The staff at The Health Journal won a collective 12 Virginia Press Association awards. All entrants in the 2014 VPA contest were judged by the Georgia Press Association. Here is a complete list of the staff’s awards:
Brian Freer
Category: Professional/Technology Services (color)
Place: 1
Entry: TPMG Orthopaedics/”Bruised Ego”
Judge’s Comments: In your face ad that grabs attention very fast. VERY creative while still remaining uniform. Information is easy to gather.
Brian Freer
Category: Professional/Technology Services (color)
Place: 3
Entry: Tidewater Ortho/”Don’t Sit on the Sidelines”
Judge’s Comments: Powerful and attention grabbing ad. Strong and easy to understand message about the service offered.
Liz Lane
Category: Fashion and Personal Care (color)
Place: 2
Entry: Williamsburg Plastic Surgery/”Renew Your Youth”
Judge’s Comments: Clean ad with good amount of information that sells the service quickly.
Liz Lane
Category: Food and Drug (color)
Place: 3
Entry: Creekside Catering
Judge’s Comments: Creekside Catering
Susan Thompson, Page Freer
Category: Single-Sheet Inserts, Wraps, Flexis, Adhesive Notes and Spadia
Place: 1
Entry: LWell/”The Best Gifts Speak from the Heart”
Liz Lane
Category: Photo-Illustration
Place: 3
Entry: Gameplan for Health
Judge’s Comments: Great use of focus and lighting
Chris Jones
Category: Headline Writing
Place: 3
Judge’s Comments: Nice job. Good use of headline and drop headline. Pulls readers in and makes them continue reading.
Liz Lane, Alison Johnson
Category: Combination picture and story
Place: 2
Entry: I Lost the Weight
Judge’s Comments: Good photo illustration concept. Excellent photographic quality and design.
Staff
Category: Design and presentation
Place: 3
Entries: September, October, November/December issues
Judge’s Comments: I like the use of color to tie story elements together.
Staff
Category: Front page or front cover
Place: 2
Entry: The Health Journal covers
Judge’s Comments: Very nice pages. Looks like designers put a lot of thought into the art. Well done.
Alexis Kikoen, Brian Freer
Category: Online video
Place: 1
Entry: Child Development Resources: Naomi’s Story
Judge’s Comments: Truly outstanding work. With the feel of a major network production, Naomi’s story put a beautiful face on the larger issue of helping children overcome whatever obstacles may be placed in front of them. The storytelling is magnificent and the production values are tremendous. Easily the top two entrants in the category.
Alexis Kikoen, Brian Freer
Category: Online Video
Place: 2
Entry: Augie Liebler: Folk Artist
Judge’s Comments: Outstanding production values along with great storytelling. The top two in the category clearly stood above the rest. The vistas created by the camera and merging of Augie’s own words to tell the story were extremely well done.