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Where’s That Horn to Toot?


EPAAwardsofExcellence.jpgSomewhere between the release of Miley Cyrus’ racy new video and Iron Man 2′s $128 million weekend, Plugged In learned it won the Evangelical Press Association’s Award of Excellence for best online publication. Paul Asay, one of our associate editors, also earned recognition for his Not Just a Movie series we published last year. It won the EPA’s Article Series category in the Higher Goals division.

Now, ordinarily, we’d try to pretend that awards don’t mean much to us (“What, another one?” we’d sigh), but this award—coming as it did after Plugged In underwent a challenging, sometimes painful, top-to-bottom redesign—was deeply appreciated. Our team worked for months to make sure the site met our—and your—standards, and to be honest, we’re still making tweaks. But we feel like we’re consistently giving you some of the best information about entertainment that’s available in just about the best package possible. And it seems that the EPA agrees with that assessment.

But as much as we’d like to continue to pat ourselves on the back, Plugged In was just one of several Focus on the Family titles to win EPA awards this year. Clubhouse Jr. won the Award of Excellence in the Youth division, and Clubhouse was given an Award of Merit in the same category. As for Higher Goals winners (it’s an EPA category devoted to individual achievements), there were quite a few, so check out the complete list on the EPA website if you want to.

We thank the EPA for its consideration of our work. But it wouldn’t mean much if people like you weren’t reading what we write, and watching and listening to what we produce. The greatest honor we can receive is your loyalty. So thank you. And we look forward to years and years more of sharing with you and hearing back from you, too. That means a whole lot more to us than a boatload of “Best of” hardware.