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American Catholic Online and ViewSource Media receives statewide award

(Cincinnati, OH -- June 27, 1997) -- (Cincinnati, OH -- December 4, 1997) - American Catholic Online and ViewSource Media received second place for best Web site in the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards competition in Cleveland September 20. The web site (www.AmericanCatholic.org ) is a ministry of St. Anthony Messenger Press and Franciscan Communications, a Franciscan publisher in Cincinnati. First place was awarded to the Cincinnati Enquirer. More than 440 journalists from 70 publications entered a broad range of categories related to print publishing. American Catholic Online is the site of the online edition of St. Anthony Messenger magazine. It was judged second best Web site in the state in the 100,000-plus circulation category.

The judges were from the Denver chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists and the Colorado Press club. They singled out the look and feel of American Catholic Online in their comments: "Exceptionally attractive look to this site. Good use of color, text and graphics, and nice application of frames technology. The site feels mellow, unintimidating and uncluttered."

"From the very beginning of our relationship with St. Anthony Messenger it has been our mission to establish it as a premier Catholic resource on the Web," John Harris stated, ViewSource Media's president and creative director. "The first goal was to bring the same high-level journalistic and design qualities to the online product as it has in all its wide print products, therefore, leveraging both mediums."

John Bookser Feister, editor of American Catholic Online, commented, "We're thrilled to do so well competing against large daily newspapers that have large budgets and have entire staffs working on their web sites. We see the Internet as a new and important way to spread the gospel. We want to use the medium effectively. This tells us we are on the right track."

ViewSource Media is an integrated marketing communications firm known for blending creative solutions with the latest technology. The company provides Internet, integrated marketing communications and eCommerce solutions, including Web design and programming, for consumer and business-to-business clients including WGUC Cincinnati's Classical Public Radio, The Contemporary Arts Center, Champion Window, Mercy Health Partners, Graeter's Ice Cream, Oxydol, Shure-Glue Systems, Inc., and Magnode . ViewSource Media is based in Cincinnati and serves clients throughout the United States.