SVBF Staffer Wins National Media Award
For immediate release—September 15, 2008
Contact:
Howard J. Kittell /SVBF (540-740-4545)
Elizabeth Paradis Stern /SVBF (540-740-4545)
Karen Galanaugh, NFPW National Contest Director (302-478-8115)
NEW MARKET, Va.—
Elizabeth Paradis Stern, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation Assistant Director for Policy and Communications, has been named a national winner in the annual National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) Communications Contest. Stern received First Place for design and editing of the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of “Dispatches,” the Battlefields Foundation’s newsletter.
The competition is open only to NFPW members whose work received a first place award in one of the state affiliate contests. At the Virginia Press Women conference in
Staunton in March, Stern won first place in the category of full-color newsletter.
The NFPW national competition had 968 entries in 203 specialty categories pertaining to print journalism; radio, television and the Internet; marketing communications in multi-media; photojournalism; and authorship and editing of books. The judges were top industry professionals from across the selected for their expert credentials. Judges were not associated with NFPW or NFPW members.
Awards were presented at the NFPW annual conference in
Idaho Falls, Idaho over the weekend.
“This is well-deserved recognition for Beth,” said
Howard Kittell , executive director of the Battlefields Foundation. “She has a tremendous capacity to take complex topics and information and distill them down into both text and graphics that the general public and elected officials can readily understand. Beth’s communication skills are a significant contributing factor to the successes of the Battlefields Foundation!”
“Knowing the high caliber of the work of NFPW members here in
Virginia and around the country, this is quite an honor,” said Stern. “I’m grateful to the SVBF staff and our partners from throughout the Valley—their work provides us with great material for communications pieces like this newsletter.”
NFPW is an organization of professional journalists and communicators. For more than 70 years, it has promoted the highest ethical standards in communications; provided professional development, youth programs and networking; and advocated for protection of First Amendment rights.
A copy of the Fall/Winter 2007 newsletter may be downloaded using the link below.
A complete list of national contest winners may be found on the NFPW Web site, www.nfpw.org.
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As authorized by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, the
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation serves as the non-profit manager of the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District, partnering with local, regional, and national organizations and governments to preserve the Valley’s battlefields and interpret and promote the region’s Civil War story.
Created by Congress in 1996, the Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District encompasses
Augusta , Clarke,
Frederick ,
Highland , Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, and
Warren counties in
Virginia and the cities of
Harrisonburg ,
Staunton ,
Waynesboro , and
Winchester . The legislation authorizes federal funding for the protection of ten battlefields in the District: Second Winchester, Third Winchester, Second Kernstown, Cedar Creek, Fisher’s Hill, Tom’s Brook, New Market, Cross Keys,
Port
Republic , and McDowell.
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ON THE WEB:
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation and
Shenandoah Valley Battlefields National Historic District:
www.ShenandoahAtWar.org
National Federation of Press Women:
www.nfpw.org
Virginia Press Women:
www.virginiapresswomen.org
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