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• Schedule at a Glance

• Workshops and speakers

wrWriting workshop topics include historic writing, how a small town newspaper can make a big difference, getting a novel published, online journalism, and covering national politics.

prThe Public Relations track features workshops on corporate communications, crisis management, sports marketing, public speaking, and university relations.

lsThe Life Skills track features sessions on freelance accounting, dressing for success, taking successful photographs, growing older not old, the National Women’s History Museum, and organizing your life.

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Thursday, Sept. 20, 2007

  • “Celebrating Virginia” – Join us as Dominion, one of America’s leading energy companies, hosts us at its scenic corporate headquarters along the James River. You’ll enjoy an evening of Virginia Food, wine, and entertainment.

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Friday, Sept. 21, 2007

  • Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine is expected to open the conference at the Friday breakfast.

  • Rita McClenny, vice president of Film & Industry Relations, and Andy Edmunds, locations manager, for the Virginia Film Office. Discover why Hollywood filmmakers love the Richmond Region. Movies filmed in Virginia include the movies “Evan Almighty” and “Mission Impossible 3” and television episodes for “Commander in Chief” and “Dancing with the Stars.”

  • Bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, who also is an honorary member of Virginia Press Women, will regale us with her tales of motherhood, traveling, all things family and Italian, and, of course, her adventures in getting her novel Big Stone Gap up on the big screen. She is beloved by millions of readers for her hilarious and heartwarming novels, including the Big Stone Gap trilogy. She also has delivered with Lucia, Lucia; The Queen of the Big Time; Rococo; and Return to Big Stone Gap.

  • The evening program will recognize state Communicator of Achievement winners and celebrate NFPW’s 70 years with special tributes.

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Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007

  • The President’s roundtable will focus on the 400th anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown. Plans for it have been 50 years in the making! Leading the discussion are Alisa Bailey, president and CEO of Virginia Tourism; Jeanne Zeidler, mayor of Williamsburg and executive director of Jamestown 2007; and Chip Mann, executive director of the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission.

  • Saturday’s luncheon speaker is the Honorable L. Douglas Wilder, mayor of Richmond and former governor of Virginia. The grandson of slaves, he was the first African American to serve in the Virginia legislature since Reconstruction and the first elected African-American governor in U.S. history. He also is a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and is the driving force for establishing a national slavery museum in Fredericksburg, Va.

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