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Reply (Jessica Goudeau who won a Christopher Award for "After the Last Border.") Austin-based author Jessica Goudeau received a Christopher Award for After the Last Border: Two Families and the Story of Refuge in America (Viking/Penguin Random House). It is one of 12 books for adults and young people by 17 authors and illustrators honored as the Awards mark their 72nd year. The authors join creators of 10 winning TV/Cable and feature films. Goudeau chronicles the lives of two refugees—Mu Naw a Christian from Myanmar and Hasna, a Muslim from Syria—who escape violence and persecution in the...

2021 Christopher Award winners celebrate diverse stories of courage, faith, compassion and hope Here’s the latest from the crossroads of faith, media & culture: 04/14/21 72nd annual Christopher Award winners announced. COVID-19 has again scuttled the in-person event but the virus hasn’t stopped the Catholic organization from proceeding with, as it has done since instituting the awards in 1949, celebrating media artists whose work “affirms the highest values of the human spirit” and reflects the Christopher motto that “It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.” ...

72nd Annual Christopher Award Winners Celebrate Courage, Faith, And Hope Creators of 22 films, TV programs and books to receive recognition News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- From the heroism of front line workers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, to stories of black patriots during the American Revolution, to a "General Hospital" star's struggles with mental illness, the 22 films, TV programs, and books for adults and young people being honored with Christopher Awards in the program's 72 nd year highlight the life-chang...

Feb 25, 2021 8:23 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson’s exploration of racism in the United States, and “The Dead are Arising,” an acclaimed biography of Malcolm X, are among this year’s nominees for awards presented by the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project. The project announced Thursday that Wilkerson is a finalist for the Lukas Book Prize, along with Becky Cooper’s “We Keep the Dead Close,” Seyward Darby’s “Sisters in Hate,” Barton Gellman’s “Dark Mirror” and Jessica Goudeau’s “After the Last Border.” The Luk...