Upcoming
Meeting
The next ECPRO meeting will be held on May
27, 2008 at Angler's Beachside Grill on Okaloosa Island.
Click here
for the program
information.
Public Relations Professionals
Emerald Coast Public Relations Organization (ECPRO) is a
professional organization that fosters an interest in the public
relations field; encourages professional development for those
employed in the public relations field; maintains a high degree
of standards and ethics in the performance of public relations
tasks; offers instruction for accreditation. ECPRO is a member
of the
Southern
Public Relations Federation (SPRF).
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ECPRO members are civic minded and contribute to the local community in a number of ways. One of the organization’s main endeavors is the sponsorship of the Student Public Relations and Media Competition for students in Okaloosa and Walton counties. A foundation has been established to accept tax deductible donations/sponsorships. For more information about the competition
click here.
Club News
The cost of lunch for members has been raised to $13.00.
For more club news, see the
Club
Highlights
section.
To see PR job postings,
click here.
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Announcements
Mark your calendars!
ECPRO is the host of the 2008 SPRF Conference, which will be held July 27-29 at Bayside at Sandestin. There will be lots of great speakers and you will have an opportunity to network with other PR Professionals from Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida. Information about the speakers, housing and registration is available at
http://www.sprf.org/annual_conf/index.htm
Joe Purka is the conference chair and is looking for help. Please contact Joe
jwpurka@cox.net for more information on how you can help.
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Student Public Relations and Media Competition.
Shown above in the left photo is Adviser of the Year Susan Teare, Fort Walton Beach High School Yearbook Adviser, and Jordan Loar, FWBHS, who was recognized as the Outstanding Yearbook Editor, which came with a $500 scholarship.
Shown in the photo on the right is Amanda Sullivan, Choctawhatchee High School, the recipient of The Jeff Newell Outstanding Reporter Award, which came with a $1,000 scholarship. Jeff Newell was a reporter for the Northwest Florida Daily News, who in 1989 answered the call of local journalism teachers to start a scholastic journalism awards program. Newell continued to be instrumental in the success of the program until his death from cancer in July 2001. An accomplished reporter, Newell was known for his dedication to his craft as well as his skills as a reporter. The scholarship is courtesy of Marylaide G. Newell, Jeff’s mother, who is also in the photo along with ECPRO President Ken
Hair.
For more information and a complete listing of the competition winners please
click here.
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