Arkansas SPJ
Founded in 1961
Since 2025, the Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has awarded the A-Mark Prize for Investigative Reporting in Arkansas as part of its annual Diamond Journalism Awards. The Prize recognizes remarkable investigative reporting in any medium. Stories should expose a wrong or promote understanding of a problem, issue or subject in the public interest.
A-Mark Prize Recipients
2025
First Place
Jessica Ranck, “Corruption in Van Buren County,” KARK and Fox 16 (Links: 1, 2, 3)
Second Place
Matt Campbell, “Politics, not inmates, the primary concern in Arkansas’s prison system,” Arkansas Times (Link: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Third Place
Chris Fulton, “‘Evil but Smart’: Branson contractor’s victims speak out,” Mountain Home Observer (Links: 1, 2)