Gold Quill 2004 Awards.

The Gold Quill Awards program is an annual international competition that offers professional communicators an opportunity to have their work evaluated by a Blue Ribbon Panel of expert judges. The 20 awards categories range from community relations to electronic and digital communication to marketing communication, with top entries receiving awards of Merit and Excellence. Additionally, the judges choose winners of the Jake Wittmer Award, which spotlights research excellence, and the Business Issue Award, which salutes the role of strategic communication in sustaining an organization facing serious economic or viability challenges. Maine Street Marketing receives an Excellence award in Community Relations for its work with Australia's Department of Immigration. The Jake Wittmer Award was established by the IABC Research Foundation, the research and development arm of IABC, with generous support from executive Bob Berzok, to recognize outstanding worldwide research commissioned or developed by an organizational communicator.