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House
Resolution 1845
By:
Representative Waites of the
60th
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Ms. Dionne Walker; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Ms. Dionne Walker is a versatile and accomplished communicator whose diverse
career includes editing and producing content for some of the most well-known
print, web, and broadcast properties in the nation; and
WHEREAS,
her journalism career began while attending the University of Maryland, during
which time she was interning at Washington, D.C., magazines and websites,
freelancing for local newspapers, and maintaining beat duties as a reporter for
the campus newspaper; and
WHEREAS,
she has effectively juggled multiple tasks while working at
the York Daily
Record,
The
Capital-Gazette, and
The Associated
Press; and
WHEREAS,
her writing career has included producing national articles on topics from
social issues and diversity to consumer technology, with bylines appearing in
The Washington Post,
USA Today,
and
Newsday, among many others;
and
WHEREAS,
Ms. Walker has combined clarity and an engaging writing style with a natural
curiosity to produce content that outperforms the competition; and
WHEREAS,
she received the "Beat of the Week" honor, an internal recognition for
The Associated
Press employee who best advances the
global brand, for her coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre and the 40th
anniversary of the end of anti-miscegenation laws; and
WHEREAS,
in 2010, Ms. Walker began adding web design, search engine optimization, and web
marketing to her professional repertoire, as well as sharpening her media
relations chops; and
WHEREAS,
she has transformed from a traditional journalist into a digital communications
professional; and
WHEREAS,
it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this
distinguished Georgian be appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend Ms. Dionne Walker for her years of dedication to journalism
and the digital communications profession and extend to her their best wishes
for future success.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Ms. Dionne
Walker.