Don Elkins, Jr.

Who is Don Elkins, Jr.?

Don Elkins is a journalist and broadcaster now involved in delivering news through social media. He most recently worked at WBOC-TV in Maryland resigning as night-side male anchor at the end of August 2011. He also formerly worked in Fayetteville, Arkansas as the host of Cumulus Radio's Newstalk 1030 KFAY-AM, hosting "The Morning Report," "Arkansas Tonight," and "Northwest Perspectives." He also worked as a media consultant to the Fayetteville School District, hosting the district's monthly "In Focus" program on cable television. Until June 2006, he was the Main Anchor and Managing Editor at NBC-TV affiliate KNWA-TV, where he was the first anchor on the newsdesk when the station resumed news operations in the year 2000. For four years, ending in the spring of 2006, he also wrote a weekly newspaper column entitled "In Focus" for the Northwest Arkansas Times. He also wrote about politics and media for Citiscapes Metro Monthly Magazine, and did so nearly since the magazine's inception at the start of the decade. His work in the media brought him to the attention of political parties, which sought him as a candidate in the 2006 3rd District congressional race, however, he declined to run at the time.