Editorial Staff

Laura Cullen Glasscock is the editor and publisher of The Kentucky Gazette. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Eastern Kentucky University, with a double major in English and public relations, and a master's degree in English education from the University of Kentucky.

Glasscock and the Gazette's political writer Kate McCann hold masters degrees from the prestigious Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield.

McCann also holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from Southern Illinois University – Carbondale, where she was an award-winning student reporter for the Daily Egyptian. McCann also has worked for the Associated Press, Chicago's Daily Southtown, and was an intern with the Chicago Tribune's Springfield bureau.

Glasscock has taught at EKU and at Lexington Community College, and for about four years she taught writing and was the student publications adviser at Kentucky State University. She served for a number of years as secretary of the Bluegrass Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and is an occasional panelist on KET's public affairs program, "Comment on Kentucky."

In addition to Glasscock and McCann, The Kentucky Gazette regularly publishes the work of other talented journalists and writers.

Bob Babbage, who served as Kentucky's Secretary of State from 1992-1996, writes a column on lobbying and legislative issues. He currently is a lobbyist and managing partner of Babbage Cofounder, a corporate business development government relations firm with offices in Washington D.C., Lexington and Frankfort.

Ron Bryant writes the Gazette's popular "Kentucky History" column. Ron is a state historian who now serves the commonwealth at Waveland Museum State Historic Site near Lexington. He also is a founding member of Friends of Kentucky History, and his columns appear in the history section on the Kentucky Secretary of State's Web site.

Feoshia Henderson is a former reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer and The Kentucky Gazette, and now is a freelance writer based in Cincinnati. She may reached at feoshia@hotmail.com.

Dan Dickson has worked in corporate communications for several central Kentucky non-profit organizations over the past decade. As communications director for Kentucky Blood Center, Dan provided public and media relations support for the Blood Center. Before that Dan served in communications with AAA Blue Grass Kentucky and Appalachian Regional Healthcare. Prior to his non-profit work, Dan enjoyed a long career as a television news reporter, anchor and producer, with 14 years spent in Kentucky at WKYT-TV and WTVQ-TV in Lexington and WHAS-TV in Louisville. He may be reached at dicksonkentucky@hotmail.com.