Arkansas Instances broadcasts management modifications

Austin Bailey, previously editorial director of the Arkansas Instances, has been promoted to editor-in-chief, changing Lindsey Millar, who has been editor of the Instances since 2011. Bailey is the primary lady to guide the newsroom within the publication’s practically 50 yr historical past. 

Millar will proceed as a contributing editor, however is leaving to pursue a profession in woodworking. 

Bailey, 47, joined the Instances in 2021. Beforehand she was editor of World Ark, Heifer Worldwide’s journal, and a reporter on the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Pocono File in Pennsylvania and the Rocky Mount Telegram in North Carolina. She is a graduate of the College of North Carolina and a local of Asheville, North Carolina.

Stephanie Smittle, beforehand managing editor, has been promoted to editorial director and would be the month-to-month journal’s high editor whereas Bailey devotes a lot of her focus to arktimes.com. Smittle, 42, joined the Instances in 2016 because the leisure editor. She’s a local of Cave Springs and a graduate of Hendrix School. 

Benji Hardy will substitute Smittle as managing editor. Beforehand an affiliate editor on the Arkansas Instances, the place his baby welfare and well being care reporting obtained nationwide accolades, Hardy has additionally labored for ProPublica and served as editor for the Arkansas Nonprofit Information Community. Hardy, 38, is a local of Ozark and a graduate of Hendrix School. 

The Arkansas Instances will have fun its fiftieth anniversary in 2024.

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