Two Journalists Named as Center for Ethics in Journalism Visiting Distinguished Professors

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Allison Herrerra, left, and T.J. Holmes

The University of Arkansas Center for Ethics in Journalism has appointed reporter and producer Allison Herrera from KOSU's Indigenous Affairs desk and ABC News GMA3 co-anchor T.J. Holmes to visiting distinguished professor positions for 2021.

"Both of these visiting professors are especially well suited to offer students insight into how ethical journalism endures despite a uniquely challenging time for the profession," said Ray McCaffrey, director of the Center for Ethics in Journalism.

Herrera is a radio and print journalist who has worked as a reporter for PRI's The World, as the climate and environment editor for Colorado Public Radio, and as a freelance reporter for High Country News' Indigenous Affairs desk. Her accomplishments include awards from the Associated Press, Society of Professional Journalists, the Native American Journalist Award, International Women in Media Fund Reproductive Rights Reporting Fellow, and first place for the Oklahoma Society for Professional Journalists for a short documentary about Choctaw singer Samantha Crain. Herrera is Xolon Salinan. She graduated from Evergreen State College.

In addition to Holmes's co-anchor position on the ABC daytime program GMA3: What You Need to Know, he reports for Good Morning America. A native of West Memphis, Arkansas, he has served on the U of A Chancellor's Board of Advisors 2008-2012 and was selected as the Arkansas Alumni Association's 2018 Johnson Fellow. Holmes graduated from the U of A with a Bachelor of Arts in 1999.

For updates on the visiting distinguished professors' lecture series, follow the Center for Ethics in Journalism on Twitter @JourEthics or like us on Facebook @JourEthics or contact Whitney King at wak002@uark.edu.

About the Center for Ethics in Journalism: The Center for Ethics in Journalism was established at the University of Arkansas in 2013. The center was founded on beliefs that the future of excellent journalism depends on the ethical practices of those who gather and present the news. The center promotes critical thinking as foremost in the process of reaching ethical choices in identifying, collecting and presenting news that informs the public, whose decisions shape democracy. The Center for Ethics in Journalism is part of the School of Journalism and Strategic Media within the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas.