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Alan Maimon was a foreign correspondent for the NYTimes before joining the Louisville Courier-Journal with the assignment to “cover Eastern Kentucky like a foreign correspondent would.” How did that go? He’s written a book about it. We talk. | Veteran KY journalist Al Cross on the meaning of losing local newspapers | OneEastKentucky chief Chuck Sexton on the new technology he’s using to attract business to sites in nine E. Ky. counties | UK energy researcher Rodney Andrews on converting coal to carbon fiber | Railbird Festival founder David Helmers with details of this summer’s return to live music at Keeneland.
Interviews in order of appearance:
Alan Maimon, author of "Twilight in Hazard: An Appalachian Reckoning"
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Chuck Sexton, President/CEO of One East Kentucky
Rodney Andrews, director of the UK Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER)
Undermain.art's Art Shechet with Railbird Festival organizer David Helmers