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...
by APW | Jul 3, 2021 | APW Remembers
Dorothy Stuck, a charter member of Arkansas Press Women, passed away this week at age 100. From her life-long friend Nan Snow: It is with heavy heart that I pass the word on to you of the death of Dorothy Stuck on Thursday, July 1, 2021. Dorothy Suffered a fall in...
by APW | Dec 13, 2020 | APW Remembers
Politics fascinated Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder her entire life. Writing in her memoir, Salty Old Editor, Schexnayder remembered her grandfather buying a radio to listen to presidential candidate Al Smith’s campaign speech. The written word also fascinated her. A 7th...
by arkpresswomen | Mar 8, 2019 | APW Remembers
Terry Hawkins, publisher of the Dumas Clarion and long-time Arkansas Press Women member, passed away Feb. 24. Hawkins died from complications of liver cancer. He was one of APW’s first male members, joining the formerly all-women group in 1977 along with the...
