Woman’s Press Club of Indiana honored scholarship and communications contest winners at its annual banquet April 27 at Hollyhock Hill in Indianapolis.
Top award recipients are:
Former WPCI president Tara Puckey, Communicator of Achievement. This honor goes to a member who has excelled in her field. Puckey is director of strategic initiatives at the Radio Television Digital News Association and formerly was deputy executive director for the Society of Professional Journalists.
The WPCI recipient competes with other affiliates’ COA winners at the national level. That award will be presented at the National Federation of Press Women conference June 27-29 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Treasurer Julie Slaymaker received the Kate Milner Rabb award for service to the club. The award is WPCI’s highest honor.
Longtime member Becky Killian received the Louise Eleanor Ross Kleinhenz Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to a mature communicator seeking to advance skills. Killian plans to attend a workshop on writing.
Franklin College junior Quinn Fitzgerald received the Hortense Myers Memorial Scholarship, which is awarded to an Indiana college junior studying journalism or communications. Fitzgerald jumped into journalism as a freshmen and works for the college-operated Statehouse Files.
President Vivian Sade awarded secretary and 45-year member Marion Garmel with the President’s Award, citing Garmel’s vast institutional knowledge and readiness to assist with any issues Sade has had.
The club awarded 13 entrants with certificates for first, second and third places, and honorable mention, in the WPCI contest. Nine of those entrants also won national awards, which they will receive at the NFPW conference. (See a complete list of winners.)
Five-year member Natalie Hoefer won the club’s Honeycomb Award, which goes to the entrant who achieved the most points in the communications contest. Hoefer edged member Jessica Shrout by one point.
More:
Read about all the awards and link to some of the winning entries.
