Journalism

Researchers Dermot Murphy of the University of Illinois Chicago and Matt Baker of Rebuild Local News explain how shrinking local news coverage drives up what local governments pay to borrow.

After ProPublica's report on abuse at a voucher-funded school, Nicole Carey of Arkansas Advocates outlines reforms she says would close gaps in child safety oversight.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center looks back at farm broadcaster John Philpot's decades on Arkansas TV, from rice harvest reports to a brush with a mechanical bull.

Warwick Sabin, president and CEO of Deep South Today, talks about launching Arkansas Today, a free nonprofit newsroom modeled on the success of Mississippi Today.

Karen Kilroy and Aiden Maroney built Radiohead, an AI transcription tool for KUAF, as a class project in Zach Steelman's UofA course. It won the university's first AI innovation challenge.

Arkansas native Ginny Monk of the Connecticut Mirror speaks with Ozarks at Large about her Pulitzer Prize-winning "On the Hook" series on predatory towing practices.

The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute convened journalists and Northwest Arkansas residents in Fayetteville to discuss trust, local news and civic health.

Steve Barnes, Amy Oliver Barnes and Bob Steel join Randy Dixon to revisit KATV's heyday, including two memorable and chaotic Arkansas election nights.

Randy Dixon and Kyle Kellams preview a Pryor Center panel with former KATV anchors Steve Barnes, Amy Oliver Barnes and Bob Steel, featuring archival footage from Arkansas TV's golden era.

Randy Dixon of the Pryor Center and Kyle Kellams look back at how KATV Channel 7 covered Operation Desert Storm, from the air war to the ground offensive, through the eyes of Arkansans.