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. @KentuckyRAG isn’t one for goodbyes, but I am, so here comes a sappy thread.
When I was a student at WKU, I applied at least twice to be an intern at The Courier Journal.
It never panned out but I have always wanted to work here.
Rick made it happen.
When I was a student at WKU, I applied at least twice to be an intern at The Courier Journal.
It never panned out but I have always wanted to work here.
Rick made it happen.
In December 2018, I finally landed an 18-month project for the Times-Union.
Out of nowhere, *the* editor of the CJ, @KentuckyRAG, tweets the story and congratulates me on the work.
Turns out, my mentor @KGoetz1 had put the work in front of him.
Out of nowhere, *the* editor of the CJ, @KentuckyRAG, tweets the story and congratulates me on the work.
Turns out, my mentor @KGoetz1 had put the work in front of him.
On New Year’s Eve, Rick and I hop on a phone call, chat for about half an hour and promise to talk again soon.
I send him some clips and then... silence.
Until I get this voicemail, weeks later.
Does that message really say that?!
It does.
I send him some clips and then... silence.
Until I get this voicemail, weeks later.
Does that message really say that?!
It does.
March 4, 2019 was my first day in my dream job as an investigative reporter at my dream paper, The Courier Journal.
Rick Green *literally* made my dream, 10 years in the making, come true.
Rick Green *literally* made my dream, 10 years in the making, come true.
Over the last 21 months, I’ve done some of the best work of my life. I’ve grown tremendously as a reporter, and Rick and the editors he put in place have been instrumental in there.
For that, thank you just doesn’t feel like enough.
For that, thank you just doesn’t feel like enough.
*in that.
Everyone needs an editor.
Everyone needs an editor.
