VPC Members and Friends, Those attending the Spring Conference walked away with a true treasure – a commemorative VPW-VPC 60th Anniversary Book. This special keepsake details our history and includes many fun facts and photos. We still have a few up for grabs. We will mail one to you for $15, which covers the cost of the book and shipping. Simply email your...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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