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Kentucky newspaper layoffs have a reporter asking: Can local journalism be saved? (opens the original)
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Does a community mourn when its newspaper shutters, or loses most of its staff, or do people even notice? For the Appalachia Mid-South Newsroom, Andrew Henderson sat down with Alex Acquisto, a reporter at the Lexington Herald-Leader, who started with the paper covering Eastern Kentucky and was recently laid off with a dozen of her colleagues. Editor's note: Audience Editor Andrew Henderson is a former employee of the Lexington Herald-Leader and worked with Alex Acquisto while at the newspaper. H
How Wendell Berry's local newspaper approached the coverage of his death, legacy (opens the original)
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How does a local newspaper cover the death of its most famous resident? Jane Ashley Pace, publisher of the Henry County Local, and Joe Durbin, a correspondent for the paper, talk about their coverage of the death of Wendell Berry, Kentucky's famed poet and novelist with Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom Audience Editor Andrew Henderson. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Andrew Henderson: Once you had confirmation of Wendell Berry's death, what was your first thought, and how
An Appalachian town was opening their '9 to 5: The Musical'. Then Dolly Parton died. (opens the original)
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Playing a role on stage once played by Dolly Parton was a bucket list item for Kaitlyn Taylor of Olive Hill, Kentucky. The native of the eastern Kentucky town of roughly 1,500, has been involved in various creative projects over the years, but her first big step into the world of theater came this year when the Olive Hill Center for Arts & Heritage headlined “9 to 5” the musical. What she, what no one could’ve expected was that opening night would be just two days after Parton’s death following
No bid, no fowl. KFC founder Colonel Sanders' iconic items hit big clucks at auction (opens the original)
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If there could ever be such a thing as a “finger lickin’ good” auction then one happened last week in Kentucky. A memorabilia auction, headed by The Menish Group, of items owned and associated with Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame netted nearly $300,000 in sales. The auction included iconic items associated with Sanders, including his personal bow tie and suspenders, watches, a Masonic bolo tie and a set of monogrammed cufflinks bearing the initials “HD” for Harland David (
Traditional Appalachian ballads are reimagined in new audio drama, podcast series (opens the original)
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When train No. 97 of the Southern Railway crashed into a ravine on Sept. 27, 1903, killing eleven and injuring seven others, it cemented its place in history–not as the most fatal trainwreck in America but as the one, arguably, most remembered in balladry. “The Wreck of the Old 97” was first commercially recorded in 1923 by Virginia musicians G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. The ballad would go on to critical acclaim thanks to the recording by singer Vernon Dalhart. His 1924 recording, coupled wi
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