Communicators in New Mexico have won a slew of awards — nine first-place awards, six second-place, six third-place and seven honorable mentions — from the 2016 National Federation of Press Women annual communications contest. The official awards will be given at NFPW’s national conference in Wichita, Kansas Sept. 8-10, 2016.
1st place winners
- Ross Van Dusen, Children’s books
- Heath Haussamen, Investigative reporting
- Megan Kamerick, Talk show (radio or television)
- Mandi Kane, Personality profile 500 words or fewer
- Richard Melzer, History nonfiction for adult readers
- Sharon Niederman, Cookbooks nonfiction for adult readers
- Peter St. Cyr, News story – print-based newspaper
- Kelly Urig, General nonfiction for adult readers
- Catherine Wanek, Book editing
2nd place winners
- Mary-Charlotte Domandi, Interview for radio or television
- Kathleen McCleery, Prepared report for television and special programming for television
- Sherry Robinson, Specialty articles – green/environmental
- Diane Thomas, Novel for adult readers
- Ross Van Dusen, Children’s books
3rd place winners
- Margaret Cheasebro, Specialty articles – business
- Merilee Dannemann, Personal blog
- Bob Diven, Graphics
- Ruth Friesen, Book design
- Mary Alice Murphy, Photo essay
- Diana Sandoval-Tapia, Reports
Honorable mentions
- Nicolás Cabrera, Feature story – online publication
- Margaret Cheasebro, Specialty articles – history
- Ariana Kramer, Specialty article – arts and entertainment
- Tara Lumpkin, Website editing/management
- Sherry Robinson, Continuing coverage or unfolding news
- Marsha Scarbrough, Biography or autobiography
- Peter St. Cyr, Enterprise reporting
New Mexico Press Women would like to congratulate all of the winners listed above for your remarkable achievements, and thank you for representing our state and our organization so well!
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National Federation of Press Women is a dynamic nationwide organization of professional women and men pursuing careers across the communications spectrum. NFPW is comprised of affiliate organizations across the United States. Learn more at www.nfpw.org.