Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Executive Editor Steps Down

Posted: 5/2/2012  |  By: Gavin Lesnick | Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette executive editor Griffin Smith announced Monday that he is leaving the post effective Tuesday.

Smith, speaking to the newsroom, said there was no single factor in his resignation, adding he knew it was the "right time." In his address to several dozen employees in the paper's downtown headquarters, Smith thanked the staff and publisher Walter Hussman.