There’s a new city editor on board at LEO this week who will soon be able to tell the most familiar story in town:
“I grew up in Louisville, went to high school at ______, then left for college at __________ and had a series of important jobs, like _________ and ________. But I always wanted to get back home, and now I’ve landed at _________.
Sarah Kelley starts her job on Fourth Street at LEO’s News Editor tomorrow. She was hired by Stephen George, who says the fact that she comes directly from Nashville, where the paper’s new owners have media properties, is mere coincidence. Kelley has been in touch with George and LEO for some time, and George didn’t hesitate when he had the opportunity to bring in someone new.
In fact, Kelley worked at Nashville Scene, which has some prestigious sister publications in the alt-weekly world, like the Village Voice and LA Weekly.
In Nashville, Kelley has written recently about a homeless man, the disappearance of a child and Tennessee’s law on the death penalty. Serious, investigative stuff. She’ll have plenty of topics to uncover here. And she knows Louisville, having written this piece advising Nashvillians how to road trip to River City.
Maybe we can get her to fill in the blanks in the “typical Louisvillian story” above here on the V.V.
5 responses so far ↓
1 Helmut Kohl // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:47 am
LEO needs to beef up its reporting, and this sounds like a step in the right direction.
2 flubby // Jul 1, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Maybe LEO will follow Nashville Scene’s example and update their 1996 looking web site.
3 Sarah Kelley // Jul 2, 2008 at 9:31 am
So I just arrived at LEO’s offices and my first order of business is to divulge some biographical information for the Ville Voice.
High School: Sacred Heart
College: Xavier University
“Important” Jobs: Washington Examiner, Legal Times, Nashville Scene
After repeatedly contacting LEO (perhaps to the point of unbearable annoyance), I’ve landed here as news editor. I’m thrilled to be back in Louisville and eager to start covering the city’s news.
4 rick // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:11 am
Thanks Sarah — welcome to the “We left town for a while and came back club.”
I was Iroquois…Western Ky and Tennessee….Host Communications and Raycom, blogger.
Anybody else want to join in?
5 Kevin // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:46 am
PRP….KY Wesleyan and EKU….Verizon and Primedia…MetroMojo.
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