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NMPW’s own Anne Hillerman is one of four recipients of this year’s coveted Rounders Award. Read more about this year’s award at the organizer’s website. Anne is a founding member of New Mexico Press Women and continues to be actively involved with the state organization and its Northern Chapter. Congratulations, Anne!
Congratulations to six New Mexico Press Women members who won first places in the 2021 New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. They are Sherri Burr, Anne Hillerman, Marcia Meier, Mary Morris, Sharon Niederman, and Patricia Walkow. Anne Hillerman’s book Stargazer won special honors for Fiction: Mystery/Thriller, Cover Design, and Best New Mexico Book. We are proud of […]
NMPW announces the opening of its annual contests as of October 1, 2021. These include the Communications Contest, the College and Graduate School Journalism Scholarships, and the Zia Book Awards Contest. The annual High School Communications Award is administered directly by the National Association of Press Women and is also now open. These competitions have […]
At the Monday, October 11, 12:00 noon Zoom meeting of Albuquerque Press Women and Friends, Sara Solovitch, Executive Director and editor of Searchlight New Mexico, will discuss Searchlight New Mexico, an independent nonprofit investigative news organization based in Santa Fe. To attend, you must RSVP to Linda Lockett at: lockettabq@comcast.net no later than 9 p.m. Sunday, […]
Three contests and a scholarship competition are now open. Show us what you’ve been working on! The contests include all types of communication media—print (nonfiction and fiction), photography, videography, broadcast, internet, public relations…. See information about the contests and scholarships, and prepare your entries!
New Mexico Press Women President Sherri Burr has been honored by the National Federation of Press Women as its 2021 Communicator of Achievement. This award, which is presented to one member each year, is the organization’s highest honor. It recognizes professional achievement in communications, service to the organization, and service to the community. Read more […]
Congratulations to winners of the National Federation of Press Women’s Communications Contest for their works, which had placed first in their categories in the state contest. The honorees are: Chris Allen, Pat Walkow, New Mexico 3 rd Place, Book Edited by Entrant Barb Belknap, New Mexico 3rd Place, Publication Regularly Edited by Entrant, Newspaper Sherri Burr, […]
The June online meeting of Albuquerque Press Women and Friends will be a very special occasion. The guest speaker will be Larry Ryckman of the Colorado Sun, a community newspaper which has spearheaded the purchase of 24 more Colorado community newspapers in order to save them. He will be telling about that effort. The meeting […]
Sherri Burr has been awarded New Mexico Press Women’s highest honor as recipient of the 2020 Communicator of Achievement award. Sherri survived a turbulent childhood to attend Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University, and Yale Law School. Elected President of New Mexico Press Women in 2018, she has led the organization through the pandemic, and was […]
New Mexico Press Women is pleased to announce that the 2021 recipients of the Doris Gregory Memorial Scholarship are: First Place ($1,000), Xavier Dominguez, who is studying Journalism and Mass Communication at New Mexico State University. Runner-Up ($500), Sarah Roderick, who is studying Agricultural Communications, also at NMSU. This year’s scholarships were also supported by […]
