Executive Editor Peter Finney Jr. wins the esteemed St. Francis de Sales award!

Award Guidelines

The St. Francis de Sales Award is the highest award the Catholic Press Association presents to an individual for their "outstanding contributions to Catholic journalism.” Members of the Catholic Press Association are encouraged to nominate someone who, in the preceding year or throughout their career, has performed with excellence and contributed to raising the professional standards of Catholic journalism.

Awards Standards

The St. Francis de Sales Award of the Catholic Press Association shall be given to the person who, in the preceding year or during the years of his/her journalism career, while on the staff of or as a contributor to a periodical which is a member of the Catholic Press Association, has performed the work of Catholic journalism either in general (for example, managing or editing a periodical) or in particular (for example, reporting) with such overall excellence or such originality or initiative, judged by that work's proper technical, intellectual, and practical-moral standards, as by his/her example to have contributed to raising the measure of performance of Catholic journalists, or to the development of new and more effective practices.

Congratulations Peter!

Peter Finney Jr. is the Executive Editor/General Manager of the Clarion Herald newspaper.
E-mail Address | pfinney@clarionherald.org
Phone Number | (504) 596-3035 | Fax: (504) 596-3020