Joining host Ferrell Wellman on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky," a public-affairs show on the Kentucky Educational Television network ,will be three journalists.
They are Ryan Alessi, political reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader; Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of The Kentucky Gazette in Frankfort; and Greg Stotelmyer, reporter for Lexington's WTVQ-TV.
The show airs at 8 p.m. Friday on KET1.
--Jack Brammer
Al Smith, a veteran Kentucky journalist who hosted the public-affairs television show "Comment on Kentucky" for 30 years before retiring last November, is one of three named Thursday as Fellows of the Society by the Society of Professional Journalists.
It is the highest honor SPJ, a national organization for journalists, bestows upon a a journalist for extraordinary contributions to the profession.
Others named were Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a foreign correspondent for National Public Radio who formerly was CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and chief correspondent for "The Newshour with Jim Lehrer," and the late Tim Russert, who was managing editor and moderator of "Meet the Press."
Smith, 81, has been called "Kentucky's leading public citizen" for his involvement in various causes, including creation of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He has run several weekly newspapers in Kentucky.
Al Cross, director of the UK journalism institute and a former journalist for Smith, wrote in his recommendation letter for Smith that Smith "taught me how to write about controversial people in a way that allowed you to hold your journalistic head high and still look them in the eye and exchange a greeting the next day."
Smith and the other Fellows will be recognized at a Sept. 6 dinner at the 2008 SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference in Atlanta.
Founded in 1909 as Sigma Delta Chi, SPJ promotes the free flow of information vital to a well-informed citizenry, works to inspire and educate the next generation of journalists and protects First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and press.
For more information about SPJ, visit www.spj.org.
--Jack Brammer
This week's edition of "Comment on Kentucky" will air live Friday night from Fancy Farm in Graves County, the site of this weekend's political picnic.
The three reporters joining host Ferrell Wellman for the public-affairs show on the Kentucky Educational Television network will be Bill Bartleman of The Paducah Sun, Ronnie Ellis of CNHI Inc. and Mark Hebert of Louisville's WHAS-TV.
The show will begin at 8 p.m. EDT on KET1.
--Jack Brammer
Folks who can't make it to the 2008 Fancy Farm picnic this Saturday can watch it live via online video streaming offered by the Kentucky Educational Television network.
KET's streaming will begin at 3 p.m. EDT at www.ket.org/fancyfarm.
KET's Bill Goodman and Renee Shaw will present highlights from the picnic, including excerpts of speeches, in a show Monday night called "Fancy Farm 2008: Pork, Pie and Politics." It will air Aug. 4 at 8 p.m. EDT on KET1.
Also, Ferrell Wellman will host Comment on Kentucky live from Fancy Farm this Friday at 8 p.m. EDT on KET1, previewing the fall election with a panel of journalists.
The picnic, hosted by St. Jerome Catholic Church, is the traditional kickoff of fall political campaigns in Kentucky.
--Jack Brammer
WHAS-TV's Mark Hebert broke the story that he is hosting Comment on Kentucky and has recruited an experienced panel of analysts to break down the week's events.
Kentucky Enquirer political reporter Pat Crowley, National Public Radio's state capital bureau chief Tony McVeigh and John David Dyche, a Louisville lawyer and columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal will be on the show.
Comment on Kentucky airs at 8 p.m. Friday on Kentucky Educational Television.
- Ryan Alessi
Mark Hebert of Louisville's WHAS-TV will be the guest host this weekend and next on "Comment on Kentucky" for Ferrell Wellman, who is taking two weeks off.
Hebert's guests this weekend will be Stephenie Steitzer of The Courier-Journal's Frankfort bureau, Roger Alford of the Associated Press in Frankfort and Lexington Herald-Leader political reporter Ryan Alessi.
The public affairs show on the Kentucky Educational Television show will begin at 8 p.m. Friday on KET1.
--Jack Brammer
Joining host Ferrell Wellman on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky" will be Al Cross, director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky; Greg Stotelmyer, reporter for Lexington's WTVQ-TV; and Jack Brammer, a Frankfort bureau reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader.
The public affairs television show begins at 8 p.m. Friday on Kentucky Educational Television 1.
--Jack Brammer
Three veteran reporters will join host Ferrell Wellman on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky" show on the Kentucky Educational Television network. They are Bill Bartleman, political reporter for The Paducah Sun; Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter for CNHI Inc.; and Tom Loftus, Frankfort bureau chief for The Courier-Journal. The public-affairs show begins at 8 p.m. Friday on KET1. --Jack Brammer
Three reporters will join host Ferrell Wellman on this week's "Comment on Kentucky" to discuss a possible special legislative session on pension reforms for government workers.
They are Stephenie Steitzer with The Courier-Journal, Greg Stotelmyerwith Lexington's WTVQ-TV and Jack Brammer with the Lexington Herald-Leader.
The public-affairs show on the Kentucky Educational Television network will begin at 8 p.m. EDT Friday.
--Jack Brammer
Three political reporters will join host Ferrell Wellman on this weekend's "Comment on Kentucky," a public-affairs show on the Kentucky Educational Television network.
They are Ryan Alessi of the Lexington Herald-Leader, Pat Crowley of the Kentucky Enquirer and Joe Gerth of The Courier-Journal.
The show begins at 8 p.m. Friday on KET1.
--Jack Brammer
Ryan Alessi, political writer; Jack Brammer, state government reporter; Beth Musgrave, social services reporter; John Cheves, government accountability reporter; Michelle Ku, Lexington government reporter and John Stamper, government editor.
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