Meet The New Editor-In-Chief: A Conversation with Rick Green of the Lexington Herald-Leader

The University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Media and the campus and Bluegrass Pro chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists will welcome new Lexington Herald-Leader editor Richard A. “Rick” Green to town with a public conversation Oct. 3, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at UK’s Singletary Center for the Arts. 

Green has returned to his native Kentucky after leading the Sonoma Press Democrat to the Best in California Press award and the Louisville Courier Journal to its 2020 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting, for coverage of Gov. Matt Bevin’s pardons, and two 2021 Pulitzer finalist slots for coverage of the killing of Breonna Taylor and its background and aftermath.

The new editor will give a brief talk about his journalism background, his approach to the craft and his hopes for the Herald-Leader, then answer questions from students, faculty, staff and other members of the public.