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Terry Anderson poses for a portrait. Photo by UK Communication and Information College.

Journalist and former UK faculty member Terry Anderson has died at 76

Casey Sebastiano, News Editor April 23, 2024

Terry Anderson, a long-time journalist and former University of Kentucky faculty member, has died at 76 years old. Anderson was an Associated Press correspondent who traveled the world in the name of...

NPR journalist Mara Liasson speaks in the Worsham Cinema on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Kentucky Kernel

‘A lesson in humility.’ NPR, Fox journalist Mara Liasson offers advice to UK students

Brooklyn Walters, Opinions Editor September 21, 2022

Nationally reporting journalist Mara Liasson encouraged the audience in her Sept. 15 speech on the University of Kentucky’s campus to keep an open mind when covering politics because things are often...

Seeing past the curtain: One autistic journalist’s perspective

Seeing past the curtain: One autistic journalist’s perspective

Emily Girard, Features Editor September 21, 2022

The best advice I ever received came from Veda Morgan, a writer and director of engagement and diversity at the Louisville Courier-Journal. During a panel discussion, I asked her how I could detach myself...

Kernel photo editor selected as finalist for Hearst journalism championship

Kernel photo editor selected as finalist for Hearst journalism championship

Rayleigh Deaton May 17, 2022

Jack Weaver, managing and photo editor of the Kentucky Kernel, has been named a photojournalism finalist for the 2021-2022 Hearst National Journalism Awards Championship. The championship brings together...

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Ten things young journalists should know, according to a panel of industry professionals

Brooklyn Kelley April 14, 2022

On Thursday, the UK School of Journalism and Media hosted a panel of professional journalists to speak about their experiences in the industry. The six panelists, all affiliated with the Louisville Courier...

Student Press Freedom Day: The right to speak freely

Student Press Freedom Day: The right to speak freely

Evelyn Mickschl March 3, 2022

The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of...

A person walks up the ice covered step of the Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

UK College of Communication and Information hosts 2021 State of the First Amendment Address

Audrey Fones and Rayleigh Deaton November 18, 2021

The University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information hosted the annual State of the First Amendment Address on Wednesday, Nov. 17, featuring an address reinforcing journalists’ rights...

Naomi Osaka: Self-care vs. Journalism

Hunter Shelton June 3, 2021

Professional tennis player Naomi Osaka shone a light on a potentially glaring issue in the sports journalism world this week in Paris.Osaka, 23, announced on Monday via social media that she withdrew from...

2020 - 2021 editor-in-chief Natalie Parks poses for a photo inside the Kentucky State Capitol building in Frankfort, Kentucky following oral arguments in the case of the University of Kentucky vs. the Kentucky Kernel before the state Supreme Court in October 2020. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

A warranted extension

Natalie Parks May 3, 2021

I would like to apologize for the first part of this column, which you can find here and here. Though I was right to say it (and have the right to say it), I should not have lashed out and been cruel...

‘I am no bird’

Natalie Parks May 3, 2021

I’ve been thinking about what to say in this parting column for a long time. I thought this would be my chance to finally explain just how damaging being the editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel was...

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This battle is (kind of) over. It shouldn’t have had to be fought.

Kernel Editorial Board March 29, 2021

Five years. Six editors. Thousands of dollars in court fees and lawyer payments.The University of Kentucky’s lawsuit against the Kentucky Kernel has had a heavy toll. But in the end, the ruling was simple:...

When they say ‘Journalism Against the Odds’

Natalie Parks February 26, 2021

What they mean is that when the first case of COVID-19 was announced in Kentucky, I was eating dinner. I had just left the interview at which I was selected as editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel for...

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