By Martha Steger At Iceland’s Blue Lagoon this past September the geothermal pool’s green-blue, misty warmth enveloped me. Soothed, I looked out over permafrost in the distance and pondered the erupting Bardarbunga volcano far away in central Iceland — venting lava and fumes in earnest for a month. As neat as the exotic locale was, I decided it didn’t have...
Read MoreBy Martha Steger Journalism groups as well as other organizations were quick to jump on the “Je Sui Charlie” bandwagon after the Charlie Hebdo tragedy. When I received a mass-distributed NFPW email seeking signatures for a freedom-of-speech (including freedom from self-censoring) message, I immediately thought of NFPW members (including a lot of us in VPC) who...
Read MoreBy Jennifer M. Drummond I originally didn’t plan to attend the 2014 National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) Conference in Greenville, SC. Since I received a scholarship (so thankful!) and it was close enough for me to drive from Richmond, I put aside my fears and committed to the event. As if the scholarship was not enough, NFPW gave me a mentor for the...
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Are you are a journalist, PR person, freelance writer, author, blogger or other communicator looking for a compatible professional organization in Virginia – a place where you can learn how to market yourself and your work? A place where you can hone your skills through excellent professional development meetings? A place where you can make friends and find support?...
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The Spring Conference was held in Farmville, VA, at Moton Museum, a national historic landmark, ground zero for equality in American education. Sixty years ago this year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education (1954), a case that desegregated schools and had a 16-year-old Farmville, Virginia girl at its roots. Barbara Rose Johns was that girl....
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Our members hail from a variety of communications careers. Their stories are as unique as they are, but they all have one thing in common: they love Virginia Professional Communicators! Margaret Mock Bonnie Atwood Alberta Lindsey
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