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Arkansas Press Women Honors UCA Instructor David Keith
Arkansas Press Women members recently honored a former scholarship recipient and ace reporter who has transformed into a top-notch educator teaching the next generation of journalists at the University of Central Arkansas. APW President Kristin Netterstrom Higgins...
APW Raises Funds for Charlotte Schexnayder Journalism Internship
“Mrs. Charlotte is smiling.” This is what Ashton Adcock, chairman and chief executive officer of Merchants & Farmers Bank, said after hearing the Charlotte Schexnayder Journalism Internship has been fully funded for a second consecutive year. The bank’s main...
Reconnect, Recharge at Fall APW Mini-Conference
APW, an organization for professional and student communicators, will host a fall conference featuring student journalists and a political expert discussing the mid-terms at a gathering Nov. 12 on the University of Central Arkansas campus. A panel discussion featuring...
Benefits of APW Membership and Leadership
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...
Arkansas Press Women Sweepstakes Winner Dwain Hebda Shares Experiences as Journalist
Arkansas Press Women Sweepstakes Winner Dwain Hebda Shares Experiences as Journalist
APW History: Skirts in the Front Office
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 the...
Recipient of Inaugural Charlotte Schexnayder Journalism Internship Shares Experiences at The Dumas Clarion
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. ...
35 APW Members Win National Awards
Thirty-five members of Arkansas Press Women, including 14 student members, were recognized when the National Federation of Press Women announced the winners of its 2022 Communications Contest at the end of the group’s annual conference on June 25 in Fargo, N.D. Each...
APW names winners of 2022 Communications Contest
Arkansas Press Women announced the winners of its annual Communications Contest Saturday afternoon on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Work produced in a variety of communications fields during 2021 was eligible to for the competition....
APW to recognize 2022 award winners
From social media to daily reporting, winners of Arkansas Press Women's 2022 Communications Competition come from all types of communication backgrounds. APW will recognize winners of the competition at 1:30 p.m., May 21 in Little Rock on the University of Arkansas at...