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		<title>2010 National award winners</title>
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Eleven APC members took honors in the National Federation of Press Women 2010 Communication Contest, after earning first-place awards at the state level in their respective categories. Winners include:
•Debbie Cutler, 1st, News reporting, publication/ magazine/ supplement
•Yereth Rosen, 1st, Enterprise reporting; 1st, Special articles-science; Hon. Mention, Continuing coverage or unfolding news
•Elise Patkotak, 2nd, Personal columns, general
•Amy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=540</link>
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		<title>Charles Wohlforth to speak September 2</title>
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Author Charles Wohlforth will kick off the APC fall luncheon line-up on Thursday, September 2 with a presentation on his new book, The Fate of Nature: Rediscovering Our Ability to Rescue the Earth. His book will be available for purchase.
Luncheon Information
11:30 a.m., Thursday, September 2
Kinley&#8217;s Restaurant and Bar
3230 Seward Hwy.
Anchorage
Lunch: members $19; others $25  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=534</link>
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		<title>Julia O&#8217;Malley to speak June 3</title>
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Join us on June 3, when nationally award-winning Anchorage Daily News columnist Julia O&#8217;Malley will speak about the writing process. Bring your pen and paper!
Luncheon Information
11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 3
Kinley&#8217;s Restaurant and Bar
3230 Seward Hwy.
Anchorage
Lunch: members $19; guests of members $22; others $25  
Reservations:
1. RSVP and payment through PayPal.
2. Email: akpc at gci dot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=524</link>
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		<title>2010 Contest Winners Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to the 23 winners in the 2010 APC Communications Contest. First-place winners will go on to compete at the national level in the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest.

Sheila Balistreri, Sharon Bushell, Bruce Bustamante, Dan Carpenter , Debbie Cutler, Molly Dischner, Morgan Grey, Therese Harvey, MaryLee Hayes, Stan Jones, Karla Kolash, Allyson McBride, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=515</link>
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		<title>Johnson and Rivera win 2010 Memorial Scholarships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1981, our organization decided to help Alaskans pursue their education in the communications field. This year we are awarding two $1,000 scholarships in memory of Betzi Woodman, Kay Kennedy, Phyllis Carlson, Jimmy Bedford, Chris McClain, Jo Ann Wold, Natalie Gottstein, Elizabeth Plank, Mae Martin, Pat Oakes, Suzan Nightingale, Ruth Kilcher Marriott, John Killoran, Loretta [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=519</link>
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		<title>Tracy Sinclare: On Writing Romance</title>
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A summary of our February 2010 speaker, Tracy Sinclare
By Arlene Lidbergh-Jasper
Tracy Sinclare, best known locally as a weekend meteorologist with KTUU, began her presentation at Alaska Professional Communicators’ February luncheon with an ice-breaker. &#8220;It&#8217;s much easier to talk to a camera than to a room full of people,&#8221; she said. &#8220;At KTUU, it&#8217;s just me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=503</link>
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		<title>Sonya Senkowsky to speak May 6</title>
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Sonya Senkowsky, founder of AlaskaWriters.com, an online resource offering a Web presence and assistance to Alaska writers for more than 6 years, will present at the May 6 APC luncheon at Kinley&#8217;s Restaurant.
Senkowsky, whose presentation is entitled &#8220;How I Stopped Worrying &#038; Learned to Love My Website,&#8221; will share some basics every writer needs to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=491</link>
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		<title>Elise Patkotak to speak April 1</title>
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Join us on April 1, when member and author Elise Patkotak discusses rural Alaska. Topics will include:
the press first reaching the Bush big time with the People in Peril newspaper series 
&#8217;80s scandals on the North Slope that left some consultants in federal prison
general talk about the press and the Bush

Luncheon Information
11:30 a.m., Thursday, April [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=481</link>
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		<title>Joette Storm to speak March 4</title>
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Join us on March 4, when Joette Storm will discuss journalism and public relations. &#8220;We are all communicators,&#8221; says Storm. &#8220;We&#8217;ll discuss ethics and the similarities and differences between the two professions in upholding the ideas of truth, transparency and confidentiality.  Journalists often refer to those who go to work in public relations as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=472</link>
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		<title>Contacting your Alaska legislators</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen.  Mark Begich
144 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3004
Fax: (202) 224-2354
E-mail:  Use the form at http://begich.senate.gov
or, contact his Anchorage office: 
Peterson Tower, Suite 750
510 L St
Anchorage, AK, 99501
(907) 271 - 5915
Toll free in AK  (877) 501 - 6275
Fax  (907) 258 - 9305

Sen. Lisa Murkowski
709 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington , DC [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.akprocomm.org/news/?p=464</link>
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