APRIL CONNECTION

A.W.M. Austin Publication, Vol. 226 April 2019 Edition

The Westin Austin at The Domain will once again be our venue. Early bird table/ticket pricing

expires Sunday March 31, 2019. We are excited that you are able to pre-order wine for your

table in advance. The hotel is also offering a discounted room rate of $229 for AWM guests.

This pricing will expire on April 8th, 2019.

We have a few deadlines quickly approaching:

All finalist questionnaires must be submitted by Friday March 29, 2019 to

AWMDapperDerby@gmail.com As in past years, judging will be done outside

of Austin with other AWM Affiliates.

All Creative entries for consideration must be received by Monday April 1, 2019 at

AWMDapperDerby@gmail.com. Only one (1) submission per category will be

accepted and, as in past years, judging will be done outside of Austin with

other AWM Affiliates.

There’s still time to buy an ad in this year’s program. Final copy deadline is Friday March 29,

2019. We also have a limited number of sponsorships available. Thank you to Univision Austin

who is sponsoring our After Party and to Entercom Austin for sponsoring the Signature Drink –

The Mix Julep.

Please keep an eye on our Facebook page for event updates.

Thanks again to for your support of all things AWM!

We have only four and a half fast-moving weeks before this

year’s 2019 Trailblazer & Excellence in Media Awards Gala is

here! Our theme is Dapper Derby and we’ve also created a

few new features we can’t wait to share.

THANK YOU TO OUR GALA SPONSORS

The Austin Alliance for Women in Media

is proud to announce the

2019 AWM Trailblazer

CONGRATULATIONS CHRISTINE!

2019 TRAILBLAZER RECIPIENT

Christine Martinez-EscobarPresident & General Manager

Univision Austin

Christine’s media career began as an intern at Clear Channel Radio

while attending The University of Texas at Austin. Today she is

President and General Manager for Univision Austin’s Spanish

language television and radio.

We hope you will join us to congratulate

Christine Martinez-Escobar on Thursday April 25th

at The Westin Austin at The Domain.

.

2019 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT

Stephanie is pursuing a B.S. in Public Relations, double major B.A. in Studio Art (painting concentration) with a minor in Business

Administration.

At the age of 14, she led a campaign to raise $15,000 to build a well in India. At 17, she was

president of her high school student body and led multiple anti-human-trafficking fundraising

campaigns. After an injury playing for UT’s women’s club soccer team, she wrote for the Texas Health

Journal. She later interned at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where she compiled a complete media plan.

At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, she led a team of interns to create full media packages for

events, and published 8 articles. She plans to pursue science writing via a masters at MIT.

Congratulations Stephanie!!

This scholarship was made possible through the support of AWM events

Thanks to all our 2018-2019 applicants!

Stephanie Zeller PR & Studio Art Double Major at The University of Texas at Austin

Someone Stephanie worked closely with at NASA’s GSFC stated “Blending artistry with science journalism is a challenging endeavor, but Zeller managed adroitly to balance the

needs of both. Her work—social media, science writing, graphic design, video production, all of it—was some of the most inspired content I have seen in 11 years in

Goddard’s Office of Communications.”

EVENT CONNECTIONEVENT CONNECTION

Spring at the chance to catch up and meet fellow industry professionals, media organizations and AWM members!

Join us Wednesday, March 27th

from 5-7p at Haymaker

Interested in joining AWM? Come out and see what we're all about!Everyone is welcome, no RSVP required.

A pair of tickets

to this year’s

AWM

Trailblazer &

Excellence in

Media Gala

to be awarded!

TOMORROW!

Wednesday March 27th,

5-7p

LOCAL CONNECTION

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Congratulations to KXAN, NBC affiliate, who received the Walter Cronkite Award for in Television Political Journalism. The award was presented to the KXAN-TV team for an episode of political program, State of Texas, that focused on an investigative reporting series, “Texas’ Oil Empire: Drilling into Power, Money and Ethics.” This is the third Walter Cronkite award and the sixth national journalism award that KXAN-TV has received since 2015.

The Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in

Television Political Journalism

BMI, the major performance rights organization, confirmed plans to open a creative office in Austin. This announcement was the company’s first expansion in nearly twenty years.BMI serves as an advocate for the value of music,representing 14 million musical works created and owned by more than 900,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.

Congratulations to KOKE-FM’sRita Ballou and Eric Raines on

winning Radio Personalities of the year the #TRRAwards .

And KOKE FM for winning Radio Station of the year Large Market.

LOCAL CONNECTION

CORPORATE SPONSORSNewsletter submissions can be sent to

NEWSLETTER@awmaustin.org

Austin City Limits Radio will now be found exclusively on 97.1 FM.

Austin’s relaxing favorites can be heard on the new Star 93.3. The soft adult

contemporary station kicked off their launch with 9,300 songs in a row.

Starting April 1st national host Delilahwill begin on the station.

ACL Radio received national recognition this past year by winning the NAB Crystal Radio Award for Excellence in Community Service.

Univision Austin’s KAKW Channel 62, will get a new two-hour morning newscast starting in April. “Noticias Texas Primera Edición” (“Texas News First Edition”), will air from 4 a.m. to 6 a.m. weekdays. Austin-based reporters will be Liliana Soto and David Herrera, who are both already part of the Univision 62 news team. The Univision network’s “Despierta América” (“Wake Up, America”) will air at 6 a.m., immediately following the new statewide newscast.

Join the Austin Alliance for Women in Media

between NOW – March 31 to be eligible to win

a free year of Individual Membership*

Top 5 reasons to join AWM:

Expand your horizons with insightful monthly Lunch & Learns

Find successful mentors

Attend annual fundraising events with ATX industry leaders

Local newsletter keeps you abreast of industry news

Make a commitment to the advancement of women in our industry

Individual Annual AWM Membership

There are two types of individual Austin memberships available:

$60/Professional and $30/Student.

Sign up online at http://awmaustin.org/join.php

MEMBER CONNECTION

*Anyone joining Alliance for Women in Media, Austin Affiliate, during our Membership Drive with be

entered to win their 2020 annual membership renewal for free. (Membership not transferrable.)

There’s still time to join!

SAVE THE DATE

APR

3 – AWM Board Meeting, 12p-1p

Board Members Only

Location: iHeartMedia

3601 South Congress

25 – AWM Trailblazer &

Excellence in Media Awards GalaLocation: The Westin Austin at The Domain

MAY

2 – AWM Annual Business Meeting,

12p-1p

AWM Members Only

Location: TBA

JUNE

8 – AWM Strategic Planning Meeting,

9a-12p

AWM Board Members Only

Location: TBD

CAREER CONNECTION

You are able to post your own company’s listing.

All postings expire after thirty days. Visit awmaustin.org

and click the CAREERS tab.

AustinAWM AWMAustin awmatx

CORPORATE SPONSORS

Thank you to our local

corporate sponsors!

Something fantastic going on with your company?

Let us know and we will share with our AWM community!

Email NEWSLETTER@awmaustin.org

STAY CONNECTED

Interested in becoming an AWM CORPORATE SPONSOR?

Check out package levels HERE