The Hawaii Catholic Herald won seven Catholic Media Association awards this year for work done in 2020.
The newly renamed CMA (formerly the Catholic Press Association) held its second virtual Catholic Media Conference June 8-10. This year’s media awards were announced in a pre-recorded video shown during a Zoom awards ceremony on June 10.
Like last year, the CMA organized a three-day virtual conference with Zoom workshops, regional publication roundtables and keynote talks from Word on Fire’s Bishop Robert Barron, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington, and a Vatican panel including Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
There were about 3,000 entries in the awards contest this year from across North America. Here’s what the Hawaii Catholic Herald, the Diocese of Honolulu’s biweekly newspaper, won:
Second place
- Best reporting on vocations to priesthood, religious life or diaconate: “The hermit of Haiku” by Anna Weaver. Judges’ comment, “The Hermit of Haiku is an outstanding article displaying how a vocation turns your life in many directions.”
Third place
- Best photograph — Catholic education: “St. John Vianney School, Kailua, preschoolers and siblings Keilani and Alika Kuchler hold hands as they walk to class together on July 28, 2020.” Photo by Anna Weaver, accompanying story by Anna Weaver. Judges’ comment, “The ability to capture the moment is key in a photographer’s work. This is a great example: a tender moment captured in an image that goes directly to the heart.”
- Best annual report — (Arch) Diocesan Finances: Diocesan Stewardship Report
Honorable mention
- Best electronic newsletter — The Latest, the Herald’s biweekly e-newsletter.
- Best regular column — general commentary: “View from the Pew” by Mary Adamski.
- Best reporting on vocations to priesthood, religious life or diaconate — “Diocese’s retired priests are a diverse group,” by Patrick Downes.
- Best photograph — vocations to the priesthood, religious life or diaconate: Photo of Father Ed Barut fist bumping newly ordained transitional deacon Ace Tui, by Anna Weaver.
