Student Media Board
Appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
The Student Media Board serves as an advisory counsel to review and guide the establishment and amendment of policies to regulate all regularly produced student publications and broadcasts. This includes appointing editors and station managers; establishing reasonable rules concerning the time, place and manner of production and distribution of the publications; establishing schedules; controlling and approving finances; and hiring and supervision of a professional business manager/advisor, as needed.
Membership consists of a representative from University Relations; a representative from the Division of Finance and Administration; a student representative of the Associated Student Government (ASG); a student representative of the Society of Professional Journalists; the chief student editors/station managers of student media under the jurisdiction of the board, i.e., editors of the Arkansas Traveler and the Razorback; managers of stations UATV and KXUA; ex officio, the student media director; the chairperson of the Department of Journalism or his or her designee; and, ex officio and non-voting, the faculty advisors to student media groups.
Student Representative from ASG | Vacant | |
Student Representative from Society of Prof. Journalists | Vacant | |
Editor - Arkansas Traveler | David Robert Stewart | 2023 |
Editor - Razorback | Sarah Grace Rawls | 2023 |
Editor - The Hill Magazine | Victoria Hernandez | 2023 |
Station Manager - UATV | Kye Kocher | 2023 |
Station Manager - KXUA | Lydia Fletcher | 2023 |
Main Hill Media Manager | Riley Atkinson | 2023 |
Associate Dean of Students | Lori Lander | 2023 |
Representative from Finance & Administration | Vacant | |
Representative from University Relations | Charlie Allison | 2023 |
Director of Student Media* | Robyn Ledbetter | |
Director of Strategic Media and Collaboration* | Elena Thompson | |
Director of Communications for Student Affairs* | Scott Flanagin | |
Chair of Journalism or designee* | Larry Foley | |
UATV Faculty Advisor** | Tiffany King | |
KXUA Faculty Advisor** | Leigh Wood | |
Razorback Yearbook Advisor** | Mike Brown | |
The Hill Magazine Faculty Advisor** | Bret Schulte |
*=ex officio
**=ex officio non-voting
07/24/2020
12/06/2019
10/10/17