The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awarded $3,500 in scholarships to eight students at the Arkansas College Media Association conference, which was hosted on April 11 at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville.
Scholarship checks were presented to the ACMA General Excellence award winners or a fellow student accepting on their behalf.
Newspaper Editor of the Year
Torrie Herrington – The Echo
University of Central Arkansas
Reporter of the Year
Chelsea Castillo – Eagle View
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
TV Anchor of the Year
Haley Shourd, – Ouachita News, OBUTV
Ouachita Baptist University
Photographer of the Year
Meghann Bledsoe
Ouachita Baptist University
TV Producer/Director of the Year
Joshua Engle, OBUTV
Ouachita Baptist University
Designer of the Year
Addie Chumley, Ouachitonian
Ouachita Baptist University
Website Editor of the Year
Sydni Worley, The Signal
Ouachita Baptist University
Yearbook Editor of the Year
Erin Key, Ouachitonian
Ouachita Baptist University
Society of Professional Journalists | Arkansas Pro Chapter 