all from left
above: Richie Escovedo, Cathy Mueller, Carolyn Bobo, Chris Smith, Beth Lamb, Kim
Speairs
right: Lisa Starnes, Cindy Vasquez,
Claire Olson, Christina Kuhl, Liz Heck, Megan Force; Joan Hunter had to leave before pictures were taken
Claire Olson, Christina Kuhl, Liz Heck, Megan Force; Joan Hunter had to leave before pictures were taken
left: TCU Professor Emerita Doug Newsom and Margaret Ritsch, director of TCU's student
agency, Roxo, at the PRSA College of Fellows dinner in San Francisco. That's
City Hall in the background. Andra Bennett and Holly Ellman, above, also represented Greater Fort Worth PRSA at the International Conference
Assembly.
Can people be this happy? New SPJ national president Sonny Albarado was a hit at
a reception in his honor Oct. 26 in the home of Paul and Harriet Harral. above left: Rebecca Aguilar, Britney Tabor Johnson, Sonny Albarado, Eddye Gallagher, Harriet
Harral; above right: Carolyn Poirot, Sondra Cochran; below: Britney Tabor Johnson and Chloe Steinhagen with a Mary Dulle pie (you should be
so lucky), Marcus Johnson, Jim Jones peeking around the corner — photos by Rebecca Aguilar (top) and Kay Pirtle
PRSA local update III: PRSA Dallas is collecting items — new men’s and women’s socks, toothbrushes, combs, cans of coffee, gift cards, unwrapped small toys — for veterans in the VA Hospital and their families. Bring a gift to the holiday
social Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Social House Addison. Info here.
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PEOPLE & PLACES
TCU 360 in November received the first-place Pinnacle Award from the College
Media Association, the nation’s largest organization of student media advisers, for its breaking news coverage
surrounding the arrests of numerous TCU students on drug charges in February.
The award was announced at the CMA/Associated Collegiate Press convention in
Chicago. Emily Atteberry, a former managing editor for TCU’s Image magazine, was a national finalist, fourth place, in the ACP Design of
the Year contest. For ACP Story of the Year, Ryan Osborne received honorable mention in the magazine diversity category. In SPJ Mark of
Excellence Awards judging, current Image photo editor Daniel Ethridge finished in the top three nationally this fall for photo illustration. ...
The Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association honored Star-Telegram columnist Dave Lieber with its 2012 Lanny Priddy Award for Courageous Pursuit of Justice. “Between trial lawyers, prosecutors and newspaper people, we’re the last line of defense in a world that’s troubled and needs help. There aren’t many of us left, you know? I think that Americans have a basic need. They need
to know that someone is fighting for them,” Lieber said in his acceptance remarks. “After 37 years of daily newspaper work, I still get jazzed up to do this because
I remind myself all the time why I started in the first place, what my goals
were. Every day there are too many people counting on us.” ...
TCU will partner with the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers to
offer the Certified Public Communicator program. The 95-hour curriculum,
developed by strategic communication professors Jacqueline Lambiase and Laura Bright, is designed for PIOs and others working for cities, counties and school
districts. Participants will stay on campus for a week this summer and next and
develop three-year communication plans working with PR, advertising and
marketing experts. The 2013 dates are July 28-Aug. 2. Cost — $3,850 — includes tuition, housing, most meals and course materials. Info here. ...
Former Fort Worth SPJ president and Arlington Star-Telegram publisher O.K. Carter’s first book, “Caddos, Cotton and Cowboys: Essays on Arlington,” hit profit status within two weeks of its release, and a second printing is
coming. Former Arlington Mayor Richard Greene, who often crossed swords with Carter, said in a review: “O.K.’s easy reading style, that made him my first stop for three decades through the
daily Arlington paper (when there was one), will delight, inform and inspire
you.”
