E&P Boss Catches Up With Hussman, Remotely
Walter Hussman knows that the days of big daily newspaper profits are gone. Now it takes continual innovation just to keep a shingle up. read more >
Tagged: Outtakes
Arkansas, Florida and NYT? Ampezzan and Kremer Connect the Dots
Ask Bobby Ampezzan if he’s missing journalism, and you’ll get two answers. read more >
KARK's Ketz, Nolan Leaving Little Rock
Little Rock media couple Ashley Ketz and Aaron Nolan of KARK are moving to Chicago. read more >
Arkansas Life, 12, Dies Amid Pandemic
After 18 months of heroic measures, death came last week for Arkansas Life. read more >
Tracing Virus, Asking How Much to Tell Public
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is caught between his deep allegiance to faith and commerce and his duty to public safety in deciding how much to tell the public in the coronavirus pandemic. read more >
Recalling Jerry McConnell, Golden Age Journalist
Jerry McConnell, who helped legendary Arkansas Gazette Sports Editor Orville Henry shield the besieged paper financially when it stood up for Little Rock school integration in the 1950s, died June 25 at home in Greenwood. read more >
Bret Bielema’s Lawsuit Refers to Wally Hall
This month’s legal action by fired Razorback football coach Bret Bielema paints the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Wally Hall as something of a stenographer for the Razorback Foundation, Bielema’s target in a $7 million breach-of-promise lawsuit. read more >
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 >
Tom Cotton’s Dunk on The New York Times
Yes, Tom Cotton owned the liberals at The New York Times. read more >
El Dorado Paper Going Digital
The printing press will soon be getting less work at the El Dorado News-Times. read more >
Seven Years in the UK, and Now Home in Little Rock
After seven years of study and work in the United Kingdom, a Little Rock girl raised with a sense of wanderlust decided it was time to come home. read more >
Hutchinson, a Flawed Site and Defining Exploitation
Gov. Hutchinson puzzled techies and Luddites alike by making a federal case out of what seemed to be a good Samaritan’s report that the Arkansas Pandemic Unemployment Assistance website was inadvertently revealing applicants’ Social Security and banking numbers. read more >
Arkansas News Outlets Assert Physical Presence
The Helena World is headed back to its old orbit, and a growing digital news outlet in Magnolia is putting down brick-and-mortar roots, company owners say. read more >
Coronavirus Revives Nonprofit Journalism
Lindsey Millar, the editor of the Arkansas Times, is reviving his semi-outside project, the Arkansas Nonprofit News Network, with a coronavirus-age fervor. read more >
State Turns to CJRW For Virus Messaging
A new $650,000 communications campaign for the state’s COVID economic recovery task force is in development at CJRW, the state’s longtime marketing firm for parks and tourism. read more >
Wehco and Payroll
Walter Hussman Jr., the Democrat-Gazette publisher and chairman of Wehco Inc., the chain that owns the paper, shared details last week after obtaining federal coronavirus relief loans through Simmons Bank of Pine Bluff. read more >
Brainstorming to Save Local News in Crisis
The financial damage from the pandemic is amplified because ad spending tends to decrease faster than overall business spending in a recession, and job losses from COVID are unprecedented. read more >
El Dorado News-Times Goes Local with Managing Editor
The El Dorado News-Times has promoted Caitlan Butler to managing editor. Just eight years ago, Butler, 26, was busy graduating from El Dorado High School. read more >
$350,000 Grant Amplifies OA’s Voice in Podcasting
When editor Eliza Borné looked to extend the Oxford American’s literate and unapologetically Southern voice last year, she turned to an executive editor with precisely the right skill set for podcasting. read more >
Papers in Peril, Part II: ‘Got to Reduce Our Costs’
Cutbacks at American dailies have been coming, well, daily, and Democrat-Gazette President and General Manager Lynn Hamilton put out a call last Monday for all employees to consider voluntary furloughs or perhaps working four rather than five days a week, at commensurate pay. read more >
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