PEOPLE & PLACES
After 80 years of training students in journalism, Texas Woman's University's mass-communication program is being eliminated on the grounds of declining student interest and financial support. Twenty-six students graduated from the program in the 1996-97 school year; eight graduated in 2002-03. Journalism courses will be provided through summer 2005. The student newspaper, The Lasso, will be published for at least one more year. ...
Meet the new IABC/Fort Worth board: Tim Tune, president/District 5 junior delegate; Richard Maxwell, president-elect/VP programming and director of professional development; Lori De La Cruz, past-president/District 5 senior delegate and membership chair; Ken Roberts, secretary; Julie Trowbridge, treasurer; Roxanne Martinez, VP marketing and communication co-chair; Wendy Krizmanic, VP marketing and communication co-chair; Betsy Boyett, Bronze Quill chair; Denny Pelham, e-newsletter chair; and Pam Huff, accreditation chair. ...
For the second consecutive year, the Mansfield News-Mirror has won sweepstakes in the Texas Press Association's better newspaper contest. The Knight Ridder-owned semiweekly also snagged four first-place awards, two seconds, a third and a fourth on the work of Brigitte Cummings, Mark Wright, Mario Zavala Jr. and Michael Eddleman. ... Star-Telegram staffers Ken Parish Perkins, Tim Madigan, Wendell Barnhouse and Jill Johnson swept the over-100,000-circulation division of this year's Griot Awards, sponsored by the Dallas/Fort Worth Association of Black Communicators. D/FW ABC also presented scholarships to five minority students, including Brandon Guidry, a graphic designer with the UTA Shorthorn, and Rosa Sow, a 2004 Colleyville Heritage High School graduate. ...
The Dallas-based national center of the American Heart Association received a PRSA Silver Anvil for "The Heart of Diabetes: Understanding Insulin Resistance." The PR program provides information in English and Spanish on the link between insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Kudos & contracts ... Envision Works will create and distribute a quarterly newsletter to the 500,000 members of the Southlake-based Medical Air Services Association. The newsletter will provide health and travel tips to members living throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. MASA returns a person home after an illness or injury and provides additional benefits that are outside most insurance companies' coverage.
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The editorship of national SPJ's Quill magazine is open. Requirements: B.A. degree, preferably in journalism or graphic design; Macintosh layout skills; proficiency with QuarkXPress, Photoshop, Illustrator. Send résumé, three professional references, work samples and salary needs to SPJ executive director Terry Harper, 3909 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind. 46208. Quill has been a resource for journalists, industry leaders, students and educators for more than 85 years. ... The Bombay Co. seeks a production coordinator. Direct mail and POP experience required. E-mail or fax résumé to production manager Amy Leisure, (817) 347-7536 fax or aleisure@us.bombayco.com. ...
Zix Corp. in Dallas seeks a PR manager. Requirements include a B.A. degree or higher in communication or journalism and at least six years PR experience in an agency or publicly traded company focused on IT and/or health care. Send résumé to marketing director Kim Tompkins, ktompkins@zixcorp.com. ... ExactTarget, a leading permission-based e-mail marketing software provider, wants to add a regional manager strong in interactive marketing, software sales or with ad agency experience. More at exacttarget.com or from Denny Pelham, regional account manager for Texas, dpelham@exacttarget.com. ...
Amazing Press in Dallas has temp-to-permanent openings for applicants familiar with Adobe and Microsoft software, QuarkXPress and PageMaker. PC and Mac experience required, with weight to PC. Salary based on experience. Write to mail@amazingpress.com, with "attn: Application for graphic position" in the subject line. ... Paladin Marketing and Advertising Staffing Services seeks proposal writers for clients in the engineering, architecture, real estate and relocation industries. Marketing and brochure writing experience required, in addition to proposal experience. Salary $35,000-$45,000. Contact Paladin regional manager Antje Spethmann, (972) 831-9930. ...
Mended Hearts, Inc., an affiliate of the American Heart Association, seeks a junior-level manager (PR/marketing experience welcome) to implement two new outreach programs. Position is based in Dallas, with some nationwide travel. Salary $29,000-$35,000. Write Cathy Clapp at cathy.clapp@heart.org. ... Wachovia Corp. seeks a corporate communications manager for the Dallas office. Industry experience preferred but not required; what is required is at least seven years in a "high-impact, high-volume communications environment." Contact Angela Morris at (704) 383-0980 fax or angela.morris1@wachovia.com. ...
Reasons Group needs a full-time administrative assistant for phones, data entry, general office. Excel and QuickBooks experience required. Casual environment near TCU. Send résumé and salary needs to Julie Wilson, (817) 922-9494 fax, jwilson@reasonsinc.com. ... Citadel Security Software seeks a webmaster, who will also do e-mail marketing, customer newsletters and micro-sites in support of specific initiatives. Reach marketing director Laura Sellers at lsellers@citadel.com. ... Contact Keith Reeves, Denton Television cable TV producer/director, (940) 349-7272, to apply for a new video producer position. ... The City of Arlington seeks a broadcast coordinator. Salary $4,066-$4,518 per month. Details here.
