A grant from the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation will be used to "recognize the best examples of impartial, objective and fair reporting in newspapers" in Arkansas and 13 other Southern states, the foundation announced.

The money was awarded to the Center for Integrity in News Reporting, a group founded in 2024 by Walter E. Hussman Jr., chairman of WEHCO Media, Inc., which owns the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

The center was created to boost the public's trust in news reporting.

The Integrity in Journalism awards will each carry a $5,000 prize and will be presented at the annual meetings of state press associations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina,

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