The Alabama Baptist, other state Baptist entities win awards

For the 21st consecutive year, The Alabama Baptist has been named among the top regional Christian newspapers in the nation. Below is a list of awards won by The Alabama Baptist and other state Baptist entities based on work published in 2016.

The Alabama Baptist
• The Alabama Baptist overall by TAB staff — award of excellence, best in class: print: regional newspaper (ACP); first place, overall print publication: state Baptist newspaper (BCA); award of merit, periodicals: newspaper, local or regional (RCC)

• The Alabama Baptist single issue by TAB staff — award of merit, periodicals: single issue: newspaper, local or regional (RCC)

• “Faith and Family” by Carrie Brown McWhorter, Lauren C. Grim and TAB staff — award of excellence, reporting and writing: department: print media (ACP); award of merit, writing for publication: newspaper feature: series (RCC)

• The Alabama Baptist overall design by Lauren C. Grim and TAB — first place, design: state Baptist newspaper (BCA); award of merit, newspaper design (ACP)

• Newspaper front page (Jan. 28, 2016) by Lauren C. Grim — second place, design: newspaper front page (BCA); award of merit, newspaper front page (ACP)

• “Mocking the Alabama Supreme Court” by Bob Terry — first place, news writing: opinion/editorial (BCA); third place, higher goals awards: editorial (EPA)

• “A Lesson from the First Century Church” by Bob Terry — honorable mention, theological: biblical interpretation: all media (ACP)

• “Gambling” series by TAB staff — first place, news writing: series (BCA)

• “Prison Ministry” series by TAB staff — third place, news writing/series (BCA)

• “Doing Missions Behind Bars” by Jennifer Davis Rash — award of merit, writing for publication: miscellaneous (RCC)

• “IMB cuts” by Jennifer Davis Rash — third place, news writing: single article: short (BCA)

• “Rashional Thoughts — When Reporters Get It Wrong” by Jennifer Davis Rash — third place, feature writing: first-person column (BCA)

• “What’s it worth?” photo spread by Neisha Roberts — award of merit, photo spread: newspaper/newsletter/news service (ACP)

• “Undone Redone” by Grace Thornton — second place, news writing: single article: long (BCA)

• “Pride Aside” by Grace Thornton — first place, feature writing: single article: short (BCA)

• “Volunteers Fill Food Bags for Children” by Hannah Muñoz — second place, student news writing/single article (BCA); third place, student photography: single photo (BCA)

• “Read TAB Day” by Bethany Rogers and Debbie Campbell — award of merit, public relations/marketing: video (ACP)

Samford University
• “175 Years of Samford University” — third place, video: promotion less than three minutes (BCA)

• “Inside Samford” — third place, print publication: other (BCA)

• “2014–15 Annual Report” — first place, print collateral: annual report (BCA); second place, print publication: other (BCA); award of merit, public relations materials: annual report (RCC)

Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions
• “Church and Sexuality Conference” by Office of Communications Services — first place, communications/marketing: less than $25,000 budget (BCA)

• BCMLink.org by Brian Harris and Bethany Rogers — third place, website: organization or company site-adapted template (BCA)

• “YEC Snapchat” by Brian Harris — third place, social media: single post (BCA)

• “Doug Vance, Disaster Relief Volunteer” by Doug Rogers and Bethany Rogers — first place, video: editorial feature more than three minutes (BCA)

• “2016 Missions Volunteer of the Year” by Doug Rogers and Bethany Rogers — third place, video: editorial feature more than three minutes (BCA)

• “Tim Haney — Grace from Tragedy” by Doug Rogers and Bethany Rogers — third place, video: other (BCA)

• “Pursue 2017” by Bethany Rogers — first place, promotion and advertising: digital ad: series (BCA)

• “Disaster Hit Home Ad” by Doug Rogers — first place, promotion or advertising copy (BCA)

• “And Suddenly, Conflict Broke Out” by Doug Rogers — first place, scripts (BCA)

• “It All Makes Sense” by Jesse Conte — third place, promotion and advertising: direct mail (BCA)

First Baptist Church, Montgomery
• “Children’s Hope Brochure” by Amanda Smith — second place, print collateral brochure (BCA)

• “Faithful Giving” by Amanda Smith — first place, promotion and advertising: poster or flyer (BCA)

• “Our First Priority” by Amanda Smith — third place, book (BCA)

Tuscaloosa Baptist Association
• Tuscaloosacba.com by Bethany Rogers — first place, website: organization or company site-adapted template (BCA)

Other
• “The Belle Belle Story” by Jennifer Davis Rash and Bethany Rogers — first place, video: other (BCA)

• “Faith and Family: Miscarriage first-person” by Lisa Keane for TAB — honorable mention, reporting and writing: personal experience: newspaper/newsletter (ACP)

• TAB Media Kit by Cummings Creative with direction by Bill Gilmore and Lauren Grim — second place, design: media kit (BCA)

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Associated Church Press (ACP) — Baptist Communicators Association (BCA) — Evangelical Press Association (EPA) — Religion Communicators Council (RCC)