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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Are you working on your award entry? There’s still time to submit your work. The NFPW Communications Contest is live for your entries! Take stock of your best work and enter the contest now. The deadline for entry is midnight in your time zone on February 6, 2018. Every 1st place winner from each state goes on to compete in the national contest. Last year, VPC...
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By Cynthia Price The talks were somber, inspirational, clever, funny and fast. That was the idea behind Lightning Talks, which encouraged VPC members to share on a topic of their choosing with the caveat that they had only eight minutes to share. Patty Kruszewski shared about the pain of her daughter’s death. Lanie was riding her bicycle home from work when she was...
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‘The Post’ speaks to freedom of the press. Learn more about The Washington Post’s decision to publish portions of the Pentagon Papers as told in ‘The Post,’ a movie that has been nominated for numerous awards. Meryl Streep plays Katharine Graham, the newspaper’s publisher. You may not know this but Graham was a member of Virginia Press Women (now Virginia...
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Julie Grimes is communications manager at the Virginia Department of Education. In addition to state employment, Julie has daily newspaper, corporate and non-profit communications and ad agency experience. She holds an undergraduate degree in Mass Communications/Speech and a master’s degree in Library & Information Science. For more information about Julie and...
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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...
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Julie Campbell was officially elected VPC’s 2017 President at the Oct. 5 business meeting, Cynthia Price passed her the president’s gavel. Campbell has been a member of VPC for almost 20 years. Julie is the Associate Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Washington and Lee University. In a recent VPC newsletter, Julie noted the following: Last...
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2018 Conference Location an Easy Drive for Virginians Bethlehem is rich in history and stories and during the 2018 NFPW Communications Conference you’ll learn how to tell and share stories. Along the way, you may make some stories of your own. History, music, journalism and art – we have something for everyone, and we can’t wait for you to join us! You can get to...
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Next year’s NFPW conference will be held in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, an easy drive for VPC members. Here’s what some of our members had to say about the NFPW conference in Birmingham, Alabama. “I kicked off conference with the pretour, which was a great opportunity to reconnect with friends and get energized,” said Cynthia Price. “We ate great Southern food,...
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Finding time to grow your skills, attend a conference and network can be a challenge in today’s busy world. VPC wants to help. You — our members — have a wide range of experience and skill sets, so we asked you to volunteer to give brief talks in which your share your expertise. We have four members, who will speak for eight minutes each with a few minutes at the...
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