ELCA NEWS SERVICE April 4, 2008 Lutheran Communicators Win 2008 Derose-Hinkhouse Awards 08-036-FI CHANTILLY, Va. (ELCA) -- The Religion Communicators Council (RCC) honored several Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) communicators April 3 here at its annual DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards program. ELCA staff received three "Best in Class" awards for an advertising campaign, Internet communication and a multimedia presentation. "ELCA Brand Campaign-Denver" won a Best in Class award and an Award of Excellence in public relations/advertising campaign for ELCA Communication Services, Chicago, staff John Kho, Kristi Bangert, Ben McDonald Coltvet, Janice Rizzo and Barbara Andrews. Len Mason, ELCA Communication Services, accepted a Best in Class award and an Award of Excellence in Internet communication for "Free in Christ to Care for the Neighbor: Lutheran Youth Talk about Human Sexuality." The Best in Class award and an Award of Excellence for a multimedia presentation went to Susan Edison-Swift, ELCA Development Services, Chicago, and Karen Dersnah, ELCA Communication Services, for the CD-ROM "ELCA World Hunger: Go and Do Likewise." RCC recognized communicators for outstanding communication projects in 10 general categories. RCC is an international interfaith association of religion communicators in print and electronic communication, marketing and public relations. DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial awards are given annually to active RCC members who demonstrate excellence in religion communication and public relations. The awards are named in honor of the late Victor DeRose and the late Paul M. Hinkhouse, leading lithographers in New York and longtime friends of RCC. RCC gives Awards of Excellence as its top awards within each category. Other awards, such as Certificates of Merit and honorable mentions, are also presented. Ava Odom Martin, ELCA Communication Services, and Tim Frakes, Tim Frakes Productions, received an Award of Excellence in video, documentary/educational for "The Life of Apostle Peter" with Rick Steves. Staff of ELCA Development Services won two Awards of Excellence: + Public Relations Campaign: Edison-Swift, "2007 ELCA World Hunger Interpretation" + Integrated Marketing Campaign: Scott Hendrickson, Irene Powers and Edison-Swift, "ELCA Good Gifts Catalog" Women of the ELCA staff collected two Awards of Excellence for its Web sites: + Elizabeth McBride and Deborah Bogaert, "Cafe--Stirring the Spirit Within (http://www.boldcafe.org/)" + Bonnie B. Belasic and Bogaert, "Come to the Waters," Seventh Triennial Gathering Web site (http://womenoftheELCA.org/tg08/) Staff of Lutheran World Relief (LWR), Baltimore, won four Awards of Excellence: + National Newsletter: Daniel Lee, "TOTO To Others, Through Others: LWR's Quarterly Newsletter" + Video, Promotional/Informational: Erik Piisila, "Ordinary to Extraordinary" + Graphic Design, Art and Photography: Piisila, Eco-Palm Poster and Flyer + Advertising Campaign: Emily Sollie, Lee and Piisila, "Divine Campaign" --- The complete list of DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Award winners is at http://www.religioncommunicators.org/derose_hinkhouse/derose_hink house.html on the Web. For information contact: John Brooks, Director (773) 380-2958 or [log in to unmask] http://www.elca.org/news ELCA News Blog: http://www.elca.org/news/blog