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A Reporter Is Beaten; Arkansans Can Relate

Arkansas Democrat photographer Will Counts captured the beating of newspaper reporter L. Alex Wilson outside Central High School in 1957, and his images stunned viewers then and have embarrassed Arkansas for 60 years. read more >
Donald Trump (file)
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Trump Triumph, Media Fail: The View From Arkansas

In Arkansas, journalists and media educators weigh in on a new media world following the election of Donald Trump as president. read more >
Ernest Dumas
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Time Gives Newsman Ernest Dumas Last Laugh

In a two-hour, laughter-filled talk at a Little Rock coffee shop near his Hillcrest home a few weeks ago, Ernest Dumas held forth on Hillary Clinton’s likability problem, the infamous Arkansas Democrat editor John Robert Starr and the jumbled state of journalism. read more >
Matthew Campbell, a trial lawyer and founding member of the Pinnacle Law Firm writes the The Blue Hog Report and it has a huge impact on the political landscape of Arkansas. 
Government & Politics / Legal / Media & Marketing

Matt Campbell of the Blue Hog Report Keeps on Digging

Matt Campbell, viewing Arkansas politics with the eyes of a liberal outsider trained in the law, has brought down three major public officials in the last two years because, he says, he doesn’t like bullies and he thinks people should play by the rules. read more >
From absolutely nothing to just about anything, states vary greatly in what they allow lobbyists to give lawmakers.
Government & Politics

Of Ethics Reform and Tradeoffs (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

Didn’t Arkansans just vote for the kind of no-tolerance ban on wining and dining that State Legislatures Magazine gave us credit for? And yet there’s clearly a loophole in it big enough for a half-dozen open bars every day. read more >
A screen-capture of Arkansas Times' Arkansas Blog.
Media & Marketing

ArkTimes.com Paywall Delivers Just Enough

As a blue voice in a red state, the Arkansas Times initially launched its online pay wall as a way for readers to cast their vote for the state’s most reliably liberal news organization. read more >
State Rep. Nate Bell, R-Mena, posted a tweet that said: "I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?"
Government & Politics / Legal

Lawmakers Consider Bills to Shed Light on Contracts, Spending

Members of a legislative panel on Wednesday looked at ways to expand Arkansas' open records law so taxpayers can find out more about spending in government contracts and possibly get access to other financial records now held in secret. read more >
Walter E. Hussman Jr., publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and president of Wehco Media.
Media & Marketing

10 Years After the War: Is the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Really ‘The Best of Both’?

On Oct. 19, 1991, the newly christened Arkansas Democrat-Gazette landed on doorsteps and in the newspaper boxes of the state’s new media landscape. Having whipped its nemesis, the Democrat-Gazette pushed ahead, working to take in advertising dollars left homeless when the Gazette collapsed and selling the mantra, “The Best of Both.” read more >
Stories from the print edition will remain free.
Media & Marketing

Update: The Meter’s Running at the Arkansas Times

Starting Aug. 1, the Arkansas Times will begin selling digital memberships for access to parts of its website, including its popular Arkansas Blog. read more >
Construction / Government & Politics / Manufacturing

We Can’t Tell What We Don’t Know (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)

There were many factors in why an announcement about a major expansion at Remington Arms' plant in Lonoke didn't come off with a bang. read more >
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Arkansas Lawmakers, Journalists Learn the Modern Art of Governing by Tweet

More and more legislators and journalists are using social media to pump out streams of up-to-date facts and opinions, and it’s both a tool and a challenge for the changing media world. read more >
Veteran journalist Joan Duffy, who spent the past 10 years working in the Communciations Office at UALR, died Thursday in Little Rock at age 61.
Media & Marketing

Max Brantley, Ron Fournier, Steve Barnes Remember Joan Duffy

Journalists remember Joan Duffy, the former Little Rock bureau chief for the Memphis Commercial Appeal, who died Thursday at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center. read more >

May Tax Collections; Runoffs in #AR1, #AR4; Ethics on the Ballot; and Whither Winconsin? on ‘Arkansas Week’

KUAR-FM radio's Michael Hibblen, Arkansas Times' Max Brantley and I join Steve Barnes for tonight's edition of AETN's "Arkansas Week." read more >