Rebecca Feldhaus Adams
News DirectorRebecca (Bec) Feldhaus Adams is the news director at Louisville Public Media in Louisville, Kentucky, her hometown. She is a leader, editor, teammate, friend and mentor. Bec's work is built on the belief that the way we do our work is as important as the journalism we produce. To do that, teams must embrace compassion, rigor and humility. Bec led the creation of the first local newsroom at WHRO Public Media in Norfolk, Virginia. She was an editor at WAMU in Washington, D.C., managed talent and programming at AIR in Boston and reported at WKMS and The Paducah Sun in western Kentucky. Bec’s stories and collaborations have won state, regional, national and international awards including “Best Use of Sound,” for a story about an evangelical horse whisperer and the RIAS Berlin Prize for "A Critical Moment," an audio documentary. She holds two degrees from Murray State University. Bec has been named both a roller derby MVP and Miss Congeniality in past lives. Outside work, she enjoys karaoke, hosting dinner parties and traveling with her family.
Email Bec at bec@lpm.org.
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Pence's new memoir recounts his life up to the moment when he refused to overturn the 2020 election defeat of then-President Donald Trump.
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Voters said no to a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow the Ky. Legislature to meet more, shifting power away from the governor.
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After SCOTUS overturned decades of abortion-rights precedent, voters in several states where abortion was on the ballot were generally favorable to access.
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Republican Tera Klutz has won re-election for a second term as Indiana state auditor. Klutz has made transparency a focus of her time in office.
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Experts worried about vigilante poll monitors and potential danger for election workers, but Election Day seems to have avoided major incident.
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It's always important never to assume you know exactly what's going to happen in an election and to keep an open mind for potential surprises.
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In the balance hang all seats in the House of Representatives, as well as 35 Senate seats, and governor's offices in 36 states and 3 territories.
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Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake 12 years ago, FIFA's president at the time Sepp Blatter said Tuesday.
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