by Angelita Faller | May 10, 2026 | Member Highlight, Scholarship
Arkansas Press Women is pleased to welcome Toni Boyer Stewart, a new member who is already making an impact by serving as APW’s College Scholarship Chair. Toni retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2024, where she worked as a website marketing...
by Angelita Faller | Dec 16, 2025 | Member Highlight
After nearly three decades of elevating agricultural communication in Arkansas, guiding young professionals, and helping shape Arkansas Press Women into a stronger, more connected organization, longtime APW member Mary Hightower is officially retiring from the...
by Angelita Faller | Sep 30, 2025 | Member Highlight
By Josie Lenora Little Rock Public Radio is wrapping up the first chapter of a big investigative project. Two Little Rock Public Radio Reporters, Josie Lenora and Maggie Ryan, are working to make an anthology news podcast for the station. This year, Josie received the...
by Angelita Faller | Sep 28, 2025 | Member Highlight, NFPW
Two longtime leaders of Arkansas Press Women have been elected to top positions with the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW). Debbie Miller, secretary of APW, has been elected president of NFPW, while Kristin Netterstrom Higgins, APW’s immediate past president,...
by Angelita Faller | Jun 29, 2025 | communications contest, Member Highlight
Arkansas Press Women (APW) has named Richard Plotkin as the recipient of its inaugural Distinguished Service Award, created to recognize and celebrate individuals who have demonstrated outstanding service and leadership within the communications industry, particularly...
by Angelita Faller | Jun 27, 2025 | Member Highlight
Arkansas Press Women (APW) has awarded its inaugural investigative journalism mini-grant to Josie Lenora, politics and government reporter for Little Rock Public Radio. Lenora will use the $750 grant to support an in-depth podcast season examining the political career...
