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June 26, 2006 Volume 30, Issue 36 |
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Staff members at MSU-Meridian and the Agricultural Communications Office collected senior division awards during the recent College Public Relations of Mississippi’s annual meeting.
In addition, Linda Butler, public relations specialist for MSU-Meridian, was elected CPRAM president for 2006-07, succeeding outgoing president Steve Diffey of Holmes Community College. Bonnie Coblentz of agricultural communications was re-elected to the CPRAM board of directors.
Individual MSU award winners include (by category):
News Story: first place, Coblentz of agricultural communications, for “Storm-surviving Animals Need Help from Humans.”
Feature Story: second place, Bob Ratliff of agricultural communications, for “Freshwater Prawns Have Consumer Appeal.”
Sports Story: second place, Ratliff, for “CSI: MSU.”
Annual Report: first place, “2005: A Look Back,” Keryn Page, Beth Dishongh and Tom Thompson. All work in agricultural communications.
Special Publications: Judges’ Choice Merit Award, “Take Note-Accountablity Testimonials,” Ned Browning, Phil Smith, Debbie Montgomery, Linda Breazeale, Coblentz, Page and Ratliff, all in agricultural communications.
Advertisements: first place, “Mississippi Medallion-Point-of-Purchase Ad Series,” Phil Smith and Norman Winter. Winter is an MSU extension horticulturist.
Color Photography: first place, “Capital in Bloom,” Jim Lytle, Winter, Page and Breazeale. Lytle also works in agricultural communications.
Digital Art: Judges’ Choice Merit Award and first place, “Total Makeover,” Butler and Paige Brooks, also of MSU-Meridian.
TV News Story: first place, “Christmas Tree Farmers Straighten Trees for the Holidays,” Brian Utley and David Lack; and second place, “Hurricane Damages Mississippi Rice,” Leighton Spann. Utley, Lack and Spann work in agricultural communications.
TV Spots: first place, “ATV Safety,” Lack, Maci Flautt, Melanie Pollan and Laura Giaccaglia. Flautt, Pollan and Giaccaglia also work in agricultural communications.
Radio Commercial: second place, “Meridian Online,” Butler.
TV Program: Judge’s Choice Merit Award and first place, “Farmweek, October 7, 2005,” Spann, Utley and Lack; and second place, “Financial Fitness: Shape Up Your Spending,” Lack, Utley and Frida Bonaparte, also of agricultural communications.
Exhibit: first place, “Main Event Booth,” Butler.
Public Relations Innovation: first place, “Dawg Chow Program,” Butler.