The University of New Mexico won three first place awards and a total of 11 awards in the New Mexico Press Women 2005 Communication Contest. Winners were announced April 15 at an awards banquet held in Albuquerque. This year’s contest included categories such as writing, editing, photography, advertising, public relations and books.
UNM staff from Alumni Relations, Public Affairs, and Strategic Communications and Marketing entered several categories.
A first place award was presented to the team of Steve Carr, Greg Johnston, John Sumrow and Karen Wentworth for their work in producing the UNM Today Web site. Johnston also received first place for a campaign or project designed to improve an organization’s relationship with key publics. The project involved publicity work for two UNM students who were given roles in a national cable TV program, “Mummy Autopsy.”
Carolyn Gonzales won a first place award for a feature story in a specialized publication. Gonzales wrote about preservation of Apache language for Campus News. UNM’s first place winners now advance to the national awards competition.
Others at UNM who received awards are Laurie Mellas Ramirez, editor of Campus News and Mary Conrad, editor of Mirage magazine.
UNM tied for second place with New Mexico State University for overall awards (11) received by an institution. The Santa Fe New Mexican newspaper was first. Third place went to Sandia National Laboratories.
New Mexico Press Women is open to both men and women and has established chapters throughout New Mexico.
Contact: Greg Johnston (505) 277-1816
Posted by scarr at April 19, 2005 12:03 PM