The Record's Amy MacLachlan was the big winner at the annual Canadian Church Press awards in Winnipeg in May, taking three awards for three 2005 articles. She won first and third prize in the magazine news story category, for a story on bullying she wrote for Glad Tidings and for a piece on Sharia laws in Ontario. She received another first place in the narrative category for her Israel travelogue in October. The judge noted, "It addresses many of the fears of would-be travellers and shows how open and caring she found the people to be."
Editor David Harris received first place for his editorial Child Poverty Truly Threatens the Family. Columnist David Webber continued his winning ways with a first place citation for Chock Full of Surprises in the theological reflection category. Managing Editor Andrew Faiz received second place in humour for Searching for the Faith in Faith Books.
Designer Samantha Edwards received two second place awards for the whole December issue and for the travel package in October. The judge said Edwards had great skill in design, colour and choice of images. Various book reviews written by Art Van Seters, Douglas du Charme and Richard Topping garnered the Record a third place in the media review category.
Faiz received second place for his Pop Christianity column at the American Church Press awards in Florida in April. MacLachlan was also honoured for her bullying story.
