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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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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 >
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