School public relations professionals across the state were recognized Friday during the North Carolina School Public Relations Association’s annual Blue Ribbon Awards for Effective Communications celebration at the O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro. Twenty-six school districts received 139 awards in 11 categories.
Award categories included Annual Reports; Calendars; Electronic Media; Writing; Internet Website; Marketing; Newsletters/Newspapers; Special Purpose Publications; Identity/Imaging Packages; Handbooks; and Photography. Entries were judged by the Georgia School Public Relations Association.
Sharon Spence, the North Carolina School Public Relations Association’s president and public information officer for Lee County Schools, said the work of the winners rivaled the best work of public relations practitioners in any field.
“The work of these colleagues was judged to be superior and a credit to the practice of school public relations,” Spence said. “This roster of excellence is tangible evidence that NCSPRA’s public relations professionals are among the nation’s finest and that they are producing cutting edge communications and products that support our schools and school systems.”
Included in the list of winners was Tasha Oxendine, public relations officer for the Public Schools of Robeson County. The district received seven Blue Ribbon awards.
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