Ad Federation Honors Joyce Cameron

Joyce M. Cameron, director of development and public relations for the Inland Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross, Saturday was named local “advertising professional of the year.”

Cameron was honored during “ADDY Night,” the Spokane Advertising Federation’s 40th annual awards presentation at the Ag Trade Center. The award cited Cameron’s work for the Red Cross during Ice Storm, noting she worked with the news media and others days and nights for 19 consecutive days.

WhiteRunkle Associates received the Best of Show “MAX” award for its “Cowboy” television ad for The Spokane Symphony. The agency, the area’s largest, won 32 of the 138 awards presented.

The 12 “best of division” award winners (with advertisers in parentheses) included:

Sales Promotion: Ross Printing (Itron);

Print Material: Hanna & Associates (URM);

Direct Marketing: WhiteRunkle Associates (AT&T Wireless);

Out of Home: WhiteRunkle Associates (Spokane Transit Authority);

Magazine: Hanna & Associates (The Big Mountain);

Newspaper: Hanna & Associates (Tidyman’s);

Radio: Hanna & Associates (The Spokesman-Review);

Television: WhiteRunkle Associates (Spokane Symphony);

Audio/Visual: Progressive Image (Calif./Nevada Gaming Assoc.);

Industry Self-promotion: Klundt & Hosmer Design (Klundt & Hosmer Design);

Advertising Arts: Hamilton Photography & Film Co. (Ross Printing);

Public Service/Relations: Wendt Advertising (Family Resource Center).

These division winners will be forwarded to regional competition in Portland.

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