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Early bird registration for the 2025 Spring Conference is now open

Early bird registration for the 2025 Spring Conference is now open

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Celebrate with VPC as we look back at America’s beginnings and commemorate our award winners for their achievements in communications! Saturday, May 3, 2025 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Join us for the VPC Spring Conference in partnership with Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown! Get the early...

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A Remembrance of Ginger Levit

A Remembrance of Ginger Levit

in Member Profiles, News

By Martha Steger As the year wanes, I return to its beginning when VPC lost a former member and great friend on January 11: Heloise Bertman “Ginger” Levit, who was 86. Some of us will remember her as the hostess-with-the-mostest who opened her art-filled West End Richmond home to VPC (then VPW) members one evening before a meeting.  Those who knew...

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NFPW announces national communications contest results

NFPW announces national communications contest results

in Contests & Awards, News

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 Spring Conference Recap: Lessons from our speakers

2024 Spring Conference Recap: Lessons from our speakers

in Blog, Events, News

The 2024 VPC Spring Conference was held on Saturday, April 20, at the Library of Virginia in downtown Richmond. In addition to recognizing the winners in the annual VPC communications contest, we honored this year’s Newsmaker of the Year, Sandra G. Treadway, who recently retired after an impressive career as the Librarian of Virginia. More than 30 attendees gathered...

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