The first cohort of fellows is set to graduate, taking with them the pillars of the SNF Paideia Program dialogue, citizenship, service, and wellness on their next life adventures.
There s often no shortage of state comparisons in which Arkansas fares poorly. However, in many of those so-called rankings, the metric or data point is so narrow that its lack of context renders it inert as information, or worse, misleading.
The Madison County Record of Huntsville and its publisher, Ellen Kreth, have won the 2022 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity in rural journalism from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky.
Lisa Hammersly, investigative reporter and former projects team leader of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, was presented the Arkansas Press Association Freedom of Information Award at the association’s convention Saturday.
Ellen Kreth is the publisher and owner. Shannon Hahn is the business manager. But both are also reporters, storytellers and, foremost, community members, duty-bound to tell their neighbors even the hardest news.