Fort Worth SPJ handed out First Amendment Awards and 14 high school and university scholarships April 30. Doug J. Swanson, The Dallas Morning News; Jennifer Autrey, Yamil Berard and Scott Streater, Star-Telegram; Todd Bensman and Robert Riggs, KTVT/CBS 11; Wendy Lyons Sunshine, Fort Worth Weekly; Dan Malone, FWW; Carolyn Barta, DMN; and Kristen Gilbreth, The University Daily, Texas Tech, all won awards for work that defends the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution, furthers the people's right to know and champions the cause of the powerless and disadvantaged, with the top accolade, Defending the Open Doors, going to Craig Flournoy, SMU. Lina Davis Scholarships went to Kevin Bueker, TCC Southeast; Stephanie Gonzales, UTA; Marcela Gonzalez, TCC Southeast; Hayley Harris, UTA; Daniel Johnson, TCC Southeast; James R. Phillips, UNT; Amanda Smith, TCC Southeast; Maria Smith, UTA; Carolyn Stephens, Baylor; and Angela Marie Tennison, Texas State U. Erin Gage, UT Austin, won the Staley and Beverly McBrayer Scholarship; James Hernandez, UNT, the Jack Tinsley Scholarship; Ebony Moore, UTA, Joe Holstead Scholarship; and Teresa Weaver, Texas A&M, Al Panzera Scholarship. ...
Muhiddin Abdurasulov, a young correspondent for the Hurriyat (Freedom) Independent Weekly Newspaper in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, is visiting the Star-Telegram in cooperation with Freedom House, a Washington-based organization that promotes democracy throughout the world. He writes news stories and opinion pieces and is working on his B.A. in journalism; he also has studied theory but would like to know more about how a free press operates. He'll be in town through June 18. ...
Baby daze! Andrea Ahles Koos and husband Joe have a son, Alexander "Zander" Mathias Koos, born at 5:17 p.m. May 18 at Harris Methodist Hospital.
Kudos & contracts ... Envision Works will create a direct marketing program for The Plant People, a Fort Worth commercial and residential landscaping company. After demographic studies, Envision Works will write, design and produce the direct mail materials and also manage the mailing to targeted homeowners. ... InterStar Marketing & Public Relations has been tapped by Promotional Products Association International to increase awareness for the promotional products industry. InterStar will develop messages and identify and develop media opportunities and strategies. The campaign will be targeted to business media in key markets with the message that promotional products work.
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GET A JOB
UTA Student Publications is looking for a full-time production manager and for an adviser for the student magazine, Renegade. "Renegade is new and still finding its identity," notes SP director Lloyd Goodman. "But it is attracting a creative staff, and its first issue was named Best Magazine in a number of contests." Excerpts from the latest issue -- Vol. 2, No. 2 -- are at www.renegade-magazine.com. The job description is at www3.uta.edu/employment/ (click on "Applicants," then "Staff Employment Opportunities," then "Part Time" and "All Areas"). Goodman is at lloydg@uta.edu. ...
The TCU Daily Skiff seeks a production manager. The job's essentially 3 p.m.-midnight Monday-Thursday, with emphasis on maintenance and coordination of software and hardware, training and managing students. "It's not for everybody," writes Skiff adviser Robert Bohler, "but the perqs -- insurance, tuition remission -- make it attractive." Reach Bohler at r.bohler@tcu.edu. ...
The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce, located in Bedford, seeks a communications director. Requirements include a bachelor's degree in journalism, PR, marketing or related field and at least two years experience, plus proficiency in QuarkXPress, Publisher, Dreamweaver, FTP applications and database software and in creating and maintaining Web sites. Salary $28,000-$32,000. Contact maryfrazior@heb.org. ...
Florida-based IntelleDisc Technologies has a contract opening for a senior PR specialist with experience serving high-tech, marketing or sales-related clients. Requirements include five to seven years PR work in the software industry or related to sales automation and marketing strategy, and strong media, analyst and event contacts. Agency background a plus, as is being Dallas-based. IntelleDisc markets a CD-based sales automation system that collects customer data for delivery to a sales rep's cellphone, e-mail or the company database. E-mail résumé and cover letter to Brandon Rowe, director of business development, brandon@trend-setters.us. For information in Dallas, call (972) 467-5931.
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NEW MEMBERS
PRSA ... Jessica Ashby, communications specialist, AmeriCredit ... Rebekah LaMontagne, communications director, Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors ... Steve Roth, communications director, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
IABC ... Sue Austin, Aries Productions; Michelle Parker; Mariana Gomez; Laura Van Hoosier
SPJ ... Alexis Wilson, editor of Fort Worth, Texas: The City's Magazine ... Knox College grad Beth Clark, mass communications teacher at Texas Woman's U. in Denton and former editor of Neil Sperry's Gardens magazine
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READING MATTERS
"Sea Wolf of the Confederacy: The Daring
Civil War Raids of Naval Lt. Charles W. Read" /
In June 1863, just days before the epic clash at Gettysburg ended the last rebel land invasion of the North, a small party of the Confederate navy mounted a devastating series of raids on the New England coast, culminating in a battle off Portland, Maine. Hotheaded young adventurer Charles W. Read, who had resigned his commission as a Union midshipman to become a lieutenant in the Confederate navy, was serving aboard the CSS Florida off the coast of Brazil when he hatched a plan to sail a captured brig into the Union's home waters and wreak havoc on its shipping lanes. Burning or capturing more than 20 merchant vessels in less than three weeks and switching ships several times to elude capture, Read's rampage caused panic in Northern cities, made headlines in the major dailies and brought enormous pressure on Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles to "stop the rebel pirate." At one point nearly 40 Union ships were hunting Read in a cat-and-mouse game that finally led to his capture off the coast of Maine. Author Shaw offers a new perspective on the divisions splitting North and South during this dark time in American history.
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RESOURCES
National Geographic has maybe the best mapping site on the Internet, from street maps of North America and Europe to historical maps of railroads and battles, as well as physical, political, cultural and panoramic maps. There's even a terrain map of Mars. The intro screen at plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/ presents a world map that allows zooming and navigating.
