Post by John Quincy on Mar 10, 2009 3:49:16 GMT -5
From the March 9, 2009 Courier-Journal:
5 selected to Ky. Journalism Hall of Fame
By Emily Udell
A retired Courier-Journal columnist who spent decades writing about the lives of Kentuckians has been selected for the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
Byron Crawford was among five journalists to receive the honor of a place in the Hall of Fame at the University of Kentucky. Crawford wrote a column three times a week for The Courier-Journal for nearly three decades and was host of “Kentucky Life” in its first five seasons on Kentucky Educational Television.
“It was a surprise,” Crawford said tonight of learning of the honor. “I’m honored to be selected among that group.”
Other inductees are Thomas Shelby Watson of The Associated Press, who also was a former news director at WAKY Radio in Louisville; retired WHAS radio and television sports reporter Van Vance; former Eastern Kentucky weekly newspaper reporter and editor Susan Allen; and H. Harold Davis, a newspaper color photography pioneer with The Courier-Journal who was honored posthumously.
“It’s a well-deserved honor for Byron,” said Bennie Ivory, executive editor of The Courier-Journal. “He gave the newspaper a real flavor for the state of Kentucky and the people that make up the commonwealth.”
Crawford, who retired from The Courier-Journal after taking a voluntary buyout last year as part of cuts across Gannett Co. Inc.’s newspaper division, said the award is a special honor because induction into the Hall of Fame is “generally regarded to be an award that’s given by your peers.”
Journalists are chosen for the Hall of Fame by a committee representing the state’s media, the UK Journalism Alumni Association and the university. The Hall of Fame was founded in 1981 and has 160 members.
Since retiring in December, Crawford said he’s been enjoying such recreational activities as fishing and putting together a book of columns, which may be published this fall.
“This thing about my work is I never thought I was God’s gift to journalism,” he said. “I love news, I love contact with people.”
This year’s induction ceremony will be held April 14 at the Lexington Downtown Hotel and Conference Center.
Readers can reach reporter Emily Udell at (502) 582-4199. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Thanks to former WKLO News Director Allen Bryan for passing this along.
5 selected to Ky. Journalism Hall of Fame
By Emily Udell
A retired Courier-Journal columnist who spent decades writing about the lives of Kentuckians has been selected for the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.
Byron Crawford was among five journalists to receive the honor of a place in the Hall of Fame at the University of Kentucky. Crawford wrote a column three times a week for The Courier-Journal for nearly three decades and was host of “Kentucky Life” in its first five seasons on Kentucky Educational Television.
“It was a surprise,” Crawford said tonight of learning of the honor. “I’m honored to be selected among that group.”
Other inductees are Thomas Shelby Watson of The Associated Press, who also was a former news director at WAKY Radio in Louisville; retired WHAS radio and television sports reporter Van Vance; former Eastern Kentucky weekly newspaper reporter and editor Susan Allen; and H. Harold Davis, a newspaper color photography pioneer with The Courier-Journal who was honored posthumously.
“It’s a well-deserved honor for Byron,” said Bennie Ivory, executive editor of The Courier-Journal. “He gave the newspaper a real flavor for the state of Kentucky and the people that make up the commonwealth.”
Crawford, who retired from The Courier-Journal after taking a voluntary buyout last year as part of cuts across Gannett Co. Inc.’s newspaper division, said the award is a special honor because induction into the Hall of Fame is “generally regarded to be an award that’s given by your peers.”
Journalists are chosen for the Hall of Fame by a committee representing the state’s media, the UK Journalism Alumni Association and the university. The Hall of Fame was founded in 1981 and has 160 members.
Since retiring in December, Crawford said he’s been enjoying such recreational activities as fishing and putting together a book of columns, which may be published this fall.
“This thing about my work is I never thought I was God’s gift to journalism,” he said. “I love news, I love contact with people.”
This year’s induction ceremony will be held April 14 at the Lexington Downtown Hotel and Conference Center.
Readers can reach reporter Emily Udell at (502) 582-4199. The Associated Press contributed to this story.
Thanks to former WKLO News Director Allen Bryan for passing this along.
