by Kristin Higgins | May 13, 2026 | APW Remembers
Journalist. Santa Claus. Volunteer. Friend. Holmanite. Cancer survivor. Uncle Bill. City Council member. Bill Shrum never met a stranger in his 75 years of life. “He had a remarkable gift for making young people feel seen, valued, and celebrated,” wrote Cindy...
by Debbie Miller | Feb 2, 2023 | APW Remembers, Scholarship
Brenda Blagg, an award-winning Arkansas journalist, syndicated columnist, and a longtime member of Arkansas Press Women, died Dec. 14, 2022, in Fayetteville. She was 75. Blagg served in various leadership roles for the organization, including APW president. She also...
by Richard Plotkin | Jan 5, 2023 | APW Remembers, Internship
“Mrs. Charlotte is smiling.” This is what Ashton Adcock, chairman and chief executive officer of Merchants & Farmers Bank, said after hearing the Charlotte Schexnayder Journalism Internship has been fully funded for a second consecutive year. The bank’s main...
by Wendy Plotkin | Oct 12, 2022 | APW History, APW Remembers
Note: Historian Wendy Plotkin has been combing the archives of Arkansas Press Women to dig into the history of some of Arkansas Press Women’s early members and digitize some of their efforts. The following is an article about Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder, using...
by Angelita Faller | Oct 12, 2022 | APW Remembers, Internship
Joe Santana, a junior mass communication major at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, gained valuable professional experience over the summer as he completed the first Charlotte Schexnayder Journalism Internship sponsored in by Arkansas Press Women. ...
by Wendy Plotkin | Feb 6, 2022 | APW Remembers
Ouida Hutto Cox, long-serving editor of Rural Arkansas (1949-1967) and Arkansas Living (1968-2012), passed away on Oct. 13, 2021, at the age of 98. During her long career, she informed members of the Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AECI) of the interplay of...
