Blog: Victoria’s Secrets

Victoria’s Secrets

As founder in 1985 of Schneps Communications,Victoria Schnepsis Publisher/CEO of groups of weekly community newspapers in Queens and Brooklyn. The Queens Courier and Brooklyn Home Reporter and Spectator. They also publish El Correo de Queens, and monthly pubs including Queens Business, the Long Island City Courier, North Shore Towers Courier, LeHavre Courier and Aspire.

Inspired by the power of the press during her advocacy work on behalf of her daughter Lara, brain damaged at birth, Ms. Schneps pursued her dream of being in the news business.  She started a neighborhood newspaper in her Bayside living room, with a partner and a $250 investment.

Today, Schneps Communications publishes over 17 newspapers and magazines.  The Queens Courier was chosen as one of the top 10 newspapers in New York State and their website as #1 for two years by the New York State Press Association.

Life is a roller coaster
Life is a roller coaster
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/09/2012 at 12:25PM

When I was a little girl my father had to make the operator of a roller coaster close it down because I was crying hysterically. I was so protected by my parents that I think it gave me the strength to live through the roller coaster of life. Last week was the deepest dipping roller [...]

Our miracle has come to us
Our miracle has come to us
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 8/02/2012 at 12:21PM

After days of labor and three days with the wonderful staff at Lenox Hill Hospital, my son Josh and his beautiful loving wife Tracey welcomed into the world our little darling Hudson Dean Schneps. What joy! What overwhelming love! I don’t know who said it first, but “over the moon” may best describe my feelings [...]

Dream it, believe it, achieve it!
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 7/26/2012 at 4:58PM

It was my treat to have been with two extraordinary people this past week. They come from different worlds and function on different platforms of life but they share the powerful force of passion for what they do. One of these extraordinary people is businessman Basil Messados, the other astronaut Ellen Shulman Baker. Basil Messados [...]

A special week
A special week
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 7/20/2012 at 4:42PM

It was, after many months, a dining-out frenzy this past week, with my recovering husband Stu and friends we hadn’t seen because of his illness. But thankfully he is recovering and we are back on track going to some of our favorite places to dine and see friends we had missed. The week began with [...]

When did ‘thank you’ and ‘you’re welcome’ become controversial?
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 7/13/2012 at 11:52AM

In my wonderful world of Brooklyn I have met many unique people and one of them is Phillipa Morrish. She and her husband Larry have endlessly devoted themselves to their community. One of Phillipa’s joys, as founder of Etiquette Training International, a finishing school program dedicated to promoting the skills necessary for success in the [...]

‘Spyder’ author on our web
‘Spyder’ author on our web
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 7/05/2012 at 10:17AM

Being in the news business provides me with endless opportunities to meet interesting people, and one of them is renaissance man Bob Nesoff. I found Bob through my interest in writing about my travels. Thanks to the Internet I found him through his travel writing. I soon learned that he and his wife Sandy Levine, [...]

A week of ‘firsts’
A week of ‘firsts’
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 6/27/2012 at 12:22PM

It was a glorious week, beginning with our first Top Brooklyn Women in Business Networking Awards Dinner. It is always difficult producing “a first” and I often compare it to delivering my first baby — the hardest of all. We held it at the New York Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge in downtown Brooklyn because they [...]

Celebrations
Celebrations
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 6/22/2012 at 4:38PM

I think of my dad, Marty Adler, often and it warms my heart as I remember his many kindnesses and the love he showered on me. He was in one business in Brooklyn for over 50 years and I recall how he kept each year’s sales figures on a small business card, marking each week [...]

A love note after a long journey
A love note after a long journey
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 6/14/2012 at 3:46PM

Many of you who read my column know of my travels around the world, but for the past three months I was on a different kind of journey — seeing my husband Stu close to death and helping him to slowly but steadily recover. This is a love story, dedicated to all the staff of [...]

Family Pride Week
Family Pride Week
Victoria's Secrets Victoria Schneps 6/07/2012 at 4:28PM

It was a week of joyousness as my daughter Elizabeth came from Dallas with her fabulous family so we could celebrate her baby Addison’s first birthday and my daughter Samantha’s daughter Morgan’s third birthday. Then later in the week the wonderful Sam Broner, grandson extraordinaire, was celebrated as well. We began our family weekend with [...]