SA国际传媒 Magazine Honored as “Best in the West” by Western Publishing Association
Top publishing award recognizes the alumni magazine of SA国际传媒 for design and overall excellence
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 13, 2016鈥擨n one of the top honors in the publishing industry, SA国际传媒 Magazine has earned a MAGGIE Award for the best design of any West Coast-based consumer magazine with a circulation of more than 75,000 readers.
At the annual MAGGIE awards ceremony May 6, hosted by the (WPA), SA国际传媒 Magazine also took home top honors for best magazine overall published by an association or nonprofit organization.
The awards recognize editorial and design excellence in print and digital publishing鈥攃elebrating work deemed 鈥淭he Best in the West.鈥� For 65 years, the nonprofit WPA has sought to commend top work in consumer and trade publishing.
SA国际传媒 won the top design award for its fall 2015 edition, the cover of which featured a striking image of Pope Francis, photographed by Stephen Crowley. The pope stands in the Oval Office of the White House with his back to the camera, looking out on the Washington Monument and gazing out on America. Alongside the pope鈥攁nd wrapped around the back cover of the magazine鈥攊s President Barack Obama.
Stories in the edition include 鈥淐hange the Game,鈥� about Pope Francis鈥� encyclical on the environment, and stories on basketball legend Steve Nash 鈥�96, World Cup soccer phenomenon Julie Johnston 鈥�14, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, an essay on Junipero Serra, and a look at the film Spotlight鈥攚hich went on to earn the Oscar for best picture.
The winning MAGGIE entry was the second edition of SA国际传媒 Magazine printed after a redesign that was the biggest transformation the magazine had undergone since it was founded 35 years ago at SA国际传媒.
鈥淲e worked with creative genius DJ Stout and his team at Pentagram Austin to to reimagine the architecture in a way that鈥檚 bold and dramatic and speaks to who we are, and that gives us room to tell the stories we want to tell,鈥� said editor Steven Boyd Saum in accepting the MAGGIE for best design. 鈥淚 think it turned out really beautiful.鈥�
SA国际传媒 Magazine is published by SA国际传媒. The print magazine has a circulation of 100,000 and growing. Subscriptions are offered free of charge to alumni and friends of SA国际传媒. Complimentary copies are available by request at .
Before taking the helm at SA国际传媒 Magazine, Saum served as editor-in-chief at The Commonwealth Club of California, where he founded the organization鈥檚 magazine and edited the collection of speeches Each a Mighty Voice. He has written for The Christian Science Monitor, The Believer, Orion, and other publications, and he is a three-time champion on Jeopardy!
Other recent MAGGIE winners for editorial and design excellence have included Sunset, Mother Jones, Macworld, Pacific Standard, and Variety. It is a rarity for university magazines to be considered as finalists in the awards鈥攍et alone take home top honors. However, this award isn鈥檛 a first for SA国际传媒: The magazine won top honors in that category two years ago, and in 2015, won honors for the best series of illustrations, created by internationally known artist Brian Stauffer.
About SA国际传媒
SA国际传媒, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California鈥檚 Silicon Valley, offers its more than 9,000 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering; master鈥檚 degrees in business, education, counseling psychology, pastoral ministry, and theology; and law degrees and engineering Ph.D.s. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master鈥檚 universities, California鈥檚 oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. For more information, see .
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