awards

West Virginia Executive Magazine 2023

• Young Gun

Generation West Virginia Awards 2019

• The Chairwoman Award

• The Rising Star Award

• The WOW Award

• The Leaving a Legacy Award

2019 Junior League of Charleston

• Most Outstanding Provisional Member

2019 We Love Our Community Awards

• Charleston Restaurant Week

2017 West Virginia PRSA Crystal Awards

• Crystal Award for Best Social Media Project - WVU Snapchat Spectacles

• Crystal Award for Best Integrated Marketing Campaign - Dan Carder Time 100

• Honorable Mention - A New Angle Video Series

State Journal's Generation Next: 40 Under 40

West Virginia Press Association Awards

• Third Place, Best Written News Story - Truck with 11 youths crashes, teen killed

2016 PR News Social Media Awards

• Honorable Mention for Best Use of Video on Facebook - Defining the manifesto: A WVU Social Media Video Series

• Honorable Mention for Best Use of Snapchat - WVU Engages with Prospective Students

2015 West Virginia PRSA Crystal Awards

• Crystal Award for Best in West Virginia - The Ultimate West Virginia Road Trip

• Crystal Award for Best Social Media Campaign - The Ultimate West Virginia Road Trip

• Crystal Award for Best Feature Story - Therapy Dogs Take Care of Their People at WVU

• Honorable Mention for Best Social Media Project - Takeover Tuesday on Snapchat

• Honorable Mention for Best Social Media Project - AskWVU Q&A on Snapchat

2015 MarCom Awards

• Platinum Award for Best Social Media Campaign - 25 Days of WVU Giveaways

• Gold Award for Snapchat - WVU on Snapchat

• Honorable Mention - Twitter Engagement

• Honorable Mention - Feature Article on Monroe County Farmers Market

2014 West Virginia PRSA Crystal Awards

• Crystal Award for Best Social Media Campaign - 25 Days of WVU Giveaways

• Crystal Award for Best Social Media Project - WVU on Snapchat

2014 CASE District II Circle of Excellence Awards

• Bronze Award for Social Media - WVU Commencement Campaign

2011 Perley Issac Reed School of Journalism

• Outstanding News Editorial Student

• Top News Editorial Student

• Top Perley Issac Reed School of Journalism student

NATIONAL APPEARANCES

CBS Sunday Morning

• Pepperoni Rolls, West Virginia’s Favorite Snack

C-SPAN

• Appalachian Food History and Culture

engagements

2019 Leadership West Virginia Graduate

2018 West Virginia Tourism Office Industry Training

• Using social to market your destination

2017 West Virginia Brownsfields Conference

• Communicating your success via social panel

2017 Women & Technology Conference (West Virginia)

• How to use social media to tell your tech story

2016 Oklahoma College Public Relations Society Conference (Oklahoma)

• So you wanna Snapchat?: Higher Ed Edition

2016 Towson University (Maryland)

• How Universities can use Snapchat

2016 College and University Public Relations and Associated Professionals (Pennsylvania)

• So you wanna Snapchat?: Higher Ed Edition

2016 CASE Higher Ed Social Media Conference (Chicago)

• Bringing your brand to life through social media

2015 Higher Ed Web Conference (Milwaukee)

• More Than Selfies: Snapchat in Higher Ed

2015 Higher Ed Experts Social Media Conference

• 10 Solutions for Snapchat Problems

Media coverage

Social

• College Web Editor: 12 Surprising Social Media Outcomes for #HigherEd

• EAB: How Recruiters Are Using Snapchat To Find Their Next Class

• Country News Wire: WV Tourism Department Hosts First Training Session

• The State Journal: WV Businesses Aim to 'Catch 'Em All'

• CrowdRiff: How the West Virginia Tourism Office Engages With Over 1,000 Posts Per Month

Food

• The New York Times: 12 Restaurants America Loves. With Recipes!

• The Exponent Telegram: Foodie Nation

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: W.Va. bakery says losing Sheetz will cost jobs

• WV Public Broadcasting: The Leftovers in a Coal Miner's Bucket

• WV Public Broadcasting: 3 Things About Appalachia’s Signature Foods That You May Not Know

• WBOY: Author of "The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll" holds book signing at Bridgeport Public Library

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Food Notes

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Around WV

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: WV Book Team: WVU press releases, from politics to pepperoni rolls

• USAToday 10Best: Best Pepperoni Roll in West Virginia

• WV Tourism Office: Do You Know The Whole Story Behind WV's State Food (author)

• Connect Bridgeport: "The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll" Book, Featuring Several Harrison County Bakeries, To Be Released June 1

• Wheeling Intelligencer: Wellsburg Native Tells Pepperoni Roll Story

• The Gary Bowden Show: May 22

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: WV Book Team: WVU Press authors to speak in Charleston

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: WV Culinary Team: Pepperoni roll research is the best kind of research

• Morgantown Magazine: The Pepperoni Roll From A to Z

• Mountaineer ENEWS: WVU Press publishes a history of the pepperoni roll by Candace Nelson, social media editor at WVU

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Book chronicling WV’s pepperoni roll tells state’s history bite by bite

• The Weirton Daily Times: Wellsburg native details pepperoni roll’s long past

• WAJR: Wellsburg Native and WVU Grad Hopes Newly Published Pepperoni Roll Book is “Definitive”

• Metronews: Wellsburg native and WVU grad hopes newly published pepperoni roll book is “definitive”

• The Herald-Dispatch: Dave Trippin': Region packed with daytrips perfect for long weekend

• Associated Press: Book chronicles West Virginia's pepperoni roll

• The Exponent Telegram: West Virginia's regional foods give the state its own flavor

• The State Journal: Pepperoni Rolls: Every Variety of State’s Signature Snack Satisfies Fans

• The State Journal: Rolls on the River raises funds for Big Brothers Big Sisters

• The Exponent Telegram: Grand Feature Parade among WVIHF festivities Saturday

• The Exponent Telegram: WVU celebrates 70th Mountaineer Week

• WVAQ: Just Jaime - Author Candace Nelson Interview, WV Pepperoni Roll

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Food Notes

• The Parkersburg News & Sentinel: JR’s Donut Castle in pepperoni roll book

• The Daily Athenaeum: Rolling Out the History of WV's "Secret Snack"

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Charleston hosting event celebrating craft beer, pepperoni rolls

• WV Press: ‘Rolls on the River’ celebrates West Virginia Day

• I Love Morgantown: This Week in Morgantown

• Observer Reporter: Book chronicles W.Va.’s beloved pepperoni rolls

• The Washington Times: Book chronicles West Virginia’s pepperoni roll

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Hats off to Maestro Lawrence Loh, author Candace Nelson (Daily Mail)

• WQBE: New Book Chronicles the History of the Pepperoni Roll

• Taylor Books: Book signing: The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll - Taylor Books of Charleston, WV

• The Herald-Dispatch: Happy Birthday Mountain State; Eight great ways to say happy 154th West Virginia

• The Daily Athenaeum: Pepperoni Roll Cookoff Winners

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: ‘Goosebumps’ author Stine to headline WV Book Festival

• WDTV: Annual author's forum held for WVIHF

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: WV Book Team: West Virginia Book Festival announces 2017 lineup

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Things To Do

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Gazette editorial: See you at the WV Book Festival today

• The Herald-Dispatch: R.L. Stine, Henry Winkler among featured authors at book fest

• Connect Bridgeport: Bridgeport Public Library Hosts Candace Nelson for Book Signing Event

• WBOY: Author of "The West Virginia Pepperoni Roll" holds book signing at Bridgeport Public Library

• USAToday 10Best: Pepperoni rolls are more than a meal – they're WV state heritage

• WSAZ: Rolls on the River

• The Herald-Dispatch: New releases, author events slated for area

• WVU Magazine: Pepperoni On A Roll

• WVU Magazine: Summer Reads: Eight Books to Bring to the Beach (or Anywhere but Your Dusty Bookshelf)

• WTOP: West Virginia's Iconic Pepperoni Roll Pops Up in DC

• Washingtonian: Apparently Pepperoni Rolls Are A Thing In West Virginia. Now You Can Get Them In DC Too.

• The Weirton Daily Times: Creativity needed to draw visitors

• Anthony Bourdain: Explore Parts Unknown: Pepperoni Roll: The Taste of Mountaineer Pride

• The Dominion Post: American Red Cross fundraiser Taste of West Virginia set for June 14

• Charleston Gazette-Mail: Rolls on the River extols W.Va. food delicacy, supports Big Brothers Big Sisters

• West Virginia Living: The Ultimate Pepperoni Roll Road Trip

• The Dominion Post: Country vittles: Mountaineer Week celebrates West Virginia cuisine with buffet, ’roni roll contest

• CBS News: Recipe - Homemade Pepperoni Rolls

• CBS News: This Week on CBS Sunday Morning (Nov. 18)

• CBS News: Pepperoni Rolls, West Virginia’s most popular snack

• WCBI: Pepperoni Rolls, the Pride of West Virginia

• AARP: What To Eat In The South

• The Wild & Wonderful Podcast: Candace Nelson, Coal Mining, Community

• WVU Press: Booktimist

• The Herald-Dispatch: Cicada Book Club to Kick off in January

• WV Public Broadcasting: Inside Appalachia: Some of Our Favorite Stories

• The Herald-Dispatch: Huntington begins an arts night out at Heritage Station on Thursday

• The Register-Herald: First Friday celebration takes on a literary air

• WBOY: 5th Annual Great Pepperoni Roll Cookoff held in Morgantown

• Rolling Pepperoni: THE West Virginia Pepperoni Roll

• Lafayette Flats: West Virginia Gift Guide

• 10Best USA TODAY: These 10 regional foods could be the hangover cures you need

• PBS: West Virginia’s Famed Pepperoni Roll

• AutomotiveMap: Pepperoni and peepers: Wandering wild, wonderful West Virginia in the Polaris Slingshot

• La Cucina Italiana: Pepperoni Rolls: An Italian-American Baker’s Gift to the World

• Food & Wine: Pepperoni Rolls Are One Step Closer to Becoming West Virginia's Official State Food

• KitchenAid: Portable Foods in History

• Other media includes: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WCHS, Taste Magazine, WRON, Steve Bishop - MetroNews, Jack & Nikki - WVAQ, WBOY, TV19 in Fairmont, and more.