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Arkansas High School Students Win Journalism Awards
Arkansas high school students won several journalism awards recently from the National Federation of Press Women.
APW names winners of 2021 Communications Contest
Arkansas journalists and communicators took home numerous Arkansas Press Women awards at the association’s annual awards event May 8, 2021. Tammy Keith was named as Communicator of Achievement.
APW Awards Scholarship to UA Little Rock’s Brown
APW awarded Alexandria Brown its annual scholarship for college students studying journalism or communications in Arkansas
APW Awards Presentation Set for May 8 in Little Rock
Join us for a small in-person gathering on May 8 in Little Rock to celebrate winners of this year's Arkansas Press Women Communications Competition. We are excited for this opportunity to see our friends in person and will be requiring face masks to be worn to...
2021 NFPW Conference Moves Online
The 2021 National Federation of Press Women conference may have moved online but Arkansas Press Women members are still excited to host the virtual conference June 10-12, 2021 after many months of planning. We invite you to join us in learning about Arkansas and...
APW Invites Future Journalists To Apply For Scholarship
Maudine Sanders continues to give back to Arkansas journalists a decade after her death through the annual Arkansas Press Women scholarship. APW is now accepting applications for its 2021 scholarship open to students majoring in journalism or communications at an...
February Webinar Focuses On Field Reporting
RSVP now for Arkansas Press Women's first webinar of the year. Bill Allen, an Assistant Professor Emeritus of Science Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia, will join us at 12 p.m., Feb. 19, to talk about field reporting. This webinar will NOT...
Remembering Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder
Politics fascinated Charlotte Tillar Schexnayder her entire life. Writing in her memoir, Salty Old Editor, Schexnayder remembered her grandfather buying a radio to listen to presidential candidate Al Smith’s campaign speech. The written word also fascinated her. A 7th...
Obituary Category Added to Arkansas Press Women Communication Contest
A well-written obituary take courage and empath. A strong ability to listen to grieving family and friends. Or at least that's what people who don't routinely write obituaries think it takes. As Pulitzer Prize reporter Jim Sheeler wrote in his book "Obit," -...
Fall Webinar Focuses on COVID-19 Public Data Project
Join us at 11:30 a.m., Nov. 18 for our fall webinar. Misty Orpin will talk about why she started the Arkansas COVID website and Twitter page to inform the public about the spread of coronavirus in the state. The website and social media page...