Four NDSU communications professionals were honored for their work during North Dakota Professional Communicators’ recent conference in Fargo.
The four receiving awards in the 2018 North Dakota Professional Communicators’ communications contest were:
Becky Koch, Agriculture Communication director
First - Catalogs, manuals and handbooks for the Extension Disaster Education Network Family Preparedness Educational Program
First - Magapapers/tabloids - horticulture and forestry Ag Mag
Ellen Crawford, information specialist, Agriculture Communication
First - Single news or feature release for a news release on distillers’ grains research at the Carrington Research Extension Center
First - News story, online publication, for an article on Extension strengthening programs to meet citizen needs
First - News story for magazine, newsletter or other non-newspaper print publication, for an article on Extension helping communities take charge of their future
First - Book edited by entrant - “The Windbreak Cookbook”
Second - Reports - Rural Leadership North Dakota’s Class VII summary book
Third - Publications regularly edited by entrant - Foodwise newsletters
Third - Specialty articles, education, for articles on transformational education and 4-H leadership opportunities teaching lifelong skills
Third - Specialty articles, agriculture, for articles on Extension efforts to educate producers on the veterinary feed directive and weed control
Kelli Anderson, information specialist, Agriculture Communication
First - Podcasts - Sound Ag Advice
First - Community, institutional or internal relations campaign for efforts to encourage staff to use the new NDSU Extension branded materials and templates
Carol Renner, college marketing/communications coordinator, College of Health Professions
First - Social media campaign for College of Health Professions Giving Day
First - Writing for the web - Sudro Hall Addition
Second - Newsletters - Vital Signs/College of Health Professions e-newsletter
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