UPDATED 6/23/25
The ballot is almost set for Arkansas SPJ’s 2025-2026 board elections. Incumbent president Wendy Jordan is running for another term. Jordan is a marketing manager at Crafton Tull, a freelance journalist and an online adjunct instructor and academic coach in Arkansas State University’s strategic communications programs.
Also running unopposed are Sarah Campbell-Miller, senior online editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, for vice president and longtime treasurer Rob Moritz, a journalism instructor at the University of Central Arkansas, who is seeking another term. Jeanette Stewart, editor of the Log Cabin Democrat and Van Buren County Democrat, has stepped up to run for secretary.
Returning board members seeking re-election include:
- Jennifer Ellis, SPJ Region 12 coordinator and creative services managing editor at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- Sonny Albarado, past national SPJ president and editor-in-chief of the Arkansas Advocate
- Andrew DeMillo, Arkansas Capitol Correspondent for The Associated Press
- Steve Listopad, former journalism instructor and New Voices USA coordinator
New candidates are:
- I.C. Murrell, senior reporter at The Pine Bluff Commercial
- Drew Brent, multimedia educator at Russellville High School and former journalist
- Staci Miller, director of development at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Community Journalism Project
Voting will take place online from Friday, June 27 through Sunday, June 29.
Want to run? There’s still time! Send your name, photo and a short bio — including your SPJ background, reasons for running and ideas for the coming year — by Thursday, June 26 to Wendy Jordan at wendymillerjournalist@gmail.com or ArkansasSPJ@gmail.com.
Write-in candidates are welcome, too.
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