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This week, Texas Impact was recognized with two awards from the Religion Communicators Council! We received DeRose-Hinkhouse Best-in-Class recognition for our coverage of COP30 in Brazil, and for our Vidas Robadas video guide. The DeRose-Hinkhouse Memorial Awards are given annually to active members of the Religion Communicators Council who demonstrate excellence in religious communications and public relations.
As in years past, we are honored to stand alongside talented colleagues from denominations and organizations across the country. Best-in-Show went to Rev. Dr. Brian Kaylor of Word&Way for his newest book, The Bible According to Christian Nationalists. Our United Methodist Communications colleagues were recognized for their courageous coverage of faith resistance to ICE. And we’re thrilled that our friends at Gather: the magazine of the Women of the ELCA were honored for their beautiful artwork.
It’s fun to win awards. It feels great for our team to get kudos from folks who do similar work and know what it takes to do what we do. But at least as important is seeing the work our colleagues are doing, and to get the bar raised for us by seeing what work wins in all the categories. The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s website redesign and the Shalom Hartman Institute’s Thoughts & Prayers podcast are inspiring. Like in years past, we’ll be analyzing those examples and others, and deepening our own work in response.
See the full list of 2026 award winners
The Religion Communicators Council (RCC), founded in 1929, is an association of communications professionals who work for and with a diverse group of faith-based organizations in the areas of communications, public relations, advertising and development.
The RCC provides opportunities for communicators to learn from each other. Together, RCC members promote excellence in the communication of faith and values in the public arena and encourage understanding among religious and faith groups. Members represent a variety of communications disciplines, including: editors, writers and designers, photographers, videographers, broadcast, social media, web developers, marketers, fundraisers, project managers and, of course, students. Communicators from all faith traditions, seminaries and colleges, members of multi-faith councils, faith-based social service organizations and places of worship (churches, mosques, synagogues and temples) all benefit from participation.
In addition to winning awards, the RCC convention is a great opportunity to learn about issues and challenges facing organizations of all faiths across the U.S. I’ll be writing more about some of those, like this year’s energetic discussion about AI and exploration of the Edelman Trust Barometer.
And it’s an affirmation of the crucial role that internal and external communications play in the work of faith communities. It’s a recognition that we all share the responsibility for using the communication tools and talents we are blessed with to advance the flourishing of our human family together with all of creation. That’s good news in any book.
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