Louisville Public Media hires Watkins to cover health

Morgan Watkins will join Louisville Public Media as a health reporter. She comes  she was at the city’s Courier Journal, where she worked for more than six years. Watkins held the posts of state enterprise reporter, University of Louisville/higher education reporter, and most recently as chief political reporter. At the Gainesville Sun, Watkins worked as […]

Johnson joins Courier Journal as breaking news reporter

Krista Johnson has joined the Courier Journal in Louisville as a breaking news reporter. Recently, she was an education reporter at Montgomery Advertiser in Alabama. Johnson was also a reporter at San Angelo Standard-Times and was an investigative reporter at The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism. She has also written for the Iowa Journalist. […]

Courier Journal reporter Austin departs

The Courier Journal’s breaking news reporter Emma Austin has left to pursue a career in nursing. Austin had been with the Journal since 2019, joining as a trending producer. Previously, she has interned at Louisville Courier Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader. Austin holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and Spanish from Western Kentucky University, where she […]