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NFPW announces national communications contest results

NFPW announces national communications contest results

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VPC members take home nearly 20 awards, including three 1st-place awards By Sunni Brown Communicators from throughout the United States were honored June 22 when the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) announced the winners of its 2024 Professional Communications Contest as the final event of the organization’s 2024 National Conference in St. Louis, Mo. Nearly...

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2024 Communications Contest State-Level Results

2024 Communications Contest State-Level Results

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By Sunni Brown, Contest Chair VPC celebrated the winners of the state-level 2024 communications contest earlier today at its Spring Conference. The contest recognizes outstanding work by members of the organization. The contest also attracted several non-members, who have since joined VPC. By the Numbers This year’s contest drew 64 entries from more than 20...

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2024 Newsmaker of the Year

2024 Newsmaker of the Year

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Introducing our Newsmaker of the Year: Sandra G. Treadway By Julie Campbell The year was 1978. Sandra G. Treadway walked into the Virginia State Library and Archives, on Capitol Square in Richmond. She was fresh out of the University of Virginia, history Ph.D. in hand, reporting for duty as a copyeditor. “The academic job market was extremely tight at the time,”...

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