Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson, the Little Rock artist who was a founding partner in Cranford Johnson and saw the ad agency blossom into Cranford Johnson Robinson and eventually into CJRW, recalled Ron Robinson last week for his prodigious memory. read more >

Ron Robinson, who started as an intern and rose to become chairman and CEO of marketing powerhouse Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, now CJRW, died Tuesday in Little Rock. read more >

Shelby Woods with his marketing agency, Cranford Johnson Robinson & Woods, became the state’s top tourism marketer, publishing the Arkansas Tour Guide for 50 years and helping rebrand Arkansas as a “Natural State” for visitors. read more >

It’s emblazoned on everything from pencils to pillows, jigsaw puzzles to hot-air balloons. It’s stamped into Arkansas license plates and enshrined as the state’s official nickname. read more >

At 82, Jim Johnson's mind is sharp, roaming through the decades he spent in advertising in Little Rock as one of the founders of Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods. read more >

Jim Johnson has been named senior vice president and senior lending officer of the Harrison location of Stone Bank. read more >

Little Rock artist and former ad man Jim Johnson, a rebel with a brush or a guitar in his hand, has been elected to a thoroughly distinguished group – the Southwest Advertising Hall of Fame. read more >

An innovator in advertising and marketing communications, Wayne Cranford recently celebrated 50 years of his iconic Little Rock agency. His and the agency’s history are dotted with enough firsts to fill the pages of several scrapbooks – first Arkansas agency to create and place a local color television advertisement, the first Arkansas agency to win a national Addy award, the first to buy a national network program, just for example. read more >