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Line 30: − + − Derr also reported on educational developments for ''The Town Talk,'' including school [[Segregation|desegregation]] issues in the late 1960s. She covered an address given in 1966 at the Rapides Parish Coliseum by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] In 1969, she covered former [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s visit to the First [[Baptist]] Church of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana, where Johnson's maternal great-grandfather, George Washington Baines, had been the founding pastor in 1848. In the spring of 1976, Derr interviewed former [[Governor]] [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] in his presidential campaign stop in Pineville. Carter kissed her on the cheek as the interview closed.<ref name=derr>{{cite web|url=https://archive.is/20140424032025/http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110623/NEWS01/106230360/Helen-Derr-co-founder-Friendship-House-Alexandria-dies-92?odyssey|title=Helen Derr, co-founder of Friendship in Alexandria, dies at 92 |publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |accessdate=June 26, 2011 }}</ref> − + − Herself a [[Presbyterian]], she won in 1972 the national Presbyterian Church award for religion reporting. She also earned awards from the national and state Federations of Press Women. In 1977, the Alexandria Ministerial Alliance honored her as "the Cenla [Central Louisiana] Prophet with the [[Bible]] in one hand and a newspaper in the other." During that ceremony, Jim Cole, the editor of ''The Baptist Message'', praised Derr for helping to "break down the walls between denominations. Helen Derr has been a 'Johnny Unite-us' in Central Louisiana."<ref name=derr/>
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==Journalism career==
==Journalism career==
Derr also reported on educational developments for ''The Town Talk,'' including school [[Segregation|desegregation]] issues in the late 1960s. She covered an address given in 1966 at the Rapides Parish Coliseum by [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] In 1969, she covered former [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s visit to the First [[Baptist]] Church of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], Louisiana, where Johnson's maternal great-grandfather, George Washington Baines, had been the founding pastor in 1848. In the spring of 1976, Derr interviewed former [[Governor]] [[Jimmy Carter]] of [[Georgia]] in his presidential campaign stop in Pineville. Carter kissed her on the cheek as the interview closed.<ref name=derr>{{cite web|url=https://archive.is/20140424032025/http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110623/NEWS01/106230360/Helen-Derr-co-founder-Friendship-House-Alexandria-dies-92?odyssey|title=Helen Derr, co-founder of Friendship in Alexandria, dies at 92 |publisher=''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk'' |accessdate=June 26, 2011 }}</ref>
In 1967, Derr won the national award for "Excellence in Religion Reporting" from the Religious Public Relations Council. Only two newspapers in the country were recognized by the group for their religion coverage that year, ''The Town Talk'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=derr/> In July 1977, Derr retired from ''The Town Talk'' at the age of fifty-eight. She then taught journalism at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville and wrote for the [[Roman Catholic]] publication, ''The Church Today''.<ref name=derr/>
In 1967, Derr won the national award for "Excellence in Religion Reporting" from the Religious Public Relations Council. Only two newspapers in the country were recognized by the group for their religion coverage that year, ''The Town Talk'' and ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref name=derr/> In July 1977, Derr retired from ''The Town Talk'' at the age of fifty-eight. She then taught journalism at [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville and wrote for the [[Roman Catholic]] publication, ''The Church Today''.<ref name=derr/>
==Church and civic affairs==
==Church and civic affairs==
Herself a [[Presbyterian]], she won in 1972 the national Presbyterian Church award for religion reporting. She also earned awards from the national and state Federations of Press Women. In 1977, the Alexandria Ministerial Alliance honored her as "the Cenla [Central Louisiana] Prophet with the [[Bible]] in one hand and a newspaper in the other." During that ceremony, Jim Cole, the editor of ''The Baptist Message'', praised Derr for helping to "break down the walls between denominations. Helen Derr has been a 'Johnny Unite-us' in Central Louisiana."<ref name=derr/>
The retired Catholic priest August Thompson said that Derr was a positive force to spur area churches to recognize racial injustices and to promote [[civil rights]]. "She was someone I really respected, and I felt she had all kind of empathies and sympathies. A true lady, she was so sensitive to the fact of what was going on and what needed to be done to change things," said Father Thompson.<ref name=derr/>
The retired Catholic priest August Thompson said that Derr was a positive force to spur area churches to recognize racial injustices and to promote [[civil rights]]. "She was someone I really respected, and I felt she had all kind of empathies and sympathies. A true lady, she was so sensitive to the fact of what was going on and what needed to be done to change things," said Father Thompson.<ref name=derr/>