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Larry Foley

University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Professor
Fayetteville, AR
Professor, broadcast journalism. Foley is a veteran journalist and documentary filmmaker. His productions have earned five Emmys from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and 14 Emmy nominations in writing, journalistic enterprise, history, cultural history, special program and community service. His University of Arkansas students have been awarded an additional six Emmys for films produced under Professor’s Foley direction. His films have also received three Best of Festival of Media Arts awards from the international Broadcast Education Association–judged best of the best among his academic peers.Foley’s documentary credits include After the Tsunami (2014 Emmy nomination for Writer-Program/program feature), The Art of Crystal Bridges (BEA Best of Festival Award), Up Among the Hills, narrated by President Bill Clinton, Growing Hope (2012 Mid-America Emmy), Bridge to War Eagle ( 2011 Mid-America Emmy), Sacred Spaces-The Architecture of Fay Jones, The Greatest Coach Ever, Beacon of Hope-The Story of the University of Arkansas,Charles Banks Wilson-Portrait of an American Artist (Mid-America Emmy-Cultural Documentary), The Forgotten Expedition,It Started Here: Early Arkansas and the Louisiana Purchase, 22 Straight, Arkansas’ Natural Heritage, Out of the Woods, The Keetoowahs Come Home, The Black Swamp, The Governor from Greasy Creek, Arkansas-A Special Place, Hell on the Border, and Natural, Wild & Free.Foley worked as a reporter, anchor and producer at KATV in Little Rock and spent nine years at Arkansas Educational Television Network. He joined the University of Arkansas, his alma mater, in 1993.