The National Federation of Press Women announced the winners in its 2007 Communications Contest Sept. 22 in Richmond, Virginia, at its annual conference.

I’m proud to say I received a second place in the Category Radio Special Programming for my documentary ‘Miracle in the Desert: The Story of the Santa Fe Opera.’ I wrote the hour-long work to celebrate the SFO’s 50th Anniversary, for KSJE FM, a public radio station in Farmington, New Mexico.

In addition, I was recognized as the New Mexico Press Woman Communicator of Achievement, and got to stand up with every state’s winner on the podium. I didn’t get National Communicator of Achievement, buit it was a thrill just to be there and honored by New Mexico.

Now you know why Betsy Craig in A Mouthful of Shell is a Press Woman, and why Shelby McCoy in Snap Me a Future is an arts reporter. Both are heroines I created for DLSIJ Press.

To find out more about me, KSJE-FM, and DLSIJ Press, go to www.conniegotsch.com www.ksje.com www.conniegotsch.blogspot.com or www.dlsijpress.com

Posted on September 26th, 2007 by Connie Gotsch
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