Today, we are talking to Eric Barnes, CEO of the Daily Memphian, an online daily news source that launched in 2018. Eric is also the host of Behind the Headlines on Memphis’ PBS station, founder of The Siderbar podcast, and author of four novels.

Years ago, he graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University and a BA from Connecticut College. And even before that, he drove a forklift in Washington, worked construction on Puget Sound, and froze fish in a warehouse outside Anchorage, Alaska.