Jenni Glendenning

Jenni Glendenning, a Ph.D. student at the University of Kentucky, is the David Hawpe Fellow in Appalachian Reporting for UK’s Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues.

Al Cross is leaving the University of Kentucky as the Director Emeritus of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, which he co-founded with former newspaper publisher Al Smith.
By Jenni Glendenning
Al Cross, who co-founded the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky, speaks at the institutes Al Smith Award Dinner on Oct. 26, 2023, in Lexington. Cross received the Al Smith Polaris Award, recognition that he was a North Star in the field of rural journalism. (Hoptown Chronicle photo by Jennifer P. Brown)