May 15, 2025

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USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief Susan Page says Trump has instituted broad change in first 100 days 
Events
USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief Susan Page says Trump has instituted broad change in first 100 days 
Events

The first 100 days of the Trump administration and interviewing notable women such as Barbara Walters were discussed in a program at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief for USA TODAY and a veteran reporter and observer of American politics, discussed her journalistic career.

Events
How Waco, Texas, Became the Unlikely Center for the Study of Black Gospel Music
History & Perspective
How Waco, Texas, Became the Unlikely Center for the Study of Black Gospel Music
History & Perspective

There’s a story behind how Baylor University in Waco, Texas, became the center of a significant project to preserve and store Black gospel music. Robert Darden, a member of the Overby Center panel of experts and professor emeritus at Baylor, tells the story.

History & Perspective
Future of Journalism
Partnerships between news organizations and AI firms could result in a huge loss for journalism
Future of Journalism

News organizations have been trumpeting partnerships with AI firms, but they should be entering such arrangements with caution. Jared Schroeder of the University of Missouri and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts writes that such partnerships could damage journalism in the long run.

Future of Journalism
Featured
USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief Susan Page says Trump has instituted broad change in first 100 days 
Events
USA TODAY Washington Bureau chief Susan Page says Trump has instituted broad change in first 100 days 
Events

The first 100 days of the Trump administration and interviewing notable women such as Barbara Walters were discussed in a program at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief for USA TODAY and a veteran reporter and observer of American politics, discussed her journalistic career.

Events
How Waco, Texas, Became the Unlikely Center for the Study of Black Gospel Music
History & Perspective
How Waco, Texas, Became the Unlikely Center for the Study of Black Gospel Music
History & Perspective

There’s a story behind how Baylor University in Waco, Texas, became the center of a significant project to preserve and store Black gospel music. Robert Darden, a member of the Overby Center panel of experts and professor emeritus at Baylor, tells the story.

History & Perspective
Future of Journalism
Partnerships between news organizations and AI firms could result in a huge loss for journalism
Future of Journalism

News organizations have been trumpeting partnerships with AI firms, but they should be entering such arrangements with caution. Jared Schroeder of the University of Missouri and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts writes that such partnerships could damage journalism in the long run.

Future of Journalism
Q&A with Paul Keane
Inside Journalism
Q&A with Paul Keane
Inside Journalism

In an exclusive Q&A with the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, Paul Keane shares his insights on the future of journalism, public relations, and the emergence of artificial intelligence.

Inside Journalism
Politics
Trump challenge to universities is a threat to history and nature of academic inquiry
Politics

Professor Charles Mitchell of the University of Mississippi writes that the Trump administration’s agenda for universities would undermine their historic independence and research ability.  

Politics
Events
Bob Dylan’s civil rights work and Mississippi connections to be focus of Overby Center program
Events

The music and early civil rights work of legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be the focus of a fall program at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics. “Songs of Freedom: Bob Dylan’s Mississippi,” will be presented Oct. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in the Overby Center Auditorium on the Ole Miss campus.

Events

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Overby Center Events

“Tragedy on Trial”

Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 — The tragic events of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955 and the farcical trial that followed were discussed in a program at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Oct. 9.  Author Ronald Collins discussed his new book, “Tragedy on Trial: The Story of the Infamous Emmett Till Murder Trial.”

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“Veteran USA TODAY Washington reporter Susan Page to headline Overby program”

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 — Susan Page, Washington bureau chief for USA Today and a veteran reporter and observer of American politics, will appear at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Tuesday, April 29. 

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