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11/12/2024

Associated Press Little Rock Bureau Capitol Correspondent Andrew DeMillo has been covering Arkansas government for 19 years. “I’m a history buff, so I love getting to witness history firsthand,” he told us. “The cliché is true; journalists are writing the first draft of history every day."

You can read more about DeMillo, plus more industry news, in the most recent issue of Arkansas Publisher Weekly at https://issuu.com/arkansaspress/docs/publisherweekly_11-7-2024

11/05/2024

It's not too late to plan to hear Ryan Dohrn keynote this week's ArkLaMiss conference in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

You can read about Ryan and his approach to newspaper circulation and marketing, along with more industry news, in the most recent Arkansas Publisher Weekly at https://issuu.com/arkansaspress/docs/publisherweekly_10-31-2024

10/31/2024

Happy Halloween from all of us at the Arkansas Press Association. 🎃

This is our all-time favorite costume: Defender of the Free Press. 🗞️

10/25/2024

A great group of APA Past Presidents were in attendance at last night's Press Freedom Gala.

From (R to L in photo):
1991 JANE CHRISTENSEN
1993 RON KEMP
1999 MARK MAGIE
2005 JEFF CHRISTENSEN
2007 BILL HAGER
2008 ROY OCKERT
2015 RUSTY FRASER
2016 NAT LEA
2017 BYRON TATE
2022 LORI FREEZE
2023 ELIZA GAINES

Far left is current APA President Andrew Bagley.

10/25/2024

Congratulations to James L. "Skip" Rutherford III for being the recipient of this year's APA Distinguished Service Award.

Skip's longtime friend Gerald B. Jordan, veteran journalist and professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas, presented the award. Skip and Gerald worked together in the late 1960s as journalism majors on the Arkansas Traveller newspaper.

An avid newspaper reader, Skip read three a day growing up: the Arkansas Gazette, the Arkansas Democrat and his hometown Batesville Guard, where he worked as a high-school student and to which he still subscribes today. In college he found a newsstand down the street and added the Sunday Commercial Appeal from Memphis, the Tulsa World and the Joplin Globe to his reading list.

That journalism base led to a career in public relations - not really the same thing, but close! Following graduation, Skip began a storied career that involved working with many of the leading figures in Arkansas business, politics, journalism and community development.

His first stop was at Southwestern Bell before accepting a position as director of public relations at McIlroy Bank in Fayetteville. In 1979, he gained a tremendous career opportunity running the Arkansas office of Senator David Pryor. In this role Skip traveled across Arkansas, meeting people in all walks of life and assisting them on a wide range of issues.

After five years with the Senator, Skip was employed by ArkLa Gas President and CEO Mack McClarty as vice president of public affairs, a role he would hold until 1992.

In 1992, Skip joined then-Gov. Bill Clinton’s Presidential Campaign Staff and was responsible for grassroots efforts in the states of Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, New Mexico and Colorado. But after Governor Clinton became President Clinton, Skip decided to stay in Arkansas and accepted a position as executive vice president at the advertising and public relations firm then known as Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods. In 1997, while still at CJRW, Skip became the first president of the Clinton Foundation and supervised the planning, fundraising, construction and opening of the jewel of the River Market District, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center and Park — the largest non-government-funded construction project in the city of Little Rock.

After 13 years at the ad agency, in 2006, Skip succeeded his former boss and friend Senator David Pryor as Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service on the grounds of the presidential library.

Upon his retirement in 2021, the James L. "Skip" Rutherford The Third Student Leadership Endowment Fund was established at the University of Arkansas in honor of his career in public service and to provide support for student leaders across the UA system statewide.

Skip joined the Arkansas Newspaper Foundation board in 2022, and has been quick to help when called upon by APA. He most recently served as treasurer of Arkansans for a Free Press, APA’s ballot question committee in support of the Arkansas Government Disclosure Amendment & Act.

10/25/2024

Congratulations to Professor Larry Foley, recipient of this year's APA Journalism Educator of the Year.

Foley has credited a scholarship he received from the Arkansas Press Association during his senior year of college as proof that a career in journalism was really for him.

He began his broadcasting career at KUAF radio before joining KATV in 1977 as the Pine Bluff Bureau chief and host of Good Morning Arkansas.

After 7 years of reporting and producing at KATV, he joined Arkansas PBS as a senior producer and director of programming and production. Following 17 years as a working journalist, he joined the faculty of the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences School of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Arkansas in 1993, becoming the department chair in 2014.

He is the founder of the UATV program, which was launched in 1995 to provide students with invaluable hands-on broadcasting and production experience. Also, under his guidance as chair, the School of Journalism also successfully navigated two national re-accreditation processes.

Outside of his classroom duties, Foley is a prolific filmmaker, having produced and directed more than 20 documentaries. In 2022, he took a group of seven students to Rome, Italy for the fall semester, so they could learn multimedia storytelling in a unique environment.

His most recent work, “Cries from the Cotton Field,” which explores how Northern Italian immigrants came to the Arkansas Delta and ultimately settled in Tontitown, was an official selection of the 2024 Hollywood Hype International Film Festival, won Best In Show and Chairman’s Choice from the Broadcast Education Association and has been nominated for two of this weekend’s Mid-America Emmy Awards.

Among his many accolades include induction into the Lemke Journalism Hall of Honor, the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor and the Mid-America Emmy Silver Circle for a distinguished career invested in teaching, reporting, writing, producing and directing stories, mostly about his beloved home state of Arkansas. His documentary films have earned eight Mid-America Emmys — so far.

Thank you to APA Board President Andrew Bagley for presenting the annual award.

10/25/2024

Congratulations to this year's APA Headliner of the Year recipient the Arkansas Foodbank and its CEO Brian Burton.

Thank you to Mitch Bettis, president and owner of Arkansas Business Publishing Group, for presenting the award.

The Foodbank's 80 employees and 13,000 volunteers annually distribute more than 40 million pounds of food, providing consistent access to resources for families in need of assistance.

Children as young as age 10 come to volunteer at the Arkansas Foodbank.

10/25/2024

What a wonderful night celebrating press freedom and democracy at last night's APA Press Freedom Gala.

“Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.”
― Walter Cronkite

10/25/2024

Thank you to Rex Nelson of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for serving as the master of ceremonies at the third annual Press Freedom Gala last night at the Clinton Presidential Center.

We thank Rex for all he does for the Arkansas newspaper industry and our state. 🗞️

10/23/2024

WE ARE SOLD OUT! 🎉🗞️🎉

Thank you to the sponsors of our third annual APA Press Freedom Gala. It’s going to be a wonderful event celebrating the Arkansas Foodbank, Skip Rutherford, Professor Larry Foley and all the working journalists across the state.

See you tomorrow evening!

10/22/2024

The 2024 ArkLaMiss Circulation, Marketing & Audience Development Conference room block closes this Friday! To get the special rate of $89 per night, call 601-638-1000 and reference code 1107ARKLAMISS.

Register for the conference online at mspress.regfox.com/arklamiss-conference

ArkLaMiss is co-sponsored annually by APA and Mississippi Press Association.

10/22/2024

It’s Gala week, and we are wrapping up the final details!

We are so excited about this inspirational night celebrating the freedom of the press. 🌟🗞️🌟

10/18/2024

We will celebrate Arkansas Foodbank as APA's Headliner of the Year at next Thursday's Press Freedom Gala.

You can read about Arkansas Foodbank CEO Brian Burton and the Foodbank's history and mission, as well as more industry news, in the most recent Arkansas Publisher Weekly at issuu.com/arkansaspress/docs/publisherweekly_10-17-2024

10/16/2024

When you all work together for nearly 20 years — and you know chicken minis are the best Boss’s Day gift! 🗞️

10/15/2024

"I've still got it!" Jeri Shire, columnist at the South Arkansas Sun in Hampton, has won first place in the Humorous Column category of APA's annual Better Newspaper Editorial Contest six of the last seven years...and it might have been a clean sweep if not for an accidentally missed deadline.

You can get to know Shire, and also read more industry news, in the most recent issue of Arkansas Publisher Weekly at issuu.com/arkansaspress/docs/publisherweekly_10-10-2024

10/12/2024

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A special thank you to the best press association staff in the country and numerous convention sponsors for making the 150th convention one of the best. 🗞️

We had fifteen Past Presidents, a record number, join us last night for the gavel passing and installation of Eliza Gaines as APA President. What an inspiring moment for our association on its 150th anniversary.

Blagg Resolution

Thank you to the Arkansas House of Representatives for remembering our friend Brenda Blagg today with a resolution. #arpx #arleg

Acceptance speech from University of Arkansas Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism professor Gerald Jordan, recipient of the Arkansas Press Association Journalism Educator of the Year Award.

Future journalists enjoying the band. #bylinesbluesbbq #tristateconvention2022

What a fun time at the Bylines, Blues and BBQ dinner with Stax Music Academy Alumni Band 926.

Video from last week's Gubernatorial Debate between candidates Chris Jones, Jay Martin, James "Rus" Russell, Doc Washburn, Supha Xayprasith-Mays and Ricky Dale Harrington, Jr. is now available to view. This debate was moderated by Rex Nelson of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. #APADayOfDebates

The video of last Thursday's debate between Arkansas Attorney General candidates Jesse Gibson and Leon Jones, Jr. is now available. This debate was moderated by Roby Brock of Talk Business & Politics. #APADayOfDebates

The video of the April 21 debate between Arkansas Secretary of State candidates Josh Price, Secretary of State John Thurston, Anna Beth Gorman and Eddie Joe Williams is now available. This debate was moderated by Rex Nelson of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. #APADayOfDebates

The video of last Thursday's Lieutenant Governor Debate between Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, Sen. Jason Rapert, Doyle Webb, Kelly Ross Krout, Frank Gilbert, Dr. Greg Bledsoe, Chris Bequette and Judge Joseph Wood is now available. The debate was moderated by Roby Brock of Talk Business & Politics. #APADayOfDebates