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Douglas Cannon
RCC member named United Methodist Communicator of the Year
A member of RCC's Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter has been named 2009 United Methodist Communicator of the Year.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
Robin Russell, managing editor of the United Methodist Reporter, Dallas, received the honor Oct. 22 in Nashville, Tenn., during the United Methodist Association of Communicators annual meeting.
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Nashville Chapter gets tips on using social media
Faith-based organizations can inexpensively reach multiple audiences through social media, members of RCC’s Nashville Chapter heard Oct. 22.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
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Wilbur Awards chair named to Odyssey Networks post
Wilbur Awards Chair Eric C. Shafer is taking a new position Jan. 1. He moves from senior pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Lansdale, Pa., to senior vice president of Odyssey Networks in New York City.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
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2009 scholarship student earns fellowship
One of the nine scholarship students who attended the 2009 RCC National Convention in Cambridge, Mass., received a $6,000 fellowship in October from The United Methodist Church.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
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Seminary class uses Speaking Faith as text
Students at New York's Union Theological Seminary learned about public relations this year by reading RCC's handbook.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
The deadline for entries to the DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards are: Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. http://tinyurl.com/yzbf2sp The DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards are given annually to active members of the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) who demonstrate excellence in religious communications and pu...blic relations. Paul Black Director of Communication Ministries IL Great Rivers UMC Conference UMCenter, 5900 South Second St. Springfield, IL 62711 217-529-2824 pblack@igrc.org Read More
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8 RCC members to lead RCCongress 2010 events http://www.religioncommunicators.org/mc/
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RCCongress 2010 is expected to draw nearly 1,000 religion communicators to the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile April 7-10 for learning, fellowship and business. RCC's 2010 National Convention will be part of the larger event.
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RCC members play major roles in planning RCCongress 2010 http://www.religioncommunicators.org/mc/
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RCC members are playing major roles in planning Religion Communication Congress 2010. Twenty-eight of the 36 people on the planning group for the April 7-10 event in Chicago are RCC members.
Douglas Cannon New York Times religion reporter looks for newsworthy items
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
New York Times religion reporter Paul Vitello said Sept. 22 that he tends to write about whatever is newsworthy rather than trying to cover New York’s spectrum of faith groups.
Douglas Cannon Award-winning designer tells Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter about typography
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Members of RCC’s Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter got tips Sept. 24 on how to use typography effectively from an award-winning publication designer for Dallas Theological Seminary.
Douglas Cannon Nashville communicators learn how local ministry to homeless developed
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
Members of RCC’s Nashville Chapter learned Sept. 16 how an outreach effort by one Music City congregation had grown into an areawide ministry to the homeless.
Douglas Cannon NPR reporter discusses Fingerprints of God
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Writing a book about religion "has been the most fascinating and most terrifying research in my 27 years of reporting," Barbara Bradley Hagerty told religion communicators in Washington Sept. 16.
Douglas Cannon Religion writer wants to know what makes Central Texas faith practices unique--The new Austin American-Statesman religion writer wants to know how people in Central Texas practice their faith and what makes those behaviors unique.
Source: www.religioncommunicators.org
Reporter Joshunda V. Sanders of the Austin American-Statesman talks to a guest following the Sept. 16 Central Texas Chapter meeting in Austin.
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I'm
looking for examples of local/regional faith communities using social
media (RSS, Facebook, Twitter) to meet specific ministry objectives.
Any leads?
Religion Communicators Council
Congratulations to Shirley Whipple Struchen, RCC's executive director, who has been named an honorary life member of the World Association for Christian Communication.
WACC's board awards honorary life membership to communicators who have served WACC, religious communications and the cause of communication rights throug...hout their careers and whose work is characterized by dedication, integrity and achievement.Read More
WACC's board awards honorary life membership to communicators who have served WACC, religious communications and the cause of communication rights throug...hout their careers and whose work is characterized by dedication, integrity and achievement.Read More
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RCC’s executive director has been named an honorary life member of the World Association for Christian Communication. Shirley Whipple Struchen, RCC’s part-time executive since 2001, is one of four communicators to be installed in 2010, WACC announced Aug. ...
