Registration is open for the final event in our fall conference series. What a Time to Be a Reporter will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, 11 a.m.–noon. And it’s a stellar lineup of five panelists you will not want to miss. What a Time to be a Reporter: Panel DiscussionSkilled journalists like the ones on this panel are used to a fast pace and a full...
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By Julie Campbell, Immediate Past President and Contest Chair On Sept. 27, a pleasant fall Sunday, about a dozen mask-wearing folks spread out around the Virginia Women’s Monument on Capitol Square in Richmond to honor our Communicator of Achievement, Frances Broaddus Crutcheld. As an earlier VPC story described her, Frances is not only a communicator but also “a...
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Fall Conference Series Kicks Off Next Week VPC members are known for their resiliency and determination. That’s why social distancing isn’t preventing us from hosting our fall conference. It will be different, though, with the 2020 Fall Conference Series held on Zoom, instead of one meeting held in person. The series kicks off with a networking event next week, and...
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Fall Conference Provides Opportunity for VPC Members to Network and Learn VPC members gathered at Libbie Mill Library in Henrico on Saturday, Nov. 2, for the fall conference. Fueled with coffee courtesy of contest chair and immediate past president Julie Campbell, through her business Julie A. Campbell Writing, LLC, members were able to network and connect with old...
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Managing Our Digital Footprint By Cynthia Price, professional development chair “On the Internet we are all hoarders.” That point was shared in a CNN articleand told to VPC members by Crista LaPrade, digital asset management and preservation administrator at the University of Richmond’s Boatwright Memorial Library. “Digital was supposed to make our lives easier...
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Alternative News Outlets Focus on Filling Gaps in Traditional Media News today is delivered on many platforms, including in non-traditional formats known as alternative news outlets. Robert Zullo, editor of the Virginia Mercury, and Jonathan Spiers, senior reporter and assistant editor at Richmond BizSense, shared insights with VPC members about the alternative news...
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