Rebecca Feldhaus Adams
News DirectorRebecca (Bec) Feldhaus Adams is LPM's news director. She is an outspoken advocate for diversity in public media and mentors young journalists. Her work is driven by a conviction that the way we do our work is as important as the work we do, and that curiosity and humility are the cornerstones of that philosophy. She has served as WHRO Public Media's first news director, an editor at WAMU, talent director at AIR, reporter at WKMS, education reporter at The Paducah Sun and a freelancer and consultant. Bec's stories and collaborations have won multiple state, regional and national awards including "Best Use of Sound," for a story about an evangelical horse whisperer. She holds two degrees from Murray State University.
A Louisville native, 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 spouse, Drew. Email Bec at bec@lpm.org.
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The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning, in effect through Thursday night. Temperatures will be in the mid-90s with high humidity, making it feel even hotter. -
It's the 149th Oaks Day at Churchill Downs, and on a beautiful day, the energy is high. LPM News reporters and editors are at the track detailing the color and culture of the filly-focused Friday.
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According to a statement from Louisville Metro Police Department, officers shot and wounded a woman near Valley Station Sunday evening.
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NPR reviews Hollywood's latest blockbusters, awards contenders, and star vehicles just in time for the holiday season.
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Environmentalists urge people to think twice about how much food they make and how to deal with leftovers this Thanksgiving.
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A shooter opened fire in a Walmart in Va. late Tuesday, leaving six people dead and four hospitalized in the second high-profile mass killing in a handful of days.
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The country is now dealing with an unpredictable confluence of old and new respiratory pathogens — COVID, RSV and influenza.
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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.
