Richmond | The Illinois Baptist team was cited for excellence in journalism and design at the 2024 Baptist Communicators Association awards held in Richmond, Virginia April 23-25. The annual gathering of journalists and media specialists from SBC entities recognizes achievements for a wide range of publications and multimedia.
The IBSA team received first place nods for Editorial, “Asbury’s Tik-Tok Revival” (Eric Reed); Feature writing, “Behind the Curtain” (Ben Jones); IBSA.org redesign (Nic Cook); Newspaper design (Kris Kell); Newswriting, “Protecting Kids” (Lisa Misner); Newswriting Package, “SBC Convention Coverage” (Team).
In addition, Jones’s article was recognized with the Frank Burkhalter Award for exceptional achievement in newswriting. And the Team received the Leonard Holloway Award for “Ballot Boxing,” coverage of the 2023 SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans.