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New York Women in Communications will presents the 56th annual Matrix Awards ceremony on May 19 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. NBC News anchor and TODAY co-host Sheinelle Jones will serve as emcee for the event.
The awards ceremony, which honors women in communications, media and entertainment, will recognize 2026 Matrix Honorees Tamsen Fadal, journalist, podcast host and best-selling author; Hello Products CEO Diana Haussling; Abbey Klaassen, global brand president and U.S. CEO, Dentsu Creative; Franklyn West founder and CEO Ashley Miles; Debra OConnell, president, ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Networks; Publicis Group chief strategy officer Carla Serrano; and Khartoon Weiss, VP & GM, global business solutions, TikTok.
The ceremony is also NYWIC’s largest annual fundraiser, supporting scholarships and year-round professional development for women in the communications field. This year, 17 college women will be presented with scholarships at the gala. The recipients embody the spirit of this year’s theme "The Butterfly Effect: Women Who Transform the Media Landscape and Inspire the World." Since 1998, NYWICI has awarded more than $2.2 million to more than 410 young women pursuing communications careers
The scholarships are funded by such partners as Disney, Yahoo, Google, JPMorganChase, Dentsu and Omnicom.
Avoq received a National Gold ADDY in Branded Content & Entertainment for Online/Interactive, at the American Advertising Federation’s 2026 ADMERICA Conference on May 29... LaVoie Strategic Communications Group takes home Bronze Bell Ringer Award in the Government/Public Affairs category from the Publicity Club of New England... Crosby Marketing Communications presents its 2026 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship to Deniela Penate, who recently graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD... BoardroomPR is named to the South Florida Business Journal’s list of the Top 25 Largest Women-Owned Businesses in South Florida.
Washington Women in Public Relations announces finalists for its 16th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards... The Hispanic Public Relations Association opens submissions for its 2026 HPRA National ¡BRAVO! Awards... Clearpoint Agency, which has offices in San Diego and Boston, received gold and bronze honors in the PR category at the American Marketing Association San Diego’s 2026 Sandie Awards on May 21. 
Crosby Marketing Communications won eight Telly Awards, which were announced on May 19. The awards, which cover video and television across all screens, were chosen from nearly 14,000 entries submitted by creators, brands and production companies spanning 55 countries... French/West/Vaughan was recognized at the Telly Awards for its work on Pendleton Whisky’s “Palette of the West” video series... Yulu Public Relations has received a Gold Davos Communications Award from the World Communications Forum Association for its collaboration with Audible on the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle.
The Public Relations Society of America awards the 2026 Best of Silver Anvils Award to the American Academy of Pediatrics for its Vaccine Confidence campaign... Laughlin Constable Public Relations was recognized as a Silver Anvil Award Finalist by PRSA for its campaign for the grand opening of PENN Entertainment and Hollywood Casino’s $185 million entertainment destination in Joliet, IL... BridgeView Marketing is cited by the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards.
The Public Relations Society of America's New York Chapter is accepting entries for the 39th Annual Big Apple Awards through May 17, with a 15 percent early bird discount (code: EARLYBIRD26) for entries received by April 16... Washington Women in PR opens nominations for the 2026 Washington Women in PR Emerging Leaders Awards... Ragan Communications, along with its Communications Week brand, is accepting nominations for the Zenith Awards through April 17.
