Alternative News Sources, Digital Archiving, Communications Contest Focus of Fall Conference Pictured left to right: Spiers, Zullo, LaPrade, Campbell Alternative NewsNews today is delivered on many platforms and often follow non-traditional formats. Two that are delivering quality news via email and the web are the Virginia Mercury and Richmond BizSense. Robert...
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Pictured above: Frances with her “twin,” advocting women’s rights, and starring as “The Witch” A Sandwich and a Glass of Wine with a Fascinating LadyBy Terry Haycock With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels. If you consulted Wikipedia, you would find...
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FRECKLES, FRIENDSHIP, AND PHOTOGRAPHY A VISIT WITH LOUISA PRESTONBy Terry Haycock With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels Kathie (remember her from the June story on Marge Swayne?) and I were off on another VPC adventure, this time to Manakin/Sabot to meet Louisa Preston. We...
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Pictured above: Annie spelunking in Australia’s Blue Mountains GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES INTRODUCING ANNIE TOBEYBy Terry Haycock With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels I was sitting at a table in the Boomer conference room waiting for my interviewee, whom I had...
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And the winners are… National Contest First-place winners in the Virginia Professional Communicators contest advanced to the National Federation of Press Women’s contest, where they competed with other first-place winners from state affiliates of NFPW. They were celebrated at a banquet on June 29 during the annual NFPW conference, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
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Welcome to Stillmeadow Farm! A visit with award-winning Marge Swayne at home By Terry Haycock Editor’s Note: With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels. Turning off the highway west of Farmville (the farthest I’ve ventured in that direction since moving to Virginia from the...
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