Marketing and Communications Employees Receive Top Honors from Arkansas Press Women
Several members of the UA Little Rock Communications and Marketing team took home first-place honors in the Arkansas Press Women’s Professional Communication Contest.
The contest winners include Angelita Faller, news director, Dr. Carrie Phillips, chief marketing and communications officer, Muriel Schrepfer, graphic designer, Whitley Small, editorial assistant and junior at UA Little Rock, Charla Tozer, graphic design assistant and junior at UA Little Rock, and Klansee Tozer, senior graphic designer.
Altogether, the four full-time employees and two students took home 25 awards from the contest. The awards were announced at an awards luncheon May 18 in Little Rock.
“I am proud of our Communications and Marketing team for these achievements,” said Dr. Carrie Phillips, chief communications and marketing officer. “The team was recognized for its spectacular work on programs such as Taste of Little Rock, the Trojan Guarantee, the Annual Report, and multiple research endeavors. These efforts are especially meaningful as they directly support our university’s strategic plan and help ensure a quality and affordable education for our students.”
Faller received first place in information for the media-news or feature release for “UA Little Rock Receives $5 Million from U.S. Army to Combat Adversarial Information Campaigns” as well as first place in editing for print or online publications for UA Little Rock Now. Additionally, Faller received a second place in writing for the UA Little Rock Alumni Association newsletter; three third-place entries for writing in sports, religion, and feature stories; and three honorable mentions for writing in history, arts and entertainment, and feature stories.
Phillips took home four first-place entries. They include first place in writing-publications regularly written by entrant for UA Little Rock’s 2023 Annual Report. She also received first places for the Trojan Guarantee Advertising Campaign in the advertising-radio and television advertising; advertising-advertising campaign; and communications programs and campaigns-marketing program categories.
Schrefper took home second place in graphics and design-book designed by entrant for the Admissions Viewbook; second place in advertising-advertising poster, billboard, or banner for a baseball schedule poster; and second place in public relations materials-brochure for a UA Little Rock affordability mailer.
Klansee Tozer received first place in public relations materials-brochure for the UA Little Rock Spring Events brochure; first place in graphics and design-book designed by entrant for the UA Little Rock’s 2023 Annual Report; and third place in public relations materials-brochure for the UA Little Rock Spring Events brochure.
In the college student category, Charla Tozer was awarded first place in art and design-graphics/illustration for Best Robotics illustration; first place in art and design-design for a UA Little Rock summer camps advertisement; and second place in art and design-graphics/illustrations for stickers for the School of Art and Design.
Additionally, Small received first place in writing-features for “UA Little Rock Graduating Student Follows Childhood Dreams of Becoming a Teacher;” third place in writing-news for “UA Little Rock Student Awarded Real Estate Scholarship;” and an honorable mention in writing-news for “UA Little Rock Celebrates First-generation Students.”
Three other UA Little Rock employees were honored for their great work in the Arkansas Press Women contest. Robert Steinbuch, a professor of law and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, received an honorable mention in writing-columns for “Protecting the People’s Law” as well as third place in writing-columns for “Praise for the Power of Inefficiency.”
Two staffers from Little Rock Public Radio took home awards in broadcast categories. Josie Lenora, politics and government reporter, won first place in radio and television-prepared report in radio for “Arkansas Drops AP African American Studies Course;” third place in radio and television-prepared report in radio for “Rural Arkansas ‘Crypto Mines’ Prompt Noise Complaints From Residents;” and an honorable mention in radio and television-prepared report in radio for “Fired Central Arkansas Library Director Reflects on her Termination.”
Maggie Ryan, a reporter and host of “All Things Considered,” received second place in radio and television-prepared report in radio for “Activists Push to Remember Lynching Victims in Arkansas” as well as third place in radio and television-interview for “UAPB Professor Responds to Claims of State Underfunding.”
The first-place entries will move on to the National Federation of Press Women Professional Communications Contest. The national winners will be recognized June 22 at the National Federation of Press Women Conference in St. Louis.
