Axios Northwest Arkansas lands prizes at state awards

Zoom out: Alex also took second place in the education writing section for her explainer on the LEARNS Act. Worth's story on the 2023 Heartland Summit bringing big names to NWA like Boris Johnson and Matthew McConaughey took second place for business story.

• Worth also got honorable mention in general interest column for his write-up on Spudnuts as part of the "What we're eating" series and third place in single feature photo for "Woody" — as seen above.
• Alex took second place in health and medical for how Arkansas is dealing with the fentanyl crisis.
• Axios Northwest Arkansas took third place for general excellence for online media.

The bottom line: Arkansas is home to journalists doing excellent work all over the state. Congratulations to all the winners, and thank you to the Arkansas Press Association.