Executive Editor Eliza Hussman Gaines to become WEHCO Media’s next publisher

Eliza Hussman Gaines after she introduced her father, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette publisher Walter E. Hussman, Jr., to be presented the Golden 50 Service Award during the Arkansas Press Freedom Gala on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Hussman announced his retirement at the end of his speech. .(Arkansas Democrat-Gazette / Thomas Metthe)

Posted Tuesday, December 20, 2022 5:40 pm

Andrew Moreau | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

WEHCO Media Inc., parent company of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, will remain in the hands of family leadership with the announcement Tuesday that Executive Editor Eliza Hussman Gaines will become the next publisher on Jan. 1.

Outgoing Publisher Walter Hussman Jr., Gaines’ father, made the announcement Tuesday afternoon in the Democrat-Gazette's Little Rock newsroom. Hussman, 75, in October announced he would retire by the end of the year.