Here is a press release from the Association for Women in Communications


ANN LIGUORI TO RECEIVE HEADLINER AWARD
GIVEN BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS

Ann Liguori, leader in the sports broadcasting and marketing industry, will receive the Headliner Award from The Association for Women in Communications at their Annual Professional Conference, held this year in Baltimore, August 1-4, 2001.
(http://www.womcom.org/conference2001)

The Headliner Award rewards recent national or international accomplishments, as well as consistent communications excellence. Since AWC created the award in 1939, the association has recognized some 200 prominent leaders in communications disciplines.

Liguori is a sports talk show host, interviewer, reporter and journalist for radio, television and print. She is also the president of her own television production company and owner of the award-winning "Sports Innerview with Ann Liguori" weekly television series, seen on regional sports cable networks throughout the country. Ann owns the rights to over 500 half-hour interview shows and her company acquires the sponsorships for the show, which has aired weekly since 1989. She has become one of the top inter-viewers in the business and is known for asking tough questions in a respectful way. And in many of her shows, she golfs with major stars while interviewing them, using golf as a 'window into the souls' of her guests.

Liguori also hosted the celebrity golf segment on "Golf 2000 with Peter Jacobsen," a nationally-syndicated golf magazine television show. Ann's weekly half-hour celebrity golf show, "Conversations with Ann Liguori," aired prime-time on The Golf Channel the first three years of TGC's inception.

Liguori's work in radio includes hosting a live, call-in sports show on WFAN-NY every late Friday evening. As one of the original talk show hosts at the station, she features interviews with top personalities in sports including athletes, coaches, columnists and agents, plus a live chat session (on annliguori.com) and calls from listeners. She is WFAN's golf and tennis correspondent and covers events such as The Masters, the US Open (golf and tennis), and the British Open. Ann has also covered five Olympics for network radio as show host and reporter.

Her book, A Passion for Golf - Celebrity Musings About the Game features a collection of interviews she has done, golfing with some of the most successful celebrities in sports, Hollywood, music and business. A Passion for Life - Celebrity Musings from the Fairways is her new audio book which is distributed by Audio Book Club. Liguori also writes a celebrity golf column in the special golf section of USA TODAY.

Founded in 1909 as Theta Sigma Phi, The Association for Women in Communications is a non-profit organization of over 7,500 members that champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era. The association has members in more than 100 professional and student chapters around the world and a strong network of independent members.

For more information about the association, visit the AWC Web site at http://www.womcom.org or call the Severna Park, Maryland national office at 410/544-7442. Contact Executive Director Pat Troy at pat@womcom.org or Membership Director Nancy Badertscher at nancy@womcom.org.