Kentucky Educational Television’s executive director and CEO is retiring at the end of the year after leading the statewide public television network for nearly 17 years. KET CEO and executive director Shae Hopkins served in various management positions over her four decades at the network including as the Deputy Director of Programming, Production and Education, […]
One of the less noticed features of the Virginia Way is the long-running tendency of the commonwealth’s leaders to conduct their decision-making behind closed doors. While the Virginia Freedom of Information Act presumes all government business is by default public and requires officials to justify why exceptions should be made, too many Virginia leaders in […]
In the late summer of 1974 somebody set fire to the Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg. The blaze took the offices, the files, the bound archives — most of the institutional memory of Letcher County that Tom and Pat Gish had been accumulating since they bought the paper in 1956 and changed its masthead from “A […]
Editor’s Note: One of Kentucky’s most familiar faces is leaving our television screens. Renee Shaw has announced she is retiring from Kentucky Educational Television, where for the past 29 years she has covered innumerable stories, anchored thousands of shows, interviewed hundreds of people, and overall, brought Kentucky’s public policy issues into our homes and consciousness. […]
Gov. Mike Braun late Wednesday responded to a letter from media organizations around the state threatening litigation if Indiana’s Office of the Public Access Counselor doesn’t improve its handling of complaints about open government matters. A coalition of journalists, including Indiana Capital Chronicle, sent a letter Wednesday noting that Public Access Counselor Jennifer Ruby isn’t […]
The staff of The Maine Monitor announced Tuesday that they have formed a union, which has been voluntarily recognized by the nonprofit outlet. “We think the union is a great way to strengthen what is an already incredible organization,” said senior reporter Rose Lundy. “And throughout this process, it’s been really great to see that […]
When Spain won the 2026 World Cup Sunday, journalists and the sports media reflected on the highlights of the 104-game North American tournament: the top goals, the funniest social media memes and the heartwarming stories. The city of Lawrence — and its hosting of the Algerian national team — came up often. The joyful bond […]
President Trump has a frequent, if slightly out-of-date, complaint in the era of the online press: The stories he prefers always seem to get buried in the print edition.
