by APW | May 1, 2022 | Member Highlight, Scholarship
LITTLE ROCK – Arkansas Press Women (APW) has selected Emma Jones, a junior at Harding University, as the recipient of its 2022 scholarship. Jones will receive a $1,000 scholarship and a membership to APW during the Arkansas Press Women Awards Ceremony May 21 at...
by APW | Jun 9, 2021 | Member Highlight, NFPW2021
EDITOR’S NOTE: Michelle Duster, the great-granddaughter of Ida B. Wells, will kick off the NFPW Virtual Conference at noon Friday. Duster’s most recent book is Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells. APW and NFPW member Philip Martin, an...
by arkpresswomen | Oct 12, 2019 | Member Highlight
Kristin Netterstrom Higgins of Bryant has been named president of Arkansas Press Women for a second term. APW was established in 1949 to give women a voice in journalism during a time when many women published family-owned newspapers but were unable to compete in...
by arkpresswomen | Aug 16, 2017 | Member Highlight
Dorothy Stuck received a letter in the mail addressed to Mrs. Howard C. Stuck, the owner and editor of three Poinsett County newspapers. The letter invited her to join Arkansas Newspaper Women, a fledgling offshoot of the Arkansas Press Association ushered in by...
by arkpresswomen | Aug 15, 2017 | Member Highlight
Bill Shrum gives back to his community in many ways, from working at the local newspaper to serving on the city council. Now the Arkansas Press Women member gives back in another way: raising money for high school journalists to go to college. Two years ago, the Bill...
