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September
19, 2005
Contact:
Vickye Hester, APR, 256-551-3125
PRCA Recognizes 2005 Medallion Award Winners
Huntsville, Ala.
- The Public Relations Council of Alabama (PRCA) recently
recognized the outstanding work of public relations practitioners
during the Medallion Awards banquet at the 2005 PRCA State
Conference in Huntsville, Ala. The Medallion Awards competition
recognizes the best work of the state’s PRCA members with
certificates of merit, awards of excellence, and the Medallion
award, the highest award given.
The Medallion
awards were selected by a panel of judges from Nashville, Tenn.,
who reviewed 120 entries and chose 90 winners, and a Best of Show
award. Judges considered planning, originality/creativity,
effectiveness of communications, budget utilization, and the role
of the entrant in the project. The Best of Show award is
considered to be the most outstanding of all category entries.
More than 35 PRCA student awards will also be presented during the
conference.
The Birmingham chapter winners were: Adam Kelley, APR, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, special
publications-annual reports, print category, award of excellence;
Adam Kelley, APR, Children’s Hospital of Alabama, special
publications category, informational brochures category, award of
excellence; Nan Baldwin, Metropolitan Development Board,
magazines, tabloids and newsletters category, award of excellence;
Dana McGough, Davis Denney, direct
mail-posters category, award of excellence; Adam Kelley, APR,
Children’s Hospital of Alabama, video-production other category,
award of excellence; Pete Pepinsky, Lewis Communications, total PR
program category, award of excellence; Dana McGough, Davis Denney,
writing for media-news releases category, award of excellence;
Pete Pepinskey, Lewis Communications, writing for media-news
releases category, award of excellence; Erin Street, UAB, writing
for media-feature stories, award of excellence; Pete Pepinskey,
Lewis Communications, brand/reputation management, certificate of
merit; Adama Kelley, APR, Children’s Hospital of Alabama,
potpourri category, award of merit;
Pete Pepinskey, Lewis Communications, magazines, tabloids
and newsletters category, award of merit; Dana McGough, Davis
Denney, graphic design-logo category, award of merit; Pete
Pepinskey, Lewis Communications, writing for media-news releases
category, award of merit; Josh Till, UAB, writing for
media-feature stories category; award of merit; Dana McGough,
Davis Denney, special publications category, medallion award; Erin
Street, UAB, magazines, tabloids and newsletters category,
medallion award; Pamela Harris, Brasfield & Gorrie, magazines,
tabloids, and newsletters category, medallion award; Dana McGough,
Davis Denney, direct mail-posters category, medallion award; Erin
Street, UAB, total publications category, medallion award; Erin
Street, UAB, writing for media-editorials & editorial replies
category, medallion award; Adam Kelley, APR, Children’s Hospital
of Alabama, writing for media-news releases category, medallion
award; and Erin Street, UAB, writing for media-feature stories
category, medallion award.
The East Alabama chapter winner was Michael Tullier, APR, Auburn
University College of Education. He won an award of excellence in
the special or one time PR program-long term, external category and a certificate of merit in the special publications
(non-profit or small company)-annual reports, print category.
The Mobile chapter winners were: Leigh Perry Herndon, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, special
publications category, award of excellence; Melita Nissen, Thomas
Hospital, special publications category, award of excellence;
Melita Nissen, Thomas Hospital, direct mail miscellaneous
category, award of excellence; Melita Nissen, Thomas Hospital,
graphic design-photography category, award of excellence; Melita
Nissen, Thomas Hospital, special/onetime PR program category,
award of excellence; Nancy Johnson, Mobile Police Department,
speechwriting category, certificate of merit; Melita Nissen,
Thomas Hospital, outdoor category, certificate of merit; Terry
Burkle, South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, potpourri category,
certificate of merit; Denise S. Oliveira, APR, D. D. Oliveira
Public Relations, special publications category, certificate of
merit; Susan Blanchard, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce,
magazines, tabloids, and newsletters category, award of merit;
Melita Nissen, Thomas Hospital, special publications
category-annual reports; medallion award; Melita Nissen, Thomas
Hospital, special publications category-promotional brochures;
medallion award; Melita Nissen, Thomas Hospital, magazines,
tabloids, and newsletters category, medallion award; Melita Nissen,
Thomas Hospital, graphice design-photography category, medallion
award; Melita Nissen, Thomas Hospital, radio production category,
medallion award; and Herb Jordan, Bishop State Community College,
writing for media-feature stories category, medallion award.
The Montgomery chapter winners were: LaVonette Bartley, Alabama State
University, brand/reputation management category, award of
excellence; LaVonette Bartley, Alabama State University,
brand/reputation management category, award of excellence; Kim
Nix, Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources,
magazines, tabloids and newsletters-external magazine, color
category, award of excellence; Kathy Johnson, Hyundai Motor
Manufacturing Alabama, special or one time PR program short-term
internal category, award of excellence; LaVonette Bartley, Alabama
State University, brand/reputation management, medallion award;
and Emily Wheeler, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, total
publications program-large company category, medallion award.
The North Alabama chapter winners were: Cindy Maloney, Port of
Huntsville, event promotion category, award of excellence; Melissa
Bullard, APR, City of Huntsville, slide presentation category
award of excellence; Lynn Temple, McWhorter Communications,
outdoor category, award of excellence; Cathie Mayne, Land Trust of
Huntsville & North Alabama, special publications category,
certificate of merit; Veronica Wilder & Sonia Robinson,
Crestwood Medical Center, special publications (large company)
category, award of excellence; Lynn Temple, McWhorter
Communications, graphic design-logo category, award of excellence;
Cindy Maloney, Port of Huntsville, radio production-commercial
spot, award of excellence; Marianne Higgins, APR, special or one
time PR program, award of excellence; Cathie Mayne, Land Trust of
North Alabama, event promotion category, certificate of merit;
Cindy Maloney, Port of Huntsville, special publications
(non-profit or small company) category, certificate of merit;
Veronica Wilder & Sonia Robinson, Crestwood Medical Center,
special publications (large company) category, certificate of
merit; Lynn Temple, McWhorter Communications, radio
production-commercial spot category, certificate of merit; Cindy
Maloney, Port of Huntsville, video production-commercial spot
category, certificate of merit; Cindy Maloney, Port of Huntsville,
interactive media-website category, certificate of merit; Shannon
Clemons, Avocent Corporation, total PR programs-external category,
certificate of merit; Cathie Mayne, Land Trust of Huntsville &
North Alabama, outdoor category, medallion award; Melissa Bullard,
APR, City of Huntsville, potpourri category, medallion award;
Cindy Maloney, Port of Huntsville, special publications category,
medallion award; Christie Berry, United Cerebral Palsy of
Huntsville, special publications category, medallion award; Monty
Vest, The Boeing Company, special publications category, medallion
award; Lynn Temple, McWhorter Communications, special publications
category, medallion award; Monty Vest, The Boeing Company, graphic
design-illustration category, medallion award; Lynn Temple,
McWhorter Communications, interactive media-email campaign
category, medallion award; Shannon Clemons, Avocent Corporation,
interactive media-other application of new technology category,
medallion award; Cindy Maloney, Port of Huntsville, special/one-time
PR program long-term internal category, medallion award; Karen
Yarbrough, KEY Public Relations, special/one-time PR program
long-term external category, medallion award; Monty Vest, The
Boeing Company, special or one-time PR program short-term external
category, medallion award; and Monty Vest, The Boeing Company,
special or one-time PR program short-term external category,
medallion award.
The West Alabama chapter winners were: Cathy Andreen, The University of
Alabama, interactive media web site-external category, award of
excellence; Laura Green, DCH Health System, special publications
(non profit or small company) annual reports, print category,
award of excellence; Janet Griffith, The University of Alabama,
video production-psa category, certificate of merit; Janet
Griffith, The University of Alabama, video production-other
category, certificate of merit; Cathy Andreen, The University of
Alabama, special/onetime PR program long-term external category,
certificate of merit; Nikki Comerford, DCH Health System,
special/onetime PR program short-term external category,
certificate of merit; Janet Griffith, The University of Alabama,
special publications (non-profit or small company) publications
for special programs, invitations, etc. category, medallion award;
Janet Griffith, special publications (non-profit or small company)
promotional brochures and folders, one color category, medallion
award; Janet Griffith, The University of Alabama, graphic
design-logos category, medallion award; Janet Griffith, The
University of Alabama, video production-commercial spot category,
medallion award; Nikki Comerford, DCH Health System, video
production category, medallion award; and Nikki Comerford, DCH
Health System, interactive media-web site, external category,
medallion award.
Montgomery chapter member, Marilyn Stamps of the Alabama Bureau of
Tourism & Travel, won a medallion award and the Best of Show
award for the “Year of Alabama Food” campaign in the total PR
Program-external category.
A complete
listing of Medallion winners can be viewed at www.prcaonline.com.
PRCA is a
professional organization of more than 450 members in six chapters
throughout the state. It exists to foster relationships and the
exchange of ideas among PR practitioners and to promote the
profession and a high standard of conduct by its members.
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