Eliza Hussman Gaines

Written By Overby Center

Eliza Hussman Gaines is the fourth generation of her family to be in the newspaper industry. She is the publisher of 11 daily newspapers and eight weekly newspapers across Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee. Previous roles include vice president of audience development for WEHCO Media, executive editor of the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record, and executive editor of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. She is on the boards of the University of North Carolina Hussman School of Journalism and Media Foundation, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, America’s Newspapers, the CHI St. Vincent Foundation, and the Gladney Center for Adoption. She was the 2023-2024 president of the Arkansas Press Association board. She earned a B.A. in English and M.A. in Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gaines lives in Little Rock, Ark. 

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