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Nominations for Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame open until Jan. 16

Duane Bonifer, president of the UK Journalism Alumni Association, speaks before the 2022 class of journalists are inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. Photo credit Jack Weaver.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 20, 2022) — Nominations for the 2023 Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame are being accepted now until Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. The sole criterion for selection is that nominees should have made a significant connection to Kentucky and have been active in journalism long enough to establish that the contributions they have made to the profession are significant. Kentucky natives or journalists who were raised or educated in Kentucky but practiced journalism elsewhere are eligible for nomination and selection.

Letters of nominations should include the nominee's Kentucky connections, current and past employment, career highlights and significant contributions to journalism and society. A list of past inductees is posted at http://ci.uky.edu/jam/hall-of-fame/inductees.

For details and instructions on how to make a nomination, go to https://ci.uky.edu/jam/HOFNomination

The Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame is housed in the School of Journalism and Media in the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information.

As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.   

In 2022, UK was ranked by Forbes as one of the “Best Employers for New Grads” and named a “Diversity Champion” by INSIGHT into Diversity, a testament to our commitment to advance Kentucky and create a community of belonging for everyone. While our mission looks different in many ways than it did in 1865, the vision of service to our Commonwealth and the world remains the same. We are the University for Kentucky.