Come Out to the SPJ Blogging Academy and Learn Something, Why Don’t Ya?

The local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (the people who brought you this) is taking you bloggers seriously. So seriously, in fact, that they’re ready to help you learn the tricks of the trade in an earnest bid to encourage a new crop of citizen journalists to raise up, start their own WordPress [...]

It’s the Jeff Hankins Show Tonight on ‘Arkansas Week’

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Arkansas Business Publisher Jeff Hankins is filling for Steve Barnes tonight as host of AETN’s “Arkansas Week.” This week’s guest: Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times, Rick Fahr of The Log Cabin Democrat and David Keith of the University of Central Arkansas‘ Journalism Department.
There’s should be lots to talk about this [...]

Friday Week in Review: It’s Finally Over Edition

Another week, another roundup. A look back at the Week That Was:
U.S. Senate hopeful Kim Hendren stepped in it, and The Tolbert Report was (virtually) there! He might have buried the lede, but he still got linked the hell out of!
In times of confusion and doubt, the world turned to Zack Stovall. Don’t worry. Daddy’s [...]

More Newsroom Cuts at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

This time, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette was out first with news today of its latest round of newsroom cuts, posted on its Web site here. Others, including The Arkansas Project, Arkansas Business’ Mark Hengel, the Arkansas News Bureau and the Arkansas Times, quickly followed up.
From Hengel’s report, this from General Manager Paul Smith:
The poor economy has [...]

If You’re Not Doing Anything This Weekend …

… and can spare a few minutes, you might cruise over to the Arkansas Times, where they’re taking nominations for their 2009 Best of Arkansas Readers Poll. I think there’s a blogs category …
But you don’t have to vote for this electronic rag! There’s others (probably) more deserving!
The Arkansas Project
The Think Tank
The Tolbert Report
Kyran Pittman’s [...]

Friday Week in Review: 28 Days Later Edition

Day 5 of the Swine H1N1 Flu and we’re all holding our own! Let’s celebrate our fortitude in the midst of this pending societal meltdown by taking a short look at the Week That Was:
The Arkansas Times was obsessed — obsessed — with Judge Willard Proctor.
Ms. Adverthinker pondered why it matters that more women are [...]

Media Notes: Job Cuts at the Morning News, A Voice Silenced & More

Media news from around Arkansas and the nation:
Mourning News – Twitterer Chris Spencer is among nine newsroom staffers at Stephens Media Group’s Morning News to be laid off this week. The newspaper is also implementing a limited furlough program for employees, combining several sections of the newspaper during the week and cutting costs in other [...]

Moritz, Brantley, MacNeil on ‘Arkansas Week’ Tonight

Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz, Arkansas Times Editor Max Brantley and Kelly MacNeil of KUAR-FM, 89.1 radio are host Steve Barnes’ guest this week on “Arkansas Week.” You can catch it at 8 p.m. tonight on your local AETN affiliate.
Among the topics, yesterday’s 8th Circuit Court decision that released the Little Rock School District from [...]

Arkansas Times Implements ‘Temporary Pay Reductions’

Noted here, for the record. The Little Rock alt-weekly Arkansas Times has joined a number of media companies in Arkansas making cutbacks in the face of a dire economic climate. Starting next month, pay cuts of 4 to 7 percent for some employees.
Max Brantley with the news:
Publisher Alan Leveritt said today he’d implemented temporary pay [...]

An Arkansas Twitter Follow Friday – On Monday

There’s this thing on the Twitters called “Follow Friday,” where folks make suggestions about who everyone should follow. They do this on Friday.
So to be a contrarian, we’ll do make our suggestions on … Monday! Herewith, a heaping handful of Arkansas Twitterers you’ll wanna catch up with. And be sure to check out our (in)complete [...]