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Journalism professor Mike Farrell thanked the University of Kentucky Journalism Alumni Association during his induction into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame at The Grand Reserve in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, April 28, 2017. FILE PHOTO

Beloved journalism professor honored at First Amendment Celebration

Kennedy Sabharwal October 2, 2019

A little over a month after his passing, Mike Farrell received the James Madison Award for service to the First Amendment.Tuesday night, his son, widow and two of his grandchildren attended the First Amendment...

From left to right: McKenna Horsely, Kernel managing editor; Dana Canedy, administrator of the Pulizer Prizes; Sarah Ladd, Kernel opinions editor; Bailey Vandiver, Kernel Editor-in-Chief, all stand together at the 2019 Pulitzer Prize presentation at Columbia University in New York, New York, on April 14, 2019. Photo provided by Sarah Ladd.

Journalism isn’t dying

April 16, 2019

I will never forget the first time I said out loud, "I want to be a journalist". The first comment on my chosen profession (or calling, as I prefer to call it) was, "But you can't make any money writing."...

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Justice Thomas is wrong; NYT v. Sullivan shouldn’t be overturned

February 21, 2019

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Justice Clarence Thomas has made a call for the high court to reconsider the precedent set by the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan, a decision that makes public...

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We want your stories

By the Editorial Board September 14, 2018

A January 2018 Kentucky Kernel cover editorial asked, “How Many More?”The premise of that editorial was to demand that powerful institutions and people be held accountable for sexual assault and harassment,...

We are not your enemy.

By the Editorial Board September 6, 2018

The concept of “We the people” has become so common that it’s borderline cliché.Yet it represents a fundamental model for our democracy: the government, the press and the country are to be run by...

Longtime White House correspondent Sid Davis shares his experiences with a packed auditorium at William T. Young Library on Sept. 4, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. 

Longtime White House correspondent Sid Davis shares his view of history in Clements lecture

September 4, 2018

“I looked at her two-piece suit; there was pieces of flesh and skull on her suit…there was blood on both wrists. Her stockings saturated with blood.”This shocking scene describing Jackie Kennedy...

Kentuckys General Assembly meets in the Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky. On Monday, April 2, 2018, the legislature discussed the new budget proposal. 

Still off state budget, University Press continues to promote its importance

Taylon Baker March 26, 2018

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been in the hot seat lately due to his proposed budget cut that would eliminate eight programs at UK, one of these being the University Press of Kentucky.The House decided...

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