by arkpresswomen | Feb 24, 2011 | Free speech
APW Contest Sherpa Debbie Miller says she counted between 170-180 entries for the 2011 APW Communications Contest. That’s up from the 166 we had last year, which was down slightly from the 2009 total.
by arkpresswomen | Feb 24, 2011 | Free speech
Treasurer Terry Hawkins gave us an update on donations to the APW scholarship fund in Carol Griffee’s name. Thanks to our generous donors, all familiar names to us: Bill Simmons University of Arkansas Department of Journalism The Jonesboro Sun Mack McLarty Steve...
by arkpresswomen | Feb 14, 2011 | Free speech
Thanks to Brenda Blagg, FOI defender par excellence, for sending this reminder: The national Sunshine Week organization is repeating the “Local Heroes Contest” conducted first in 2010. Sunshine Week is intended to call attention to the freedom of...
by arkpresswomen | Feb 9, 2011 | Free speech
The Arkansas Catholic is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a new look. Congrats to Malea Hargett and Emily Roberts, both longtime APW members, for guiding the award-winning publication through a re-design and into a new century. The paper has also initiated the...
by arkpresswomen | Feb 8, 2011 | Free speech
Veteran journalist Carol M. Griffee, 74, of North Little Rock, died January 24, 2011 after a long struggle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) caused by smoking. Carol was born December 30, 1937, in Washington, D.C., to University of Arkansas graduates...
