Newsmaker of the Year: Christy Coleman By Julie Campbell Christy Coleman, executive director of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, is Virginia Professional Communicators’ 2020 Newsmaker of the Year. In addition to her many years of leadership in the museum field, she is a pathbreaker and an advocate when it comes to two under-represented groups in the fields of...
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Journalism, Law, Music, and Dance: A Visit with Bonnie Atwood By Terry Haycock Photos: Above: Bonnie with her publication and in 1966 as a chorus member of the Ice Capades. Meet Bonnie Atwood, editor of Virginia Capitol Connections Quarterly Magazine, a “one-stop source for non-partisan statewide political news.” Bonnie’s service to VCCQM goes back to 1998 when...
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What Do a Purple Zebra, Rotary, the Holocaust, and VPC Have in Common? Meet Nancy Wright Beasley By Terry Haycock, who conducted this interview in February Photos Left to Right: Nancy in her purple Rotarian shirt; Nancy’s book; and Nancy with Patrician and Pete Low at a recent showing of the Saving Sara, a film based on Nancy’s book. The Lows are...
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By Julie Campbell, VPC Contest Chair In this surreal and unsettling time, it’s a pleasure to inform you of the results of the VPC Communications Contest. Thank you to everyone who entered. And I send my best congratulations to the winners, whose expertise and hard work are reflected in these results. I will mail award certificates and all judges’ comments to each...
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Mountains, Movies, and Media By Terry Haycock Meet VPC’s 2nd vice president for communications, Sunni Brown, whose first name aptly describes her presence. The mother of four — son Bonnar (7), daughter Gigi (6), and twin boys Sully and Cooper (3) — is a busy lady, juggling family and a demanding job. Sunni hails from the small town of West Jefferson in the mountains...
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Dedication, Travel, and a Kitten Named London — Meet VPC’s Cynthia Price By Terry Haycock Cynthia Price was national president when I first met her at the 2010 NFPW convention in Chicago. Illinois Woman’s Press Association (IWPA) was hosting the event, and I was working with NFPW member Cecilia Green on physical arrangements; Cecilia introduced us in passing....
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