Tom Sissom has worked at newspapers in Pine Bluff, Little Rock and Northwest Arkansas for more than 40 years.
Beginning as a police beat reporter in Pine Bluff, he has covered law enforcement, courts, local and state politics, the state prison system, and city and county governments in addition to dabbling in coverage of agriculture, education, the environment, state government and the economy.
Working in Northwest Arkansas since 1990, Tom has been an award-winning reporter, a columnist and city editor and an editorial page editor.