R.J. Morgan, an instructional associate professor in the School of Journalism and New Media at the University of Mississippi and director of the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association, discusses the film “Teenage Wasteland” and the importance of high school journalism. In the early 1990s in Middletown, N.Y., a group of high school students thrown into an “Electronic English” class shot and edited a documentary film “Garbage, Gangsters and Greed” about the insidious nature of their local landfills. Now, 30 years later, a new documentary currently streaming on Netflix called “Teenage Wasteland” interviews the now-adult students from Middletown and recounts their tale.

A Robert Khayat documentary premiere will be the focus of a program on Oct. 29 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts.  “The Chancellor” was produced and directed by Overby Center board member David Crews.

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, discusses the challenges of interpreting laws and how they are applied to the United States.

The  consensus that there is a need for guardrails and limits on money and budgets to protect the competitiveness and integrity of college sports was the subject of a panel discussion at the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Sept. 17. The “College Athletics: It’s a Whole New Ballgame” program explored the Protect College Sports Act.

John McClain, a veteran NFL writer and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, writes a brief history of sports in our first 250 years and notes the power of sports loyalties to unite us despite our differences.

In an exclusive Q&A with the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, Peter Imes shares how he addresses challenges in the newsroom, his method for transparency in journalism, his insights on the future of journalism, etc.