Finney double winner at 2011 Catholic Media Convention

Clarion Herald executive editor Peter Finney Jr. won two awards at the 2011 Catholic Media Convention in Pittsburgh June 22-24:

Third Place Individual Excellence Writer/Editor (all membership classes)

Judging for this category was based on a submission of five articles or columns.  cleanly written. Fascinating characters. Great use of quotations. And a great ability to tell human stories. They read like mini profiles both of the man writing and the men being written about. Details are vivid, the diction rich.”

Third Place News Writing (newspapers, circulation over 40,000)

“Benedictine monks seek to bury state casket law”

The judges said: “I liked the unusual topic and thought it was a well-told story.”

To read the winning entries, go to www.clarionherald.org.