Pressing matters 

Media panel speaks to PR pros

Kentucky Living Editor Shannon Brock, left, joined a panel of Kentucky media leaders at a September event of the Thoroughbred Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The event, “Pressing Matters: A Candid Conversation with Kentucky’s Media Voices,” also featured, from left, Renee Shaw, director of public affairs and Kentucky Edition host at KET; Jennifer Smith, news director at WLEX-TV; and Alex Valentine, managing editor of the Lexington Herald-Leader. The event was cohosted by Dean Jennifer Greer of the University of Kentucky College of Communication and Information and took place in the JMI Café at the Central Bank Center in Lexington.