Jess Clark
Investigative Reporter, Education & LearningJess Clark covers Education and Learning for KyCIR. Jess has reported on K-12 education for public radio audiences for the past five years, from the swamps of Southeast Louisiana at WWNO, New Orleans Public Radio, to the mountains of North Carolina at WUNC in Chapel Hill.
Her stories have aired on national programs and podcasts, including NPR's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition, Here & Now and Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting.
A Louisville native, Jess has her bachelor's degree from Centre College, and her masters in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Email Jess at jclark@lpm.org.
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H. Brian Yearwood will be the first Black superintendent of JCPS. -
Republican Rep. Jason Nemes leaked the Jefferson County Board of Education’s pick before the board confirmed it.
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Surveyed JCPS teachers and community members prefer superintendent finalist Ben Shuldiner over H. Brian Yearwood. -
At Tuesday’s Q&A with two finalists for the next JCPS superintendent, KyCIR asked community members what the next leader has to get right. -
The search for the next JCPS leader is down to two. Here are details. -
The Jefferson County Board of Education and a search committee settled on two finalists to lead the state’s largest district.
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Facing the potential loss of federal funding, 169 Kentucky school districts signed a letter promising not to use “illegal DEI practices.” -
Internal communications obtained by The Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting show U of L’s board threatened to terminate former university president Kim Schatzel. -
Hear from some of the people leaving LPM amid budget cuts. -
After an expansion period, Louisville Public Media is cutting costs by 17% in personnel and programming.
