Jennifer P. Brown

Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation’s board.

Tombstone Tuesday — a local effort to clean headstones at Hopkinsville's UBS Cemetery — is happening on June 20.
By Jennifer P. Brown
tombstone cleanup
Crews with chain saws and heavy equipment are removing trees and debris left from the March 31 storm.
By Jennifer P. Brown
baptist storm adrian smith trees
The grant will support a community read this fall of "Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude," a book of poetry by Ross Gay.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Catalogue of Unabashed Gratitude
Calling themselves the Blue Brothers, they plan to promote United Way agencies as the soul of the Pennyrile.
By Jennifer P. Brown
United Way of the Pennyrile logo
Two art camps, a children's theater production and four free movies for young audiences will be offered.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Participants in the 2022 Mural Arts Camp stand in front of their Cherokee-inspired art at the Trail of Tears Commemorative Park. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P.  Brown)
The keynote speaker will be author and civil rights historian Quraysh Ali Lansana. 
By Jennifer P. Brown
Quraysh Ali Lansana
The Department of Energy canceled negotiations for the grant after members of Congress alleged the company had improper ties with China.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A truck leaves the Commerce Park II construction site on Nov. 17, 2022. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The discussion is planned at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Carnegie Library.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A bell hooks T-shirt is draped across a chair among several people gathered Feb. 11, 2023, at The Corner Coffeehouse for a conversation about the writer's work. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
Former Hopkinsville resident Joe Craver was 10 years old the first time he walked a cemetery to place American flags at veterans' graves.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Joe Craver speaks Saturday at the Kentucky History Center's genealogy library. The small audience included Hopkinsville resident Wynn Radford (front), who was also present to see Craver receive the Kentucky Historical Society's Award of Distinction during a much larger gathering that morning. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
A dozen people came out Tuesday to help clean monuments in the Union Benevolent Society Cemetery on Vine Street.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Tombstone cleaners feature
During a History on Tap gathering, a discussion of historic preservation shifted to concerns about the impact of vagrancy on downtown.
By Jennifer P. Brown
A view of the heart of downtown Hopkinsville, looking from the Christian County Justice Center toward Little River and Bethel Street. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)
The service, sponsored by the local VFW, begins at 11 a.m. Monday at the cemetery on Fort Campbell Boulevard.
By Jennifer P. Brown
Kentucky Veterans Cemetery-West on Fort Campbell Boulevard. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)