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Pryor Center’s Arkansas Atoll Podcast Shares Stories From Marshallese
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – During the COVID-19 pandemic, one Arkansas community has been hit much harder than others as half of the state’s coronavirus deaths have been members of the Marshallese community in Springdale. The new Arkansas Atoll podcast explores why and...
School of Journalism to Run Arkansascovid.com
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Arkansascovid.com, a leading news source for daily COVID-19 data and trends in Arkansas, will transfer its daily management and operations to the School of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Arkansas. Misty Orpin, a journalist,...
New Film Explores ‘Indians, Outlaws, Marshals and the Hangin’ Judge,’ Premieres Next Month
While the new documentary film Indians, Outlaws, Marshals and the Hangin' Judge is a story set in the late 19th Century, it covers numerous topics that still resonate today, including racial bias, gun violence, Indian affairs and accusations of police brutality. Next...
Washington County Community Remembrance Project Venerates Local Victims From Lynching Era
The Washington County Community Remembrance Project Coalition, a group of University of Arkansas and Fayetteville citizens committed to addressing painful themes in troubling racial history of our community, is working to educate and establish a memorial marker in the...
Journalism’s New ‘Arkansas Soul’ Student Program Creates Microsite for Arkansas Tourism
Arkansas Soul, a new summer media program for minority high school students in the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences’ School of Journalism and Strategic Media, will culminate in the creation of a new Arkansas Tourism microsite.The free two-week...