Loftus was the unanimous choice of the judges based on his more than 30 years of work as a journalist, during which he has repeatedly documented the connection between political contributions and government contracts. The center said it chose Loftus, 54, “because of his long record of exposing abuses and following the money trail all over the state as people have sought to win influence and government contracts.” According to the center, Loftus’ “most significant story for taxpayers” was a series he wrote in the 1990s with former Courier-Journal reporter John Voskuhl that showed how regional blacktop contractors control monopolies costing the state millions of dollars each year. ••••• Jacquelyn Stoess Hack, who served as The Oldham Era’s news editor for two years, was recently promoted to the position of editor. Hack joined The Oldham Era as a staff writer in May 2005 after working as an intern for four summers. She is a graduate of Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and political science and worked as a feature writer for The College Heights Herald. ••••• Kelli Borders has joined the Sentinel-News as an ad consultant. She previously worked at KayserRoth. Borders is married to George Borders and they have two daughters, Abigail and Mary Catherine. •••••
Dill holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. “Joe has the type of experience and news judgment that I was looking for to lead and direct our newsroom,” Publisher Willie Sawyers said. Dill has been active in Kiwanis, library friends and historical organizations in the past. He has two children and he and his wife, Carolina, are expecting twins in February. ••••• During its annual convention, the Southern Newspaper Publisher Association honored excellence on the part of its members in the areas of page design, web site design, multimedia story presentation and local stories. In the category of Best Use of Multimedia, The Lexington Herald-Leader placed third for a multimedia story about a Kentucky mother’s struggle through drug court. Lexington was the only Kentucky paper to place in any of the categories. •••••
Keefe comes to the newspaper from Junction City, Kan., where he was the marketing director of The Daily Union, a 5,000 circulation Sunday through Friday daily newspaper. He has more than 25 years of advertising and publishing experience with newspapers in Kansas, Minnesota, Wyoming and Wisconsin. Originally from Racine, Wis., Keefe’s newspaper career began about 26 years ago at his hometown paper - the Racine Journal Times - where he sold advertising space for the newspaper’s Pennysaver publication. ••••• The American Cancer Society has announced that the Commonwealth Journal has been honored with the Beacon of Hope Award for Media Excellence in Kentucky by the American Cancer Society’s Mid-South Division. The award recognizes both print and electronic media whose in-kind contributions amounted to $25,000 or more during a fiscal years. The honor is a non-competitive award given to all qualifying nominees. •••••
Doyle worked as a deputy managing editor for several sections of the Orlando Sentinel from 1981 through early 2001, when he became associate managing editor for content development. He holds a bachelor of science in journalism from the University of Southern Mississippi. ••••• Kentucky Publishing Inc. has announced the hiring of Tommy Kimbo as a writer with the Carlisle County News. Kimbo, a resident of Clinton, will be reporting news and feature stories. Kimbo comes to the newspaper after working as a fire investigator for 28 years.
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Tom Loftus, The Courier-Journal’s Frankfort bureau chief, received
the 2008 James Madison Award for Service from the Scripps Howard First
Amendment Center at the University of Kentucky.
Joseph Dill has been named managing editor of the Sentinel-Echo in
London.
Pat Keefe is the new publisher at the Central Kentucky News-Journal
in Campbellsville.
Steve Doyle, a former editor with the Orlando Sentinel, has been named
the editor of The Sentinel-News, a semi-weekly newspaper in Shelbyville.
