Managing a newsroom seems to come as easily to Mary J. Koester as carrying 100-pound weights up mountains, running half-marathons or scaling 110 stories of stairs. Koester, the 35-year-old managing editor and editor of North County News in Red Bud in Southern Illinois, was just named to Editor & Publisher’s 25 Under 35 list for
News broke in September 2016 about allegations of sexual misconduct against Larry Nassar, the USA Gymnastics team doctor and a MSU osteopathic physician. Marie Weidmayer was in the small courtroom listening to women of all ages come forward and directly confront their attacker about the abuse they endured. She was only a sophomore and had
Kentucky journalists and open government advocates successfully fought off one state lawmaker’s attempt to restrict access to public records. Kentucky Sen. Danny Carroll (R) withdrew legislation this month that would have restricted access to public records such as promotions, appraisal and discipline records of public employees. It was a win for journalists and citizens in
