Biography

I am a journalist, writer and photographer based in Lexington, Kentucky. I was a columnist for The Lexington Herald-Leader from 2008-2019 and the managing editor from 1998-2008. I previously worked for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Associated Press. I was inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame in 2016. The craziest thing I have ever done for a story was rappel down the side of Lexington's tallest building (photo by Pablo Alcalá).

Photography

My photographs have appeared in Newsweek and Garden & Gun magazines, in several books, on the Associated Press wire and in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Lexington Herald-Leader and dozens of other newspapers. I have been a writing coach since 1995 at The Mountain Workshops, a visual storytelling workshop. I also enjoy travel and landscape photography, and I take a lot of pictures of my two adorable grandchildren.

Governor's Arts Award

When I received the media award in the Governor's Awards in the Arts in 2013, the Kentucky Arts Council made this video about my work as a Lexington Herald-Leader columnist.

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