News & Analysis
Partnerships between news organizations and AI firms could result in a huge loss for 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.
Q&A with Paul Keane
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.
Trump challenge to universities is a threat to history and nature of academic inquiry
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.
Bob Dylan’s civil rights work and Mississippi connections to be focus of Overby Center program
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.
Postcards of the hanging: Dylan's Minnesota conjures a complicated past
R.J. Morgan, professor at the University of Mississippi, discusses singer-songwriter Bob Dylan’s music and Minnesota’s history of violence.
A friend roared at me on Facebook. Here’s how we can turn down the political volume.
Retired Houston Chronicle executive editor Steve Riley, writing for the Overby Center, relates a typical encounter on social media that speaks to the problem of our political dialogue.
Q&A with Lyndy Berryhill
Q&A with Lyndy Berryhill, General Manager of Stone County Enterprise.
U.S. Department of Education began as an acorn and is now a forest
The Department of Education is comparable to a forest, funding dozens of programs in all states and territories and issuing edicts forcing local schools to spend lots of cash on filing compliance forms.
A Hispanic version of ‘The Talk’ is needed as border crisis finally becomes reality
A father and daughter in Deep South Texas had "The Talk" regarding how to respond to questioning from immigration authorities.
Veteran USA TODAY Washington reporter Susan Page to headline Overby program
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.
After the pandemic, giving students real-world learning experiences has become more difficult, important
Mississippi has been pro-active in beginning and maintaining a variety of activities that benefit scholastic journalism students.
Judge withdraws order that a Clarksdale newspaper must take down editorial
A state judge in Mississippi has withdrawn her order that a newspaper in Clarksdale, Miss., must take down an editorial criticizing local officials for not providing notice of a meeting to consider a tax increase.
Mississippi judge orders Clarksdale newspaper to take down editorial
A state judge in Mississippi has ordered a newspaper in Clarksdale, Miss., to remove an editorial.
A president-centric nation was not part of the plan by the Founders
The use of executive orders to make law has increased rapidly in the last 50 years, and for various reasons.
The Supreme Court’s TikTok decision has created a loophole in the First Amendment
The U.S. government put forward a case that was basically a ruse, and the justices fell for it, banning a specific communicator for the first time.
In new Dylan biopic, his civil rights work is glossed over for other narratives
His music about the struggle for freedom became a powerful symbol of the times, especially in the South.
Danger lies ahead if news media lose protections from the Sullivan standard
Since 1964, defamation law has provided strong protections for ensuring a “profound national commitment” to debate on public issues.
Scholastic journalism programs continue to have a life-changing effect
Despite challenges over budgets and freedom of speech, high school journalism is thriving in Mississippi.
It’s time to re-evaluate the presidency of Jimmy Carter
Tony Pederson, managing fellow of the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics, discusses the presidency of Jimmy Carter.