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Start Planning Your 2020 Travels to Arkansas
Now that summer 2019 is over, it’s time to plan next year’s summer vacation. Here’s a great idea: Plan your travel around the NFPW Conference in Arkansas, June 18-20, 2020. You can take advantage of the pre- and post-conference excursions that APW is planning (which...
APW Selects Officers for 2019-2021
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...
2020 APW Communications Contest Accepting Entries Now
Arkansas communicators can enter a diverse variety of work in the 2020 APW Contest. Work completed between Jan.1 and Dec. 31, 2019, is eligible. Winning first place in the APW contest makes you eligible to compete nationally. National winners will be recognized during...
Data Journalism, Networking & Mentoring Focus of Fall Conference
Join us Saturday, Oct. 12 in Little Rock for Arkansas Press Women's Mini Fall Conference where we will explore data journalism with a crash course from Rob Wells, an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas' School of Journalism and Strategic Media. Meet...
Arkansas Press Women Hosting 2020 National Federation of Press Women Conference
Arkansas Press Women is excited to invite communicators from across the country to join us in Arkansas next June 18-20 for the 2020 National Federation of Press Women. The Natural State last hosted the NFPW Conference in 1988 when Hillary Rodham Clinton was first lady...
UCA’s Lauren McLemore Receives APW Scholarship
Lauren McLemore, a junior at the University of Central Arkansas, is Arkansas Press Women’s 2019 college scholarship recipient. McLemore, who is from North Little Rock, studies journalism at the university in Conway. She is the assistant news editor at The Echo, the...
APW Honors Communicators at 2019 Awards Luncheon
Springdale, Arkansas (May 4, 2019) – Arkansas Press Women recognized the winners of its professional communications contest during its annual awards luncheon on May 4. Tammy Keith, senior writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, received the Sweepstakes Award...
Schexnayder Named to Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame List
Charlotte Schexnayder, an early member of Arkansas Press Women and past president, was named as an inductee into the Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame on Monday. Schexnayder, a former newspaper owner who also served many years in the House of Representatives, was one of...
2019 Scholarship Application Now Available
Arkansas Press Women is proud to offer a $1,000 scholarship this year to a college student majoring in journalism or a related communications field. The deadline to apply is April 19, 2019. Eligibility Applicant must be entering his/her junior or senior year in the...
Terry Hawkins Remembered
Terry Hawkins, publisher of the Dumas Clarion and long-time Arkansas Press Women member, passed away Feb. 24. Hawkins died from complications of liver cancer. He was one of APW's first male members, joining the formerly all-women group in 1977 along with the Clarion's...