UNM School of Law Professor Sherri Burr received six prizes in the 2008 New Mexico Press Women Communication Competition. The competition recognizes excellence in print and electronic media communication efforts. The awards were presented at the recent New Mexico Press Women Conference held in Albuquerque.
Photo: UNM School of Law Professor Sherri Burr
Burr received two first-place awards for “Focus on University Candidate’s Positives” in the Editorial/Opinion/Daily Newspaper category and for “Athletes as Television Celebrities” in the Speeches category.
Additionally, Burr won two third-place awards, for “Minding Finances for Writers: Minding Copyrights” in the Personal Column/Informational and Personal Column/Specializes categories, and a third-place award in the Sweepstakes Competition for most overall points.
Burr also received an honorable mention for in the Television Talk Show category for “Arts Talk: Mariachi Tepeyak."
The reviewer of her award-winning editorial, “Focus on University Candidate’s Positives,” wrote, “A strong decisive editorial that stakes its claim and offers clear, concise arguments to back it up.” The reviewer of her first-place speech “Athletes as Television Celebrities” said, “Interesting topic, great weaving of examples.”
These first-place entries will compete in the National Federation of Press Women Competition, with winners announced in September.
Media Contact: Benson Hendrix, (505)-277-1816. email: bhendrix@unm.edu