MEDIA INVITED TO ‘ELECTION 2022: ARKANSAS PBS DEBATES’

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MEDIA INVITED TO ‘ELECTION 2022: ARKANSAS PBS DEBATES’

Posted 03 Oct 2022

CONWAY, Ark. (Arkansas PBS) — Arkansas PBS will present nine debates featuring 24 candidates in “Election 2022: Arkansas PBS Debates.” Debates will be broadcast live and will livestream at youtube.com/arkansaspbs. Press conferences for candidates who choose to participate will directly follow each debate and will also livestream at youtube.com/arkansaspbs.

Members of the media are required to preregister at myarpbs.org/presspass at least 24 hours prior to each debate.

When: Monday, Oct. 17, through Friday, Oct. 21. Each debate will be 60 minutes.

Where: Reynolds Performance Hall, 223 Beatrice Powell St., Conway, on the University of Central Arkansas campus.

Who: Candidates for Arkansas governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, U.S. Senate and U.S. Congressional Districts 1-4. Host Steve Barnes. Panel of journalists.

Major funding for “Election 2022: Arkansas PBS Debates” is provided by AARP Arkansas. Additional funding is provided by Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce.

Use of debates

The debates are offered free of charge to any Arkansas media outlet that provides an email request for permission to use the shows in their entirety. The programs must be identified by announcement (on air) and caption (on air and online) with “This debate is provided by Arkansas PBS; myarpbs.org/elections.” Debates may be broadcast or streamed with proper identification. The livestream may be embedded or linked. Email thead@myarkansaspbs.org for permission.

Video and audio clips may be used in news reports, but no audio portions may be lifted and used out of context in any way. Excerpts must be identified both by announcement and by caption as a production from “Arkansas PBS.”

You may take the signal off-air or request an HD livestream. Please submit requests at least two days prior to the debate.

Schedule

* denotes incumbent

DAY	DATE	RACE	CANDIDATES	TAPING, LIVE BROADCAST & STREAMING	PRIME TIME BROADCAST
Monday	10/17	U.S. Congressional District 4	Gregory Maxwell (L) *Bruce Westerman (R) John White (D)	10 a.m.	10/17 7 p.m.
Monday	10/17	U.S. Congressional District 3	Michael Kalagias (L) Lauren Mallett-Hays (D) *Steve Womack (R)	1 p.m.	10/17 8 p.m.
Tuesday	10/18	Lieutenant Governor	Frank Gilbert (L) Kelly Krout (D) Leslie Rutledge (R)	10 a.m.	10/18 7 p.m.
Tuesday	10/18	Secretary of State	Anna Beth Gorman (D) *John Thurston (R)	2 p.m.	10/19 8 p.m. (airing on Wednesday)
Wednesday	10/19	Attorney General	Jesse Gibson (D) Tim Griffin (R)	10 a.m.	10/19 7 p.m.
Thursday	10/20	U.S. Congressional District 1	*Rick Crawford (R) Monte Hodges (D)	10 a.m.	10/20 7 p.m.
Thursday	10/20	U.S. Congressional District 2	Quintessa Hathaway (D) *French Hill (R) Michael White (L)	2 p.m.	10/20 8 p.m.
Friday	10/21	Arkansas Governor	Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. (L) Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) Chris Jones (D)	10 a.m.	10/21 7 p.m.
Friday	10/21	U.S. Senate	*John Boozman (R) Kenneth Cates (L) Natalie James (D)	1 p.m.	10/21 8 p.m.

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HOST
Steve Barnes
DEBATE PANELISTS

U.S. Congressional District 4	U.S. Congressional District 3
Steve Barnes, AR PBS	Steve Barnes, AR PBS
Christina Munoz, AR PBS	Christina Munoz, AR PBS
Byron Tate, Pine Bluff Commercial	Yuna Lee, 40/29
Lieutenant Governor	Secretary of State
Steve Barnes, AR PBS	Steve Barnes, AR PBS
Christina Munoz, AR PBS	Christina Munoz, AR PBS
Brandon Evans, 40/29	Brandon Evans, 40/29
Attorney General	U.S. Congressional District 1
Steve Barnes, AR PBS	Steve Barnes, AR PBS
Christina Munoz, AR PBS	Christina Munoz, AR PBS
Donna Terrell, FOX 16/AR PBS	George Jared, Talk Business & Politics
U.S. Congressional District 2	Arkansas Governor
Steve Barnes, AR PBS	Steve Barnes, AR PBS
Christina Munoz, AR PBS	Christina Munoz, AR PBS
Steve Brawner, Independent Journalist	Donna Terrell, FOX 16/AR PBS
U.S. Senate
Steve Barnes, AR PBS
Christina Munoz, AR PBS
Yuna Lee, 40/29

FEEDS, PHOTOGRAPHY AND PRESS ROOM

Members of the media are required to preregister at myarpbs.org/presspass at least 24 hours prior to each debate.

All media members should enter through the main entrance of Reynolds Performance Hall, 223 Beatrice Powell St., Conway, to check in and receive a press pass.

Reporters will not be allowed to talk to candidates before the debate or press conference.

Media attending the debates are invited to sit in a press room with a live feed or in the audience in the auditorium. Reporters seated in the audience will be escorted to the press room following each debate.

Following each debate, brief press conferences will be held in the press room with individual candidates who agree to participate. The press conferences will be livestreamed at youtube.com/arkansaspbs. Only media in attendance will be able to ask questions.

A pool feed will be available. Bring your own deck. No TV cameras allowed inside the auditorium during the debates. HD footage will be available by pool feed. Contact Josh Johnson at (501) 852-2569, jjohnson@myarkansaspbs.org, if you have any questions about video.

Please specify if you will be bringing a production truck or live van so that a parking spot will be available.

Access to a file for download of each debate will be available to the media shortly following each taping (typically within 30 minutes to one hour). This file is for reporting purposes only and is not for public distribution.

Photographers will be allowed to shoot from the aisles during taping. No flashes. Do not block audience members’ view. TV cameras will only be allowed inside the auditorium for footage prior to the debates. Shooting areas will be designated to avoid interfering with taping. Remember that the sound of your camera is easily heard.

Photos from each debate will be available at myarpbs.org/photos. Photos may be printed or used online with photo credit to Arkansas PBS.

For other inquiries, contact Tiffany L. Head, Arkansas PBS Marketing & Audience Relations Manager, at (501) 682-4157 or thead@myarkansaspbs.org or Julie Thomas, Arkansas PBS Communications & Community Engagement Director, at (501) 682-4155 or jthomas@myarkansaspbs.org.

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