Leaders and communicators from around the Diocese of Brooklyn gathered on World Communications Day for a luncheon to honor Ed Wilkinson, editor of The Tablet, for his nearly 50 years of service to Catholic news in Brooklyn and Queens.

Wilkinson, who received the 2018 St. Francis DeSales Distinguished Communicator Award, spoke of the past, present and future of The Tablet and DeSales Media Group. He talked about complex issues, including the many changes in the diocese and the news business and the need to adapt without losing site of the paper’s mission. But in the end, he was able to boil everything down to a suprisingly simple statement of purpose. Read More

@ewilkinson_ed makes his speech at #WCD2018 https://t.co/YuSraym1hD

— The Tablet (@TabletNewspaper) May 9, 2018

Thank you for joining us at World Communications Day 2018! We would like to congratulate once again @ewilkinson_ed for being the recipient of the St. Francis DeSales Distinguished Communicator Award pic.twitter.com/FQJ1KBepme

— The Tablet (@TabletNewspaper) May 9, 2018