Joseph Lord

What We're Reading | 5.19.13

Joseph Lord — Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, members of the WFPL News team spotlight interesting stories we've read and enjoyed, for your weekend reading pleasure:

What Do Credit Card Swipes Tell About Downtown Louisville?

Joseph Lord — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

A presentation given to Louisville business leaders on Friday asked the question: What useful information can be determined through credit card swipes?

The apparent answer is: Plenty.

Data analysts from JP Morgan Chase gathered information through 2012 on how their credit card holders spent money in the 40202 zip code—downtown Louisville, essentially. The analysts said the numbers can be used as a sample of how people are spending money downtown, a longtime focus for development for city officials.

Byline Today: The Latest on the IRS-Tea Party Affair, the Preakness and More

Joseph Lord — Fri, 17 May 2013 16:01:01 +0000

The latest on the IRS' targeting of Tea Party groups for extra reviews, the Louisville Metro Animal Services director leaves after less than two years on the job, Kentucky Derby winner Orb vies for a Preakness Stakes win and much, much more—today on Byline.

WFPL's Phillip M. Bailey and Kentucky Public Radio's Kenny Colston will give the IRS/Tea Party situation.

Louisville Spotlighted All Week in National Journal and Atlantic's 'Next Economy Project'

Joseph Lord — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000

Louisville is being singled out this week by two national magazine in a project meant, in large part, to spotlight economic innovation being undertaken throughout the U.S.

As Parkland Shooting Anniversary Approaches, 14 Homicides in Louisville So Far in 2013

Joseph Lord — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:45 +0000

Tomorrow marks a dreary anniversary in Louisville.

On the afternoon of May 17, 2012, two men—Craig Bland Jr., 22, and Tyson Mimms, 24—died in a fatal shootout in the Parkland neighborhood. As multiple police officers investigated on the 1000 block of South 32nd St., a second brazen shooting happened yards away. Makeba Lee, 24, died. The woman now accused of murdering her, Cheetara Goldsmith, was shot by a Louisville Metro Police officer.

Courier-Journal Publisher Wesley Jackson on the Newspaper's Digital Present, Future

Joseph Lord — Wed, 15 May 2013 03:10:04 +0000

Wesley Jackson has been publisher of The Courier-Journal for 13 months.

In that time, several veteran newsroom staffers left with buyouts and the newspaper has launched a digital strategy paired with a move to paid subscriptions for a website that for years had been free.

Listen | Panel in Louisville to Explore Status of U.S.-Korean Relations

Joseph Lord — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:47:11 +0000

With enduring tensions between North and South Korea, the World Affairs Councils of America and the Korea Economic Institute will host a panel discussion Wednesday in Louisville on U.S.-Korea relations.

The panelists will be:

Louisville Animal Services Director Justin Scally Resigns for Job in Washington, D.C.

Joseph Lord — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:39:08 +0000

Update: Justin Scally says he's leaving Louisville Metro Animal Services in better shape than when he took over the struggling agency in August 2011.

Speaking to reporters Monday, Scally pointed to improvements at the city department's Manslick Road shelter, increases in the city's live release rate, decreases in the euthanasia rate and upgrades and standardization to the department's procedures as signs of success.

Renamed for J. Blaine Hudson, Saturday Academy on African-American Issues Comes Back

Joseph Lord — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:58:32 +0000

For most of the past two decades, African-American history and issues were the focus of a regular series of free Saturday classes in Louisville. The driving force of the Saturday Academy was J. Blaine Hudson, the longtime University of Louisville professor who died in January.

Shoes From Jennifer Lawrence, Oprah Winfrey, Pope Emeritus Benedict on Display at Ali Center

Joseph Lord — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:30 +0000

Oprah Winfrey once explained this way her outlook on life after rising from a difficult childhood to a status of wealth and influence:

"Though I am grateful for the blessings of wealth, it hasn't changed who I am," she said in her magazine. "My feet are still on the ground. I'm just wearing better shoes."

Which brings the (maybe not obvious) question: What do those shoes look like?