by Richard Plotkin | Oct 12, 2022 | Member Highlight
For Mary Hightower, being president of Arkansas Press Women underscored the importance of learning the needs of her members. “Being a leader in APW gave me a greater perspective on what it means to be a member,” said Hightower, who served as president from 2009 to...
by Angelita Faller | Oct 12, 2022 | communications contest, Member Highlight, NFPW
For Dwain Hebda, president of Ya!Mule Wordsmiths, journalism is in his blood.His father ran their hometown’s weekly newspaper, the Nance County Journal, and Hebda has fond memories of spending his childhood days in the small town of Fullerton, Nebraska, learning the...
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...
