by arkpresswomen | Apr 3, 2011 | Free speech
Student government campaigns have changed a lot in a couple of decades. In my college days, hand lettered posters, banners made from bedsheets and a megaphone were the tools of the trade. These folks have become followers of APW on Twitter. And maybe it’s just...
by arkpresswomen | Mar 23, 2011 | Free speech
Thanks to Debbie Miller for forwarding this obit on Maudine Sanders: Maudine Sanders, Former Newspaper Owner, Dies By Steve Caraway scaraway@nwaonline.com SPRINGDALE — Maudine Sanders, 87, an owner of the Springdale News, died Friday. Sanders worked at...
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...
