The ultimate criterion for the awards was ‘brilliance in communication about faith and religion with fairness and professionalism, honesty and respect.’
Two Epoch Times journalists accepted awards on April 25 for work exposing human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and efforts to support Jews in war-ravaged Israel.
The honors were presented during the annual convention of the Religion Communicators Council in Salt Lake City.
Reporter Eva Fu, who splits her time between New York and Washington, received the 2025 Wilbur Award. It’s the top honor bestowed by the council and is presented annually to recognize the most outstanding work in the communication of religious issues, values, and themes in secular media.
Fu was chosen for the award because of her work exposing how the Chinese Communist Party silences its grisly practice of harvesting vital organs for a thriving transplant business. The regime takes organs from healthy prisoners of conscience to sell to patients who travel to the country for transplants, Epoch Times reports have documented.
Epoch Times reporter Dan Berger, who’s based in the Atlanta area, received an Award of Excellence at the event. The honor highlights entries deemed to be of excellent quality and unquestionably worthy of recognition, the council said.
Berger’s work that was recognized detailed how American Jews showed support for Israel by traveling to the nation to volunteer during wartime.
The council’s awards spotlighted exceptional work published in 2024 by 20 media outlets in the fields of print and online journalism, book publishing, podcasts, radio, television, and film.
Winners of the awards were selected by juries of media professionals based on content, creativity, impact, and excellence in communicating religious values. The ultimate criterion is “brilliance in communication about faith and religion with fairness and professionalism, honesty and respect,” the organization said in a press release.
“I am impressed with the entries this year, which are heartening in how they approach topics of faith … with a desire to foster understanding and connectedness,” said the organization’s awards coordinator Brad Pomerance.
“Their work reflects our convention’s theme of ‘cooperation through communication’ and is evidence of the important role of communication in building bridges among various groups.”
By Nanette Holt
