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Something phishy
About seven or eight years ago, I was sitting at my desk one morning when I received an urgent text from my then-boss. She was holding a meeting, according to the text, and needed me to purchase $1,000 in electronic gift cards as a giveaway to the attendees as soon as possible. Needless to say, […]
Virginia Business wins 11 state press awards
Virginia Business has won 11 awards in the Virginia Press Association’s 2021 News & Advertising Contest, the state organization announced this week. The annual contest recognizes excellence in design, writing, photography, illustrations and advertising in participating publications across Virginia for the previous calendar year. Judges for this year’s contest are from Pennsylvania&[...]
The bigger picture
Welcome to the 10th edition of The Big Book. Virginia Business Publisher Bernie Niemeier had the inspiration for this annual issue more than a decade ago when he was retrieving his mail and noted the heft of Vanity Fair’s jam-packed annual Hollywood issue. “Why can’t we have a big book like this?” he thought to […]
Virginia Business wins national journalism awards
Virginia Business won two national journalism awards Wednesday during The Alliance of Area Business Publishers’ (AABP) 2021 Editorial Excellence Awards ceremony. Virginia Business Publisher Bernie Niemeier placed gold in the Commentary category for his monthly OurView column. His winning columns included a July 2020 column, “It’s time to speak up,” which exhorted the busine[...]
Virginia Business wins four VPA awards
Virginia Business received four Virginia Press Association journalism awards this week, including two first-place prizes for news writing and magazine cover design in the specialty publications division. Deputy Editor Rich Griset placed first in the news writing portfolio category for three stories he wrote in 2020, including: Firing up Fairfax, a profile of Fairfax County […]
