VLW earns award from National Newspaper Ass’n 
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Published: August 13, 2012
Virginia Lawyers Weekly has been honored in the 2012 “Better Newspaper Contest” conducted by the National Newspaper Association.
The column, “Meet John Doe,” earned Honorable Mention as Best Humorous Column for the newspaper’s circulation category. The piece, written by VLW publisher Paul Fletcher, was published in March 2011.
Four other Dolan Company newspapers earned awards in the ...
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