Benjy Hamm

Benjamin R. “Benjy” Hamm is the director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. He has held leadership positions for nearly 30 years in news media organizations, including Landmark Media Enterprises, the New York Times Co. and The Associated Press. Before joining UK, he taught journalism at Campbellsville University.

The Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues has a wide reach – as organizer and host for the National Summit on Journalism in Rural America – and as publisher of The Rural Blog and Kentucky Health News.
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