Cathy Grossman with the Publicity Workshop 2001 team. (L to R: McClure, Grossman, Guthrie, Muntsinger) Attendees networked and shared ideas at lunch before Cathy Grossman spoke. Cathy Grossman, religion writer for USA Today, shared her career story as well as tips to getting CBA product covered in her articles. Workshop roundtable sessions allowed attendees to share ideas and concerns with each other. Publicity professionals with varied backgrounds shared stories and suggestions with one another during meals and break times. Publicity Workshop 2001 was standing room only - 41 publicists attended this first-ever event. Penny Whipps (Multnomah) and Angela Fox (J. Countryman) manage the publicity for their respective publishing houses. They met for the first time at this workshop. Jill Swanson (Tyndale House) and Jeanne Mikkelson (Bethany House) between sessions at the Publicity Workshop. Jessica Westra (Zondervan) and Mary Meehan (Zonderkidz) seemed to enjoy the workshop. Joel Kneedler and Melinda Adair, both from Multnomah, contributed their ideas to the workshop discussions. Lindsey Bickel (Word Publishing), Shanon David (Tommy Nelson), Amy Williams (Tommy Nelson) and Ginny McCable (Standard Publishing) take a break between sessions. McClure, Guthrie & Muntsinger collect the attendees' evaluation forms as the workshop closes.