I get mad when one of our reporters buries the lede, putting important information too far down in the story, so I’ll just come out and say it up top: I’m leaving LINK nky at the end of this year. Now that the band-aid is off, let me back up a bit. Being the founding […]
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Inside LINK: Meet our new editorial board members
We recently completed our search for two new editorial board members, and I’m pleased to say that we are ready to announce our choices. Laura Lyons is the president and owner of ATech Training in Walton and has more than 30 years of manufacturing experience. Laura is a Northern Kentucky native and lives in Florence. […]
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Inside LINK: How is a staff report different from a story with a byline?
We get a lot of questions here at LINK. Sometimes people want to know how to submit an opinion article (find out here). Sometimes people want to know how we choose our stories (here’s an Inside LINK column I wrote about that). One of the most common questions we receive is: What’s a staff report? […]
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Inside LINK: I’m asking you for money
Meghan Goth is the executive editor at LINK nky. Email her at mgoth@linknky.com. I might as well just come out and say it: I’m writing this column to ask you for money. Whenever I see fundraising campaigns that lure me in with the promise of a good, compelling read or watch only to realize it […]
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Inside LINK: Remembering Jim Votruba
Jim Votruba was involved with LINK nky even before I was. When I was recruited to help with writing a business plan and determining if LINK could be a viable business, as well as the voice of Northern Kentucky, I was building on years of work that Jim, along with a team of other business […]
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Inside LINK: Nominations for new editorial board members now open
There are many ways to get involved with LINK: You can check our website, which is updated multiple times daily with local news from around the region; you can sign up for one of our newsletters; you can subscribe to our print product; you can donate to help us continue producing independent, solutions-focused journalism; you […]
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Inside LINK: Be one of LINK’s new Community Voices
Meghan Goth is the executive editor at LINK nky. You can email her at mgoth@linknky.com. As someone who has spent all of my adult life as a journalist, I can say confidently I know a little bit about a lot of things. OK, I know a lot about grammar and AP style. But other than […]
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Inside LINK: Announcing LINK 2.0
The first three years of LINK nky were an absolute whirlwind of launching, growing, experimenting and settling into our role as the Voice of NKY. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been an adventure. The strategic vision we launched with has been mostly accomplished – we have a website, a print product and a […]
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Inside LINK: How we get story ideas
I was speaking with a group of Northern Kentucky leaders last week when one of them asked me about how we find our stories. “What percentage of your stories come from press releases or pitches from businesses and what percentage come from your reporters finding stories themselves?” she asked. About 60-70% of our story ideas […]
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Inside LINK: It’s time for every voice to be heard
Inside LINK is a regular column from our CEO, Lacy Starling. If you have questions you’d like Lacy to answer, email her at lacy@linknky.com. In my favorite song from the musical Hamilton, Aaron Burr sings of his longing to be “in the room where it happens” – where decisions are being made for the future of […]
