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Al Cross, Albany native, inducted into Journalism Hall of Fame

Click on headline for full story plus photo of Sharon Burton, Editor and Publisher of the Columbia, KY, Burton nominated Al Cross for the honorAdair County Community Voice with Mr. Cross following the ceremony

By Duane Bonifer

LEXINGTON, KY - Albany, Clinton Co., KY native Al Cross, who is director of the University of Kentucky Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, was among six journalists and one journalism educator who were inducted into the hall of fame.

Before directing the IRJCI, Cross, who is an Albany, Ky., native, spent more than 24 years at the Courier-Journal, including the last 15 years as the paper's chief political reporter. Cross' career also included working for the Clinton County News and WANY-AM, both of Albany.


The other members of the Class of 2010 were:
  • Neil Budde, former Courier-Journal reporter and president and chief product officer at DailyMe.com
  • Liz Everman, retired anchor for WLKY-32
  • Jack Lyne, executive editor of interactive publishing for Site Selection
  • The late James Fredrick "Fred" Paxton, former chairman of the Paxton Media Group of Paducah, KY
  • Jim Phillips, news director of WGOH-AM and WUGO-FM in Grayson, KY and former editor of the Grayson Journal-Enquirer
  • The late Lois Ogden Sutherland, founder of the journalism program and first student newspaper adviser at Northern Kentucky University.
Established in 1981 by the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications Alumni Association, the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame honors achieving journalists who are Kentucky natives or have spent most of their careers working for Kentucky media organizations.

Since its inception, it has honored 172 women and men who have been exemplars in the craft of journalism. Although based at the UK School of Journalism & Telecommunications and administered by the UK Journalism Alumni Association, the hall recognizes journalists both with and without formal ties to UK.


This story was posted on 2010-04-09 21:10:03
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Voice Publisher Sharon Burton
with her (winning) nominee, Al Cross




2010-04-09 - Photo from UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications. Lexington, KY
Adair County Community Voice Editor and Publisher Sharon Burton poses with journalist Al Cross, shortly after Cross was inducted Thursday afternoon into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in Lexington, KY. Ms. Burton nominated Al Cross for the nomination

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