Print Journalism

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African American Perspectives Northeast Arkansas
The quarterly African American Perspectives Northeast Arkansas magazine was established in Jonesboro (Craighea...
Charles Wilson Allbright (1929–2015)
Charles Wilson Allbright was one of the best-known and most widely read newspaper columnists in Arkansas. Allb...
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Richard Allin (1930–2007)
Richard Allin was a journalist and humorist who for thirty years wrote the popular “Our Town” column for t...
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Fred Allsopp (1867–1946)
Frederick William Allsopp was a newspaperman, book collector, and bookstore owner who was an important player ...
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Arkansas Banner
In 1843, Democrats in Little Rock (Pulaski County) sought a new newspaper, as the Arkansas State Gazette (1836...
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Arkansas Business Publishing Group
Arkansas Business, a weekly newspaper and website based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), is the leading source...
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Arkansas Catholic
The Arkansas Catholic is the official newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock. It began publishing in 1911 as ...
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest newspaper, is based in Little Rock (Pulaski County), with...
Arkansas Faith
Arkansas Faith was a short-lived newsletter published by the White Citizens’ Council of Arkansas in 1955 and...
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The Arkansas Family Historian (AFH)
The Arkansas Family Historian (AFH) is the official publication of the Arkansas Genealogical Society (AGS). Th...
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Arkansas Freeman
The Arkansas Freeman, which began publication on August 21, 1869, was the first newspaper in Arkansas printed ...
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Arkansas Gazette
The Arkansas Gazette, Arkansas’s first newspaper, was established in 1819, seventeen years before Arkansas b...
Text "Arkansas Intelligencer" above quote "Let Every Freeman Speak His Thoughts" short passage of poetry titled "To Mary" in column to left the rest of page covered in text describing local events including communication with Native Americans and school elections as well as some national news involving military conflict medicine and agriculture
Arkansas Intelligencer
The Arkansas Intelligencer, published in Van Buren (Crawford County), was an important antebellum newspaper in...
Arkansas Law Review
The Arkansas Law Review is a student-edited law journal that publishes scholarly articles on state and nationa...
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Arkansas Pioneer Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW)
The Arkansas Pioneer Branch of the National League of American Pen Women (NLAPW) was created to bring together...
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Arkansas Press Association
The Arkansas Press Association was established on October 15, 1873, “to promote the interests of the press b...
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Arkansas Press Women
Founded in 1949, Arkansas Press Women (APW), initially called the Arkansas Newspaper Women’s Association, is...
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Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
The Arkansas Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is an affiliate of the national Society of...
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Arkansas Staats-Zeitung
aka: Staats Zeitung
A German-language newspaper with the moniker Arkansas Staats-Zeitun...
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Arkansas State Press
The weekly Arkansas State Press newspaper was founded in Little Rock (Pulaski County) in 1941 by civil rights ...
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Arkansas Times
The Arkansas Times is a widely read free periodical known for its liberal political stance as well as being an...
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Arkansas Times and Advocate
aka: Arkansas Advocate
The Arkansas Advocate was the second successful newspaper in Arkans...
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Arkansas Traveller [Ku Klux Klan Newspaper]
The Arkansas Traveller was a weekly Ku Klux Klan (KKK) newspaper published in El Dorado (Union County) and Lit...
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Arkansas True Democrat
The True Democrat (1852–1857) was first printed on September 7, 1852, in Little Rock (Pulaski County) by own...
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Arkansaw Traveler [Newspaper]
In 1882, writer Opie Percival Read and his brother-in-law, Philo Dayton Benham, started the Arkansaw Traveler ...
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Harry Scott Ashmore (1916–1998)
Harry Scott Ashmore was the executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette during the 1957 desegregation crisis at L...
James Clayton (Jim) Bailey (1932–2019)
James Clayton (Jim) Bailey, Arkansas’s most celebrated sportswriter, chronicled a century of growth in the s...
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Dorothy Yarnell Barton (1900–1988)
Dorothy Yarnell Barton was a dedicated educator who taught at the secondary level and later as a professor at ...
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Lucious Christopher (L. C.) Bates (1904–1980)
Lucious Christopher (L.C.) Bates was the founder of the Arkansas State Press newspaper. Under his direction, t...
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Batesville Daily Guard
The Batesville Daily Guard has been published continuously since 1877, the only Batesville (Independence Count...
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Baxter Bulletin
The Baxter Bulletin newspaper was established in 1901 in Mountain Home (Baxter County) by J. G. “Uncle Jess...
Morgan Mercer Beatty (1902–1975)
Morgan Mercer Beatty was a native of Little Rock (Pulaski County) who launched a newspaper career at the Arkan...