By: Jake Lankford April 1. April Fool’s Day, but the warm, sunny and slightly breezy weather is fooling no one. It’s a perfect day for the inaugural Central to the Arts Festival. I arrive at the festival and my first stop is the ROAR’s table. Our job as hosts at…
Continue reading Art. Blood. Passion. (A first-person account of the ‘Central to the Arts Festival’)
The University of Memphis Department of Journalism and Strategic Media will host the 45th annual AEJMC Southeast Colloquium, a three-day academic research conference that will be held from March 19 to the 21 at the FedEx Institute of Technology. Over the course of three days, about 140 attendees will be…
David Waters retired recently from The Commercial Appeal, but that didn’t mark the end of his journalism career or his impact on journalism in Memphis. A 1981 graduate of then-Memphis State University, Waters has joined the University of Memphis‘ newly created Institute for Public Service Reporting, where he will serve…
Continue reading 10 questions with David Waters of the Institute for Public Service Reporting
