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Wesley Brown

Little Rock
As seen in: The Daily Record (Little Rock, AR), CNN, TIME, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Malaysia, The Epoch Times, Yahoo, Civil Eats, NewsBreak, KNWA-TV (Fayetteville, AR), Talk Business & Politics and
Publisher & longtime news reporter. Loves puppies, golf & running. 3-time winner of Cowtown Marathon & other footraces.

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Wesley currently works as the financial reporter for Arkansas-based online business and news publications, TalkBusiness.net and TheCityWire.com.

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Arkansas Seeks Startup Capital as Onward FX Brings National VC Investors to Little Rock

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By Wesley Brown
| arkansasdeltainformer.com
By Wesley Brown, Arkansas Delta Informer Editor July 13, 2026 – As the U.S. venture capital ecosystem rebounds from two years of considerable post-pandemic turbulence, Arkansas is looking to get more startups in the funding pipeline and bring new venture capital dealmakers to the Natural State. In partnership with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, Bentonville-based Onward FX is touting a key two-day investor conference in Little Rock this fall.
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Frank Wills and the Importance of Ordinary Americans Doing the Right Thing Original

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By Wesley Brown
| TIME Verified
On June 17, 1972, Frank Wills, a 24-year-old, black security guard, working the night shift at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., detected a piece of tape on a door lock leading to the offices of the headquarters of the National Democratic Committee. He removed the tape and returned later to find another piece holding open the latch. He called the police, and five men were arrested for burglary.
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Jonesboro’s Ritter Communications Merges With Great Plains, Rebrands as Rightfiber

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By Wesley Brown
| arkansasdeltainformer.com
Grain Management announced plans to combine two portfolio companies — Jonesboro, Arkansas-based Ritter Communications and Blair, Nebraska-based Great Plains Communications By Wesley Brown, Arkansas Delta Informer Editor June 16, 2026 – A private equity firm led by one of the nation’s wealthiest Black businessmen is combining Jonesboro-based Ritter Communications and Blair, Nebraska-based Great Plains Communications under a new organization and brand, “Rightfiber.” Grain Management, a...
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Tulsa World newspaper.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

The story you are working on may be old news by the time it is finished.