With White House mini-scandals arriving on a daily basis, Gridiron writers often had to look away from the national dumpster fire to find funny ideas from what seem relatively sane politics and cultural shifts of the state and regional level. Act 1 “Translating Trump’s Tweets” ♫ It takes a village of reporters Journalists at The … More 2017 Program
The cast and the crew of the 2017 NWA Gridiron are journalists who work at regional publications, broadcast outlets and public relations agencies as well as faculty and students from the School of Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Arkansas. Emcee – Rogers Mayor Greg Hines Writers – Charlie Alison, Brenda Blagg, David Conrads, … More 2017 Cast and Crew
Flip Putthoff started performing with Gridiron in 2004, the first year the show came back from a 14-year break. Flip is the outdoors reporter at the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, where he goes fishing in other people’s boats and writes about it. He is also on the newspaper’s photography staff. He has worked at the paper … More Flip Putthoff
The cast and the crew of the 2016 NWA Gridiron are journalists who work at regional publications, broadcast outlets and public relations agencies as well as faculty and students from the Walter J. Lemke Department of Journalism at the University of Arkansas. … More 2016 Cast and Crew
With a national election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the program for the 2016 show should have been easy to write. But as they say, how do you satirize satire. Act 1 “Will Write for Practically Nothing” ♫ Journalists get an obscure visitor Journalists stage a sit-in for higher wages, but their protest is … More 2016 Program
KUAF – Antoinette Grajeda and Zeek Martin Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Flip Putthoff, Erin Spandorf and Rusty Turner UA Journalism Faculty – Ray Minor and Katherine Shurlds UA Journalism Students – Cecil Anderson, Clarissa Bustamante, DeMarius Davis, Wendy Echeverria, Paige Hegedus, Lauren Hoskins, Cassandra Schirm, James Schlecte, Amanda Simmons, Kris Smith and Julia Trupp University … More 2015 Cast and Crew
Emcee – John Threet Writers – Charlie Alison, Brenda Blagg, Vivian Cummings, Dave Edmark, Kevin Kinder, Debbie Miller, Ray Minor, Ben Pollock, Flip Putthoff, Katherine Shurlds, Erin Spandorf, Rusty Turner and Steve Voorhies Production Directors – Katherine Shurlds and Sarah Warnock Musical Director – Emily Kaitz Stage Director – Rusty Turner Assistant Stage Director – … More 2014 Cast and Crew
The notoriety of a family that makes duck calls for a “reality” show reached celebrity status this year, and it only made sense to tackle the quacks. … More 2014 Program