CHURCH OF IRELAND PRESS OFFICE
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PRESS RELEASE
13 May 2004
CHURCH COMMUNICATORS WIN ‘OSCARS’
The Church of Ireland today acknowledged the tremendous contribution
made by magazine editors and website managers in the development
of church communications in its 1100 parishes and 12 dioceses and
in the wider community.
At the General Synod in Armagh, Archbishop Robin Eames presented
the Church’s ‘Oscars’ for best parish magazine,
best diocesan magazine, best parish website, best cathedral website
and best diocesan website.
Archbishop Eames said: “The standard of presentation and
expertise across all these media is excellent. I congratulate the
winners and acknowledge the tremendous work that is done by editors,
distributors and contributors in making communications more effective
in parishes and dioceses.”
The Annual Magazine and Website Competition judges this year were:
Rev Dr Bert Tosh, BBC (NI); Mrs Rosalind Rogers, Head of the School
of Communications UUJ, Mr Rodney Miller, Chartered Designer, and
Mr Jonathan Martin, Managing Director, J Martin Associates.
Rev Dr Bert Tosh, Head of Religious Broadcasting, BBC (NI), said: “The
challenges facing editors who faithfully produce magazines and
websites are acute. They are to be commended for making the effort
with such dedication. However in many magazines more attention
should be given to design and lay out to make these more user friendly.
Such changes do not need to be drastic or expensive!”
The leading website judge, Mr Jonathan Martin, Managing Director
of J Martin Associates, said: “It was good to see so many
websites promoting the work of the Church of Ireland. The quality
was very high which made the scoring difficult but challenging.
I am encouraged by the work done to date and would recommend that
parishes without a site should consider developing one. It isn’t
as difficult as you would imagine, why not give it a try.”
Click here for the Competition winners
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