By Gwen Woolf Cathy Jett receives top honor from state journalism group Cathy Jett, a veteran reporter and editor with The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, received the Virginia Professional Communicators’ 2019 Communicator of Achievement Award at the VPC spring conference at the University of Richmond April 27. The COA Award is the highest honor bestowed by the...
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Political Activist and Writer Kim Drew Wright Named 2019 VPC Newsmaker of the Year Community organizer, political activist, change agent and writer Kim Drew Wright has been named the 2019 Virginia Professional Communicators Newsmaker of the Year. Wright, of Chesterfield County, Virginia, received local, state and national media attention for her work as an activist...
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Contest winners: by now you have heard from contest chair Julie Campbell as the judges of our annual communications contest have finished their task. These professionals, whose expertise spans everything from poetry to media relations, and photography to freelance writing, evaluated 84 entries submitted by 20 contestants. The judges’ descriptions of the winning...
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Setting Intentions for 2019 By Cynthia Price, Professional Development Chair F-words were abundant during a recent VPC networking event. Don’t be alarmed, though. Members weren’t resorting to foul language. Instead they were sharing their words of the year that would inspire them. Michele Cook’s f-word is focus. “I get bored very quickly.” She plans to focus on...
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Start the New Year off right! It’s a great time to renew your membership with Virginia Professional Communicators and the National Federation of Press Women — or join our organizations for the first time. Don’t miss out on a wonderful opportunity for personal and professional development. Annual dues, which include membership to both NFPW and VPC,...
Read MoreThe 2019 NFPW Professional Communications contest is live, and the deadline is fast approaching! The two-tiered contest is open to anyone over the age of 18 regardless of age, gender, professional status, or location. The first tier of the contest is run at the state level, in this case VPC! First-place winners from the state-level are then moved to the national...
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