Against Gov. Cuomo Gets Second Wind; Diocese Takes Case to Supreme Court; Supreme Court Decision Against Cuomo Hailed As a ‘Landmark’

Best Multimedia Package – News
First Place
Human Trafficking Exposed

Best Multiple Picture Package – News
First Place
Brooklyn’s ‘Angels’ Among Us

Best Personality Profile – Diocesan Newspaper
First Place
God Has a Plan’

Best Coverage – Local Politics
Second Place
Group in a Suspension of Disbelief; Faith-Based Values Prevail in Election; A Conservative Voice in One of the Bluest States

Best Use of Graphics – Best Chart or Information Graphic
Second Place
The Cause for Father McGivney: His Road to Sainthood

Best Regular Column – Scripture
Second Place
A Miracle of Mass Generosity; He who Calms Every Storm And Hears Every Prayer; Real Faith Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer

Best Freestanding Presentation of Online Video – The Clergy
Second Place
Father Jorge Ortiz-Garay Begins Journey Home to His Final Resting Place in Mexico

Best Regular Column – Racial Inequities
Second Place
The Killing of Ahmaud Arbery; One Hundred Thousand Deaths … and Then One More; From George Floyd to George Washington

Best Photograph – Scenic, Still-life or Weather Photo
Second Place
Diocese’s Dazzling Display of Hope

Best Coverage – 2020 Election
Second Place
Catholic Iowa Democrats Weigh Choices; Harris Viewed as a Progressive Partisan with Conflicting Views; Trump-Pence 1st Term Record Leaves Catholic Leader With Mixed Feelings

Best Regular Column – Scripture
Third Place
Jesus’ Mission; The Sacred Banquet; He Knows our Unworthiness And Loves us Anyway

Best Use of Graphics – Best Original Illustration
Third Place
Dec. 26, 2020 – Nativity Scene Topper

Best Freestanding Presentation of Online Video – News
Third Place
MTA Workers Dealing With Horrid Conditions as COVID-19 Drives More Homeless Underground

Best Print Special Supplement – Regular Special Supplement
Third Place
The Tablet Jr.

Best In-Depth News/Special Reporting – Diocesan Newspaper
Third Place
Human Trafficking: An American Epidemic

Best News Writing on a Local or Regional Event – Series
Third Place
Columbus Day Goes Virtual; Mother Cabrini To be Honored; Statue of Mother Cabrini Unveiled; One Hopeful Moment During A Devastating Year for NYers; An Inside Look at the Creation of the new Mother Cabrini Statue

Best Reporting of Social Justice Issues – Rights and Responsibilities
Honorable Mention
Brooklyn Diocese Starts Work on Path To Reopen

Best Coverage – Immigration
Honorable Mention
Texas Catholics Decry Governor’s Decision to Spurn Refugees; St. Francis College Valedictorian’s ‘Refugee’ Story

Best Freestanding Presentation of Online Video – Depiction of Religious Life
Honorable Mention
Sisters’ Work During 1918 Spanish Flu Seen as Model for Crisis Today

Best Reporting on a Special Age-Group – Young Adults (18-40)
Honorable Mention
Young Musician Is in Tune With Ministry

Best Layout of Article or Column – Diocesan
Honorable Mention
A Look Back: The Tablet Reports on the 19th Amendment

Best Editorial on a Local Issue – Diocesan Newspaper
Honorable Mention
Is Governor Cuomo Contradicting Himself?

Best News Writing on a Local or Regional Event – One Shot
Honorable Mention
The Tablet, Coronavirus and Mass Incarceration

Best Multiple Picture Package – News
Honorable Mention
Drawing Attention to a True Artist

Best Story and Photo Package
Honorable Mention
Brooklyn’s ‘Angels’ Among Us


Nuestra Voz

Spanish Publication of the Year
First Place
Nuestra Voz

Best Reporting – On Latin America
First Place
“Terremotos en Puerto Rico afectan a feligreses locales”, ” Lo peor para la Isla del Encanto podría estar aún por llegar”

Best Multiple Picture Package – News
First Place
Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Desborda Concatedral de Brooklyn

Spiritual Life
First Place
“VIVE BIEN, VIVE MEJOR”

Best Editorial
First Place
¿Un Verano Perdido?

Best Coverage – Treatment of Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate
First Place
Elkin Tamayo se hizo diácono por el llamado del Señor… y de su señora”, “Diácono John Solarte: El llamado que transformó su vida en medio del ataque terrorista en Nueva York”, “La vocación y el milagro de vida del padre Joseph Dután”

Pandemic
First Place
Historias

Best Story and Photo Package
First Place
“Artistas comparten anécdotas sobre la creación de la estatua de Madre Cabrini”

Best News Writing- National/International Event
First Place
Programas financiados por USCCB brindan esperanza a venezolanos en Colombia”

Best Reporting – On a Local Issue
First Place
“Sin rastro de demanda…”

Best Writing – In-Depth
Second Place
“El racismo; la explosiva crisis social de EE.UU.”

Best Reporting – On a Local Issue
Second Place
El Nuevo Pecado, Según El Papa Francisco: Recicla Y Arrepiéntete

Best News Writing- National/International Event
Second Place
“El tráfico humano: una epidemia americana”

Best Editorial Page
Second Place
Una Invitación A Dialogar, Por Qué No Respaldamos Candidatos Presidenciales

General Commentary
Second Place
La absurda muerte de Ahmaud Arbery; La vida, la libertad y la búsqueda de la felicidad

Religious Life
Second Place
Crónicas Misioneras

Best Photograph – Color
Second Place
Épico día de fe en Brooklyn

Best reporting on Catholic education
Second Place
Diócesis de Brooklyn anuncia cierre de seis escuelas”

Best reporting on the Celebration of a sacrament
Second Place
Pandemia No Puede Impedir Que Los Adultos Reciban Los Sacramentos

Best Coverage – Immigration
Second Place
Tres inmigrantes dan un paso importante en su peregrinar al sacerdocio”, “Lideres católicos se unen a campaña comunitaria para ayudar a inmigrantes durante crisis del COVID-19”, “Solicitantes de asilo en el limbo debido a las políticas de Trump”

Best Personality Profile
Second Place
Sacerdote Del Santo Niño Jesús Pedalea ‘100 Millas De Esperanza’

Best Reporting – On Family
Third Place
“La sencillez que hace brillar lo esencial”, “¿La infidelidad invalida el matrimonio católico?”, “¿Por qué la boda en el jardín no es para católicos?”

Best Personality Profile
Third Place
Nuestra Voz, Mons. Nicholas DiMarzio: medio siglo de servicio fiel

General Commentary
Third Place
CINE DE VALORES

Best Coverage – Pandemic
Third Place
La guerra contra el coronavirus; Panorama global del coronavirus; Tambaleante reapertura económica del país, advierten nuevLos políticos, los científicos y la pandemia: ¿Quién lleva la delantera? os riesgos;

Best Interview
Third Place
Familia Del Padre Jorge Aún No Tiene Su Cuerpo

Bishop’s Column
Third Place
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, “Remar Mar Adentro”

Best Coverage – Disaster or Crisis
Third Place
La Fracturada Reapertura Económica De Estados Unidos, La Cadena Alimenticia Se Rompe, Reina La Necesidad En Medio Del Desperdicio, El Coronavirus Desploma La Economía De América Latina

Best Reporting on Vocations to Priesthood, Religious Life or Diaconate
Third Place
Diócesis de Brooklyn ordena cuatro nuevos sacerdotes

Bishop’s Column
Honorable Mention
REMAR MAR ADENTRO

Best Essay Reflecting on Faith Formation
Honorable Mention
Derecho y Vida

Best Feature Writing
Honorable Mention
“Se debate la idea de desfinanciar a la policía”
“Los papas de Netflix y los de Roma”

Best In-Depth Analysis
Honorable Mention
“Fe y cultura relativista”

Best Reporting – On Immigration
Honorable Mention
Unidos en la diversidad: Brooklyn tecnicolor en la misa del Día del Migrante; Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe desborda Concatedral de Brooklyn; El diácono Paulo Salazar y su esposa conocieron cómo se manifiesta el Señor aún en medio del dolor

Best Reporting – On a Local Issue
Honorable Mention
“Iglesia San Pedro Claver: fe y legado del la comunidad afroamericana en Brooklyn”
“Arrendatarios enfrentan tiempos difíciles, pero uno comparte sus bendiciones”

Best Reporting on Social Justice Issues – Life and Dignity of the Human Person
Honorable Mention
“El coronavirus y la cárcel: cómo la Iglesia hacer brillar la luz de Cristo en el aislamiento”