City receives IABC SC Palmetto Award
November 11, 2015
COLUMBIA, SC – The City of Columbia’s Public and Media Relations Department was awarded the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) SC Palmetto Award for their #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge initiative. IABC held their annual awards ceremony on November 3, 2015 at the Palmetto Club.
“We are thrilled to present an opportunity that allows our citizens to share what they love about Columbia,” stated Public and Media Relations Director Leshia Utsey.
The #LoveColumbia Photo Challenge is an annual City initiative that encourages citizens to submit photos via social media of their favorite images taken within City limits. Three individual photos are selected as winners from the City’s official Twitter, Instagram and Facebook through citizen participation and voting.
The Palmetto Awards were created in 1999 to recognize the outstanding work in the communications field and foster professional development among communicators. The awards provide the opportunity for communicators to display their talents in communication planning, publication writing and design, feature writing, electronic communication, and public relations and crisis communication campaigns.
