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Overby Center announces fall events

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics organizes panel discussions for journalism students and members of the Oxford community and recently announced the schedule for the 2022 fall semester. The first

September 14, 2022

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Overby Spring Events: Lessons Past and Present and Future

The Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics announced the remaining Overby events on Feb. 28. The lineup includes The Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Mississippi Civil Rights Education on March

March 8, 2022

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Cato Institute scholar to discuss Trump’s foreign policy at the Overby Center

Christopher Preble agrees with both Democrats and Republicans. He believes Donald Trump, as a candidate, made strong points about America’s inconclusive, open-ended wars but thinks that President Trump’s policy proposals after he

October 31, 2019

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Opposing political strategists tackle governor race

Political consultants Austin Barbour and Brandon Jones speculated on the upcoming Mississippi gubernatorial election and made their cases for each candidate at the Overby Center on Wednesday night. Barbour, a Republican Ole

October 17, 2019

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Letter from the editor: Why student journalists are moderating this year’s ASB debate

This election season, we’re changing some things. When our team of student media managers returned to campus this past fall, we wanted to make a difference in the way this student body

March 25, 2019

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Overby Center hosts election panel ahead of candidates’ debate

One week ahead of the debate between former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy (D) and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R), Ole Miss students will have the chance to hear from four seasoned analysts

November 14, 2018

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Civil rights reporter’s memoir discussed at Overby Center

The daughter of civil rights reporter John Herbers visited the Overby Center for Journalism and Southern Politics to discuss her late father’s memoir, “Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist,”

September 27, 2018

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Investigative podcast producers discuss race, criminal justice system

“In the Dark” podcast senior producer Samara Freemark and host Madeleine Baran attracted a near-capacity audience to the Overby Center for Southern Journalism and Politics on Wednesday evening. Their podcast investigates the

September 20, 2018

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Students discuss their role in Mississippi brain drain during Overby Center presentation

Savannah Smith will receive her degrees in journalism and public policy leadership on May 12, and by this time next year, she will be completing her first year of graduate school at

May 2, 2018

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University brings eighth annual ACT Experience Conference to campus

The Magazine Innovation Center will host the eighth annual ACT Experience Conference at the University of Mississippi starting today. ACT, which stands for amplify, clarify and testify, was first designed to promote

April 17, 2018

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