Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. About a month ago, I wrote in this space about our search for a new office. It is hard for me to believe that a month has already passed since the “For […]
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Inside LINK: Sometimes, the news is really, really cute
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. The news is serious business. We write about serious issues, we tackle serious problems, and we are generally serious people. But sometimes, we get to cover a story that’s not so serious, […]
Inside LINK: Tough decisions about truly difficult stories
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. There are times, working in the news industry, when we learn about – and then have to cover – truly difficult stories. Last week was one of those times. Late Friday, we […]
Inside LINK: Our first in-person event and an update on our new home
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. There’s little that excites LINK staff more than the prospect of meeting our readers face-to-face. We love hearing what you have to say about our coverage, and listening the stories you would […]
Inside LINK: Changes are coming
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. This week, LINK caused a stir in our Covington neighborhood. Such a stir, in fact, that city officials were stopping in our office, asking what was going on. Overnight, a “For Lease” […]
Inside LINK: Why our ads are different
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. I don’t think it’s news to anyone (pun intended) that what we’re doing at LINK has to be paid for somehow. Since we don’t have a paywall, we have to do that […]
Inside LINK: Election coverage doesn’t stop on election night
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. Our first reporting hire, when we formed LINK, was Mark Payne, our government and politics reporter. This wasn’t an accident. We knew that the single largest piece missing from NKY Metro news […]
Inside LINK: We’re still hiring
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. Last week, I shared that LINK is growing, and hiring three permanent, full-time positions. I also told you to stay tuned for more announcements, and because I hate to keep people waiting, […]
Inside LINK: We’re adding to the team
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. I love the team we’ve assembled at LINK. In our quarterly strategic planning session last month, we were marveling at how well everyone in our organization exemplifies our values, gets the work […]
Inside LINK: No paywalls here
Inside LINK is a weekly column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. Last week in this space, I dove into how we pay for our reporting – the unique blend of advertising sales, sponsorships and donations to the NKY Community Journalism Fund that help […]


