Eliza Gaines
Arkansas Times & Democrat-Gazette Embrace Donations to Support Local Journalism
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Arkansas Times raised funds through the Arkansas Community Foundation to support local journalism and grow their newsrooms. read more >
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Pauses Posting to X Amid Legal Concerns
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette paused staff use of X (Twitter) due to concerns over new terms allowing AI use of posted content. Publisher Gaines and editor Hoge are evaluating the issue. read more >
Arkansas Sportswriter Bob Holt Dies at 65 After Postgame Collapse
Holt covered the Razorbacks for 43 years. Known for his dedication and passion, he was an esteemed figure in SEC sports journalism. read more >
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Colony West Shopping Center Rebuild Tops $3.25M
This week’s million-dollar deals and construction kicks off with a tornado-damaged shopping center and a recycling facility. read more >
Meet New Boss of Newsroom, Alyson Hoge
If Alyson Hoge was biding her time to become managing editor of the only paper she ever worked for, she sure did a lot of biding. Forty-three years’ worth. read more >
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43-Year Veteran Alyson Hoge Named Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor
She started as an obituaries clerk and rose through almost all significant positions in the newsroom. read more >
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Eliza Gaines Offers Advice on Mixing Family, Business
Eliza Gaines has been named executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. read more >
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Loses Heavy Hitters
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor Eliza Gaines is scrambling after losing three award-winning projects team reporters to the four winds — Ginny Monk, Kat Stromquist and now Eric Besson. read more >
Democrat-Gazette Seeks New D.C. Writer
After naming Washington correspondent Frank Lockwood as its religion editor once again, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Managing Editor Eliza Gaines told Whispers last week that the newspaper would not be letting the job go fallow in the nation’s capital. read more >
Democrat-Gazette Acquires Pine Bluff Commercial, Plans Digital Replica
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman extends his new business model for newspapering to Pine Bluff, announcing that his Wehco Media Inc. of Little Rock is acquiring the once-storied Pine Bluff Commercial from Gannett. read more >
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A Battered Local Face Depicts Journalism 2020
The face of journalism today is battered and bloody, and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette published proof on June 4. read more >
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News Beat Goes On, Remotely and Free, at Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette made a little history last week in covering a historic threat, the COVID-19 outbreak that has shut down normal social life in the United States and around the globe. read more >
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Hussman Heir Taking Reins of Democrat-Gazette Newsroom
Eliza Gaines gets ready to take over for retiring Managing Editor David Bailey and seizing the reins as the paper plots a quick return to profitability. read more >
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Hussman Values Chiseled In Stone at Chapel Hill
The core values Walter Hussman has been printing in Wehco’s 10 daily papers for two years will be chiseled in granite in Carroll Hall at the University of North Carolina, home of the Hussman School of Journalism & Media. read more >
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Eliza Gaines of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Talks Future of Publishing
Eliza Gaines, 25, is the daughter of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s publisher and owner, Walter Hussman Jr. read more >