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The Jake Wittmer Award.


This year's Jake Wittmer Award recipient is:

Mental Illness Public Awareness campaign

Leah Lechelt, ABC ABC
 in full American Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928.
 

Alberta Mental Health Board

Edmonton, Alberta

Canada

The Jake Wittmer Award was established by the IABC IABC International Association of Business Communicators
IABC Indo-Americans for Better Community
 Research Foundation, the research and development arm of IABC, to recognize outstanding worldwide research commissioned or developed by an organizational communicator.

Jake Wittmer, ABC (1919-1981), was an IABC chairman and a founder of the organization. He was an early believer that research is inherent to the communication process.

The Jake Wittmer Award is given to an entrant en·trant  
n.
One that enters, especially one that enters a competition.



[French, from present participle of entrer, to enter, from Old French; see enter.
 who has used research effectively to develop a successful communication project. All Gold Quill quill: see pen.  entries that become winners are automatically considered for the award.
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Publication:Communication World
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2000
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