Albert Lea Tribune — James Douglass ’87, Riverland Community College’s executive director of communications, media relations and marketing has been named the National Council of Marketing and Public Relations 2015 Communicator of the Year for District 5.
NCMPR District 5 includes Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, the Canadian province of Manitoba, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
One of the most prestigious awards presented to an NCMPR member, the Communicator of the Year Award recognizes a two-year college marketing, public relations or communications professional who has demonstrated leadership in the area of college communications and marketing. Emphasis is placed on accomplishments within the past year.
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He pursued his education at St. Cloud State University where he pursued majors in mass communications with a public relations emphasis and also in theater arts. Upon graduating, Douglass briefly returned to a rural newspaper in Montevideo where he became the state’s youngest newspaper editor.
