Rudy Abramson Remembered

Al Cross, Director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky recapped the memorial service held for our Advisory Board member Rudy Abramson. The memorial service took place at the Newseum last Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Here is the intro to Professor Cross’ blog:

Rudy Abramson was a role model for reporters and an advocate for rural America who put on no airs and treasured his small-town roots, his friends and admirers said at his memorial service in Washington this week.

Abramson, 70, died Feb. 13 of injuries suffered in a fall at his home. After a stellar career with The Tennessean and the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times, he became an acclaimed author and a fighter for the public interest, usually through journalism. He co-founded the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues and was chair of its national Advisory Board.

Above all, he was a storyteller, one who “understood the power of storytelling,” said Freedom Forum Chairman and CEO Charles Overby, who presided at Tuesday’s service on the top floor of the Freedom Forum’s new Newseum, scheduled to open April 11.

To read the entire tribute to Rudy Abramson, click here.