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Today's Interview- Melissa Helton, editor of Troublesome Rising A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky

WEKU | By Cheri Lawson

Published September 11, 2024 at 6:45 AM EDT

Melissa Helton is the editor of the new anthology called Troublesome Rising A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky

In Today’s Interview, arts reporter Cheri Lawson talks with Melissa Helton. Helton is the literary arts director at Hindman Settlement School in Knott County. She is also the editor of the new anthology documenting the 2022 flood in eastern Kentucky.

The anthology Troublesome Rising A Thousand-Year Flood in Eastern Kentucky

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Cheri Lawson

Cheri is a broadcast producer, anchor, reporter, announcer and talk show host with over 25 years of experience. For three years, she was the local host of Morning Edition on WMUB-FM at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Cheri produced and hosted local talk shows and news stories for the station for nine years. Prior to that, she produced and co-hosted a local talk show on WVXU, Cincinnati for nearly 15 years. Cheri has won numerous awards from the Public Radio News Directors Association, the Ohio and Kentucky Associated Press, and both the Cincinnati and Ohio chapters of the Society for Professional Journalists.

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