 Returning to Arkansas, he stood in as "Arkansas Gazette" for Harry Ashmore, who was working for Adlai Stevenson's presidential campaign.Upon Ashmore's return to the newspaper, Deane started writing a column which ran for a decade, Arkansas Traveller, and also taught journalism at the University of Arkansas.Deane served as a member of the Arkansas History Commission 1974–1990, and left them his extensive photography collection.