Waymack Thanks His Crew, Gives Props to Craig O’Neill
Dan Waymack, a filmmaker since age 19, retraces the arc of his career and sets the record straight on what he says are misconceptions on how Waymack & Crew wound up at Third and Main. read more >
Tagged: Outtakes
Imagine a Border Officer Attacking Your Profession
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but justice in the legal system sometimes requires the checkbook. read more >
Ever Seen a Purple Cow? Muñoz Pugh Counts on It
Christina Muñoz Madsen, a former TV news anchor and VP of marketing and public relations at the University of Central Arkansas, has been partnered with branding and marketing specialist Michelle Pugh of Conway for a little over a year. read more >
Walnut Ridge Paper Ends Century of Family Control
Last week, The Times Dispatch of Lawrence County came full circle, joining the Independent and another former ally, the Jonesboro Sun, as properties of the Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky. read more >
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 >
Helena Newspaper Buyers Manage to Save the World
Andrew Bagley and Chuck Davis can joke about being the men who saved the World. But their mission is serious. read more >
Hussman Donates $25M to UNC Journalism School
Walter Hussman Jr., publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and chairman of Wehco Media of Little Rock, startled the local media word by donating $25 million to the journalism school of his alma mater, the University of North Carolina. read more >
With $40-an-Hour Help, Mayor Frank Scott Hones His Message
Growing up in southwest Little Rock, Frank Scott Jr. dreamed of chasing the mayor’s office. Ten days ago, his 240th day in office, he said he felt like the dog who finally caught the car. read more >
Mayor Frank Scott Speaks After 8 Months: Successes, Struggles and the Message
Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and his spokeswoman, Stephanie Jackson, sat down for an hourlong interview Aug. 30 at City Hall. read more >
GateHouse Deal Leaves Wreckage in Its Wake
After nearly four years fighting a battle of attrition as managing editor of the Pine Bluff Commercial, John Worthen is done with what he called “the madness” of leading a skeleton crew delivering news to Jefferson County. read more >
Little Rock Editor Puts Stamp on Oxford American
Four years into Eliza Borné's editorship, Oxford American is launching a new look with next month’s fall edition, debuting a promising podcast and enjoying better financial health. read more >
An Ex-Insider's Look at a Bad NYT Headline
More than three and a half years after getting the ax from The New York Times, I have a chance to say I told you so. I’m not going to, exactly. read more >
Will Fortune Favor the Future of News?
Democrat-Gazette Publisher Walter Hussman has staked his paper’s future on readers taking the iPad path to daily news. That change in our reading habits have coincided with another sign of the apocalypse for daily papers, the $1.4 billion merger of America’s two largest newspaper chains, Gannett and GateHouse. read more >
Should Arkansas Quadruple P. Allen Smith’s Pay?
Before calculating whether Arkansas gardening and lifestyle celebrity P. Allen Smith is worth $845,000 a year to the state for promotion, consider this: State tourism and marketing officials say they have better ways to spend the $200,000 a year Smith has been getting. read more >
Wes Pruden, 1935-2019: A Black & White Legacy
Wesley Pruden, a gifted writer who got ink in his blood as a teenage staffer at the Arkansas Gazette and went on to make the “Moonie”-owned Washington Times a favorite of conservatives, including President Ronald Reagan, died after a heart attack July 17 in Washington. read more >
Judging a Clean Line Book by Its Hero and Antagonist
A new book by Russell Gold, “Superpower: One Man’s Quest to Transform American Energy," casts Clean Line Partners' bid to build a huge transmission line for solar and wind power across mid-America as visionary and environmentally heroic. read more >
Hooten’s Hears a Hog, Hits Publishing Paydirt
As publisher of Hooten’s Arkansas Football, the preseason bible for the state’s high school and college fans, Chad Hooten sees the Hogs as his bread and butter, or at least the ham in his sandwich. read more >
Big Post for a PR Pro, but Little Self-Promotion
If you think Heide Harrell impressed the Public Relations Society of America with her diligence, you’re probably right. read more >
From Trusted Reporter Ernie Dumas, Lessons of a Lifetime
Ernest Dumas, the Arkansas Gazette veteran and dean of the state’s political reporters, published his fly-on-the-wall retrospective last month with Butler Center Press. read more >
Print Veterans Start Monthly in Melbourne
After about 75 years of combined publishing experience in north Arkansas, best friends and business partners Angelia Roberts and Kay Tharp of Melbourne have made themselves a home, Next Door. read more >
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