The Alvin Sun and Advertiser was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award during the annual Alvin-Manvel Chamber of Commerce awards banquet in February.
The newspaper was honored in the category of a business that has been serving the community for more than 130 years. Managing Editor Kathleen Holton accepted the award.

Obituaries published in the April 2022 editor of the Texas Press Messenger.

Promotions, staff additions and oither changes at Texas newspapers.

KEITH KOHN
Victoria Advocate

Members are invited to gather in San Marcos July 28-30 for the 2022 Texas Press Association Convention and Trade Show.
Headquarters for the convention is the Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Convention Center and Spa. Registration for the summer reunion is now open on the TPA website.

Russell Viers and Digiversity.tv will conduct a free one-hour webinar for Texas Press Association members on Thursday, March 31.
The webinar entitled “InDesign Time-Saving Tips with Russell Viers” will be held via Zoom at 10 a.m. March 31.

The 23rd International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) is scheduled April 1 and 2 at the University of Texas at Austin and online.
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, which hosts the annual event, is offering a discounted registration rate of $100 (regular fee is $250) for in-person attendance to any staff member of a TPA member publication.