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Division of Ag outreach, educational work recognized through APW awards
Mary Hightower and Kristin Higgins at the 2018 Arkansas Press Women awards in Benton.
Kristin Higgins, Mary Hightower and Fred Miller won several awards at Arkansas Press Women’s annual luncheon in June. Topics included ballot issues, dicamba and zombies. (No kidding.)
Higgins, a program associate in the Public Policy Center, is president of Arkansas Press Women. She won three first place awards:
- First place – Website – “State Ballot issues in Arkansas”
- First place – Newsletters – “Arkansas Ballot Issues – News and Notes”
- First place – Brochures – “Arkansas’ Cottage Food Law: What the Law Allows”
- Second place – Blogs – Non-profit, government or educational – “What is considered a Cottage Food in Arkansas?”
Fred Miller, Fayetteville-based science editor for Division of Agriculture Communications, won two first place awards:
- First place – News story online – “Researchers add gene editing to rice research toolbox”
- First place – Online publication – “Zombies are real, and closer than you think”
- Second place – News story online – “Mighty mites manifest massive manual”
Mary Hightower, director-Communication Services for the Division of Agriculture, won:
- First place – Specialty articles – “As floodwater heads to gulf, ag damage estimate widens” and “Arkansas farmers await impact of ‘big water’”
- First place – Public service campaign – Dicamba research – U of A System Division of Agriculture
The three were recognized June 30 at the APW luncheon at The Saline Courier in Benton. The state winning pieces were entered into the National Federation of Press Women annual contest, which will be awarded at NFPW’s national conference in September in Pennsylvania.