Join us to hear Rob Wells\, associate prof essor at Merrill College\, discuss his new book "The Insider: How the Kipl inger Newsletter Bridged Washington and Wall Street." The event is sponsor ed by the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the Society of Professional Journa lists.
\nWells will discuss legendary journalist Willard Kiplinger a nd how his reporting career offers lessons on digital journalism\, aiding people who are looking to launch their own news website or YouTube channel . Because of his involvement with senior politicians and business leaders dating back to World War I\, analysis of Kiplinger's career yields valuabl e reporting knowledge.
\nThe heart of the book examines the question of a journalist as a political actor. During the New Deal\, Kiplinger pla yed an important role in the broader movement to rescue capitalism during the Great Depression. Kiplinger helped bridge Washington and Wall Street s ince he urged businesses to accept the new federal government regulation a s an evolution in the U.S. markets. Kiplinger worked behind the scenes and influenced Franklin Roosevelt's key adviser\, the Treasury Secretary and many others. The book examines journalism\, politics\, history\, business and more.
\nDr. Rob Wells\, a 2016 Ph.D. alum of Merrill College\, r eturned to the university in the Spring 2022 semester after more than five years at the University of Arkansas\, where he rose to the rank of associ ate professor and led Arkansas' journalism graduate program. Wells has mor e than two decades of business journalism experience at The Associated Pre ss\, Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal. \;While at Arkansas\, Wells ran ArkansasCovid.com\, a statewide daily data and news website rep orting on the pandemic. He also partnered with Merrill&rsquo\;s Howard Cen ter for Investigative Journalism on multiple projects\, including the awar d-winning &ldquo\;Nowhere To Go&rdquo\; homelessness investigation. Wells is also the author of &ldquo\;The Enforcers: How Little-Known Trade Report ers Exposed the Keating Five and Advanced Business Journalism&rdquo\; (Uni versity of Illinois Press\, 2019). While working on his doctorate at Merri ll\, Wells created a business reporting capstone class. During the 2011-12 school year\, he helped launch a business reporting program at the Univer sity of South Carolina while serving as a Reynolds Visiting Business Journ alism Professor. \;
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