The Nashville Banner is the recipient of the Tennessee Bar Association’s Fourth Estate award, given annually to a journalist or news organization that promotes public understanding of the rule of law and improvements in the judicial system. Here’s a look at some of our coverage of the Nashville criminal court system that earned the recognition. (fb)

Five years ago this week, Watkins School of Art, Design & Film held a socially distanced commencement ceremony amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the last in the school’s 185-year history, as it later merged with Belmont University. Steven Womack taught at Watkins for 25 years. He details his time there — and the school’s demise — in a memoir titled Death of a College. Steven joins Demetria to discuss his long tenure at the college, and the path that led him there in this week’s Banner & Company episode. Listen now at nashvillebanner.com. 🎥 : @demetria.kalodimos 🎤 : @steveharuch (fb)