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 that, I wouldn’t call myself an expert on much (maybe you could say expert on how to tune out noise, but having five kids will do that). 

Which is where you, our readers, come in. Are you an avid outdoors enthusiast who would love to write a weekly column telling NKY residents all of the amazing places you’ve discovered here? 

Or maybe you’ve been cooking for your family for years and want to share your recipes with the community. 

Perhaps your thing is bourbon or beer. Or working out. Or fashion. Or exploring local parks. Or starting a small business. Or saving (or investing) money. 

Maybe everyone is always asking you for advice and you would love to share your wisdom with an advice column.

Whatever it is, we (and the community) want to hear from you. 

To make space to hear from more Northern Kentuckians, we’re launching a new feature called Community Voices. These will be regular columns that aren’t quite news stories but also aren’t exactly opinion – they’re somewhere in the middle. We want to be a vehicle for you to share your expertise and the stories behind them with Northern Kentucky. 

If you think you have a voice the community would like to hear, please submit three to five writing samples to me at mgoth@linknky.com. 

The samples should be somewhere between 500 and 750 words, and do not need to be previously published somewhere else, but it’s OK if they were. .

If we select you, we’d ask that you submit your Community Voices column with some regularity, whether that be weekly, biweekly or monthly. Your columns would also need to include your name as the author: We can’t accept pen names or pseudonyms. 

Not everyone who applies will get to be a Community Voice. While we don’t expect you to know AP style, we do expect submissions to adhere to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation. We will edit slightly to make sure submissions fit our style. We also won’t accept submissions that are a promotion for you, or a product or service. (If you’re looking for a way to promote your company, product or service, email our VP of sales, Brad Crosby, at bcrosby@linknky.com.)

If you have questions or want to run an idea by me, feel free to email me anytime. 

We’re looking forward to hearing from you! 

Click here to read more Inside LINK columns from Meghan Goth and LINK nky President and CEO Lacy Starling.