Virginia Professional Communicators

News

VPC Celebrates 60 Years!

VPC Celebrates 60 Years!

in News, Spotlight

Virginia Professional Communicators celebrated 60 years as a professional organization during the Spring Conference May 5, 2018. Beginning as an association of Virginia Press Women who fought for equality in the workplace, the VPC hosts conferences and talks that have featured Pulitzer Prize winners and many other prominent figures. Members include newspaper and...

Read More
Washington and Lee Student Awarded 2018 Scholarship

Washington and Lee Student Awarded 2018 Scholarship

in News, VPW Foundation

Caroline Blackmon, a rising senior at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, is the recipient of the Virginia Press Women Foundation’s 2018 Agnes Cooke Scholarship. She was announced as this year’s scholarship winner at the spring conference of Virginia Professional Communicators, with which the foundation is affiliated, at the University of Richmond...

Read More
Award Winners Announced

Award Winners Announced

in News, Spotlight

Virginia Professional Communicators recognized 22 annual Communications Contest award winners during the VPC Spring Conference May 5, 2018. These winners were honored at the state level. All first-place winners advance to the National Federation of Press Women contest. Award winners include: Bonnie Atwood Second Place Editorial Opinion – Print-based Newspaper Look...

Read More
Conference Speakers Tackle Hot Topics

Conference Speakers Tackle Hot Topics

in News

Registration is open for the VPC 2018 Spring Conference. This year’s conference will feature speakers on a wide range of topics relevant to communications professionals, including: Fake News and Real Journalism with Tom Mullen, Director of Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Richmond Tom Mullen will discuss the fake news phenomenon, and how it...

Read More
Media & Democracy

Media & Democracy

in News

Washington Post Event Releases Gallup/Knight Foundation Poll Results: Americans Believe Media Play Critical Role in Democracy By Sue Brinkerhoff Bland, second vice president – communications In late January 2018, The Washington Post, the Knight Foundation and the University of Virginia hosted an event at the Post called Americans and the Media: Sorting Fact...

Read More
Good Luck Entrants

Good Luck Entrants

in News

Updated Feb. 7, 2018: The Contest is now closed for entries – Good luck to all the contestants in the 2018 contest! We will post winners here when they are announced. _______________________________________________________ From October 2017 The NFPW Communications Contest is Live for your Entries! Go online and find out about this year’s Communications...

Read More