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Kentucky People, Places in the News Cook named advertising manager in Bardstown Bruce Cook has been hired as the advertising manager at The Kentucky Standard. A native of Owensboro, Cook graduated from Butler University in Indianapolis with a degree in music education. He entered the newspaper advertising business nine years ago and has worked at The Courier-Journal, The Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer, The Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram and the Tidewater Newspaper Group of Suffolk, Va. Cook has also worked as a representative for a new home and commercial builder in western North Carolina and Tennessee. He has been actively involved in Hospice organizations and community theaters in North Carolina and Virginia. Breathitt Co. Voice adds new staffers Travis W. Jones and Josh Chandler have been hired in positions at the Breathitt County Voice. Jones is the paper’s new sports editor. A native of Cynthiana, Jones recently graduated from Kentucky Christian College where his major in intercultural studies. He will work part-time at the newspaper while also serving as youth minister for the Jackson Christian Church and a substitute teacher in area schools. Chandler, son of the paper’s editor, Delores Chandler, is working as the newspaper’s reporter. He has a degree in computer technology from Lexington Electronic School. He will be responsible for general news stories, composition and typesetting. Journal-Enterprise calls NIE program a success In just three years of implementing a Newspapers In Education program for Webster County schools, the Providence Journal-Enterprise has seen it grow nearly three fold. Managing Editor Charlie Hust said about 250 newspapers went into classrooms. This year, more than 700 newspapers are delivered to Christian Heritage Academy, Providence Independent and Webster County schools. “We are just thrilled with the success of this program and it’s due mainly to our wonderful sponsors who help us provide the newspapers,” said Hust. “The business people in Webster County are just terrific and their generosity is overwhelming but I think they realize the important role the newspaper can play as a learning tool in the classroom.” Zubaty joins Oldham Era as photographer Peter W. Zubaty has joined the newsroom of the Oldham Era as a reporter/photographer. He is a recent graduate of Northern Kentucky University, where he was executive editor, copy editor and staff writer for The Northerner, NKU’s student newspaper. Anders leaves News-Enterprise Mike Anders resigned his position as publisher at the Elizabethtown News-Enterprise after 12 years in the position. Anders spent 20 years with the News-Enterprise’s parent company, Landmark Community Newspapers, Inc. Before joining the Elizabethtown staff, he headed up recruiting and training for LCNI. Prior to that, he spent three years as Norfolk city editor for The Virginian-Pilot. He started his Landmark career at The Opinion-Tribune in Glenwood, Iowa. He also held managerial positions with the New Albany (Miss.) Gazette and The News in Tell City, Ind. He was actively involved in civic affairs in Hardin County, including the United Way. Anders’ community service earned him several honors including the LCNI President’s Award for Community Service, the 2000 President’s Award from the Hardin County branch of the NAACP and the United Way’s Allen Society Community Service Award. Anders, in announcing his resignation to his employees, said he had reached a point in his career where he needed to do something different and was looking forward to exploring the possibilities while not having at the same time the responsibility of managing a daily newspaper. Nelson, Hutchinson join news team in Nicholasville Julie Nelson and Nathan Hutchinson have joined the news staff at The Jessamine Journal. Nelson is the newsroom’s graphic artist. She is a journalism student at the University of Kentucky and will graduate in December. While at UK, she wrote for the student newspaper, The Kentucky Kernel, and was managing editor from 2000-2001. She had a KPA internship at the Citizen Voice & Times, where her father John Nelson was editor in the mid-80s. Nelson has been around newspapers since she was a child and worked in newsrooms since she was 10. Her father is now editor of the Danville Advocate-Messenger and prior to that, owned a weekly newspaper in Somerset. Hutchinson has been named sports editor, replacing Jim Easterwood who held the job for 14 years. He was born in West Virginia and grew up in Virginia and Indiana. He graduated from UK last year with a journalism degree. While at UK, Hutchinson covered sports for The Kernel and was also a stringer for the Associated Press. He also worked as a sports assistant at the Lexington Herald-Leader for two years. After college, he served as sports editor for The Anderson News in Lawrenceburg for a year and worked briefly as a sports writer for a paper in Virginia before returning to Kentucky. Cancer Society honors Central Ky. N-J The American Cancer Society recently presented an award to the Central Kentucky News-Journal for the newspaper’s efforts in promoting the local Relay for Life and its coverage of the event. Big Sandy News recognized by state Historical Society The Big Sandy News was recognized this month by the Kentucky Historical Society during a ceremony honoring 100-year-old businesses in the state. Established in 1885 in Louisa, the paper has recently expanded its coverage when it merged with the Martin County Sun and opened bureaus for business and news coverage in Inez and Paintsville. The newspaper began limited coverage in Magoffin and Floyd counties last summer and plans to open bureaus in Salyersville and Prestonsburg before the end of the year. The newspaper published once a week for 116 years and on Sept. 7, added a Friday edition and now publishes twice a week. Lesson in newspaper operations put on by News-Enterprise staff The Elizabethtown News-Enterprise has partnered with the city school system as part of the “Vision in Progress” program. The newspaper presented a “Science of the Newspaper” lesson to 165 sixth-graders. Employees set up six work stations in the press and post-press areas and also conducted a special class on recycling. Oldham Era hires Fults as editorial/ad assistant Holly Fults joined the staff of the Oldham Era as an editorial/advertising assistant. She is a graduate of the University of Evansville in Indiana. A native of western Kentucky, she previously worked at the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer and has worked as a free-lance editor. Pierce joins reporting staff at CKNJ Tammy Pierce has joined the staff of The Central Kentucky News-Journal in Campbellsville as a public record reporter. Pierce has relocated to Campbellsville from Caruthsville, Mo., where she was employed as a reporter/photographer for The Democrat-Argus. While there she also assisted in the layout and composition of the weekly newspaper. A 1999 graduate of Mississippi County Community College, she has also worked at The Osceola Times and The Blytheville Courier-News, both in Arkansas. Brazzell joins Benton staff as reporter Denise Brazzell has been hired at The Tribune-Courier in Benton as a part-time reporter. A resident of Mayfield, she is a full-time journalism student at Murray State University.
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