In the coming months, the Federal Communications Commission will decide whether to allow the eight local broadcast stations owned and operated by ABC to keep their licenses. The decision comes after the FCC took the rare step in April to direct the stations to submit renewal applications years before their licenses were set to expire. Katie Bernard, a rapid response writer, discusses FCC license renewal of ABC stations.

Ronnie Agnew, a longtime editor and news media executive and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts, writes about the decline of Black journalists and the importance of diversity in the newsroom.

Charles Mitchell, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts, writes about the legacy of Dolly Parton and the history of feminism.

Robert F. Darden, professor emeritus in Journalism at Baylor University and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts, discusses the sacred, transcendent spaces of Memphis’ past. Darden explored the sites, which include the East Trigg Baptist Church, the original headquarters of the Church of God in Christ denomination, and the Lorraine Hotel.

Charles Mitchell, an associate professor in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi and a member of the Overby Center panel of experts, discussed the Voting Right Act and that the U.S. Supreme Court saw that creating racially safe districts has resulted not in unity, as intended, but in division that has manifested in myriad ways.

Terry Mattingly, writer of the national "On Religion" column for the Andrews McMeel Universal syndicate and "Rational Sheep," a Substack newsletter on faith and mass media, writes about membership decline in faith denominations.