By Sunni Brown, Contest Chair Virginia Professional Communicators celebrated the winners of the state-level 2025 communications contest on May 3 at its annual Spring Conference, held at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. The NFPW National Communications Contest is a two-tiered contest recognizing outstanding work by communicators from various fields,...
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By Terry Haycock, VPC Treasurer There may be many people who live with two cats, but only one I know of whose cats share a companion turtle. One such pet lover is our new co-president, Tracy Perkins. Adopted by her daughter Cora during the pandemic, the family’s mellow black cat Kurt (after Nirvana’s singer Kurt Cobain) and gray-brown tabby Percy (after Persephone,...
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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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By Terry Haycock, VPC Treasurer I met Laura Fortunato at this year’s VPC spring conference. I was setting out the table decorations, and she offered to help. I didn’t know anything about her then except that she was another member stepping up when help was needed. Since that time, I have been privileged to hear her story and am delighted to share it with you....
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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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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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