"Arkansas Week" airs Fridays at 8 p.m. Each week, a dedicated, distinguished group of Arkansas journalists and political scientists discuss issues in the news.

Barnes has been on the air in the Natural State since 1968 when he started as a copy boy on weekends at KTHV-TV Channel 11 in Little Rock. His adept hand at leading journalists and others in a discussion of current events complements his encyclopedic knowledge of the state, its players and its past. Barnes has not only become one of the most recognizable and respected people within Arkansas, but has connected with a national audience through work published in the New York Times, fed to the Reuters news service and shown on networks ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and PBS. He has been a recipient of the University of Arkansas’ journalist of the year award, as well as receiving first prize for television documentary awarded by the Society of Professional Journalists.

Viewers are invited to become community journalists for Arkansas Week by creating 60 to 90-second videos about the hot topics in Arkansas news. Videos may be submitted on DVD or online through YouTube. Additionally, AETN welcomes viewers to submit suggestions for discussion topics through e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter.

Latest Episode: May 11, 2012

(Budget) A and B and 40 million and the seven weeks of '12. (Lawsuit) Three judges, four days, two candidates, 5/22, District 24. (Marriage) POTUS and GLOTUS and VEEP for the GOP against, but its nominee uneasy. (Occupy LR) And after seven months and a 17-block protest march, how much impact?