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Graphic by the Daily Yonder. Kentucky journalist Al Smith helped start multiple state and national organizations, steered to safety a federal agency that Ronald Reagan targeted for elimination, and produced and hosted one of the longest-running public TV programs on government affairs in America. But, according to his memoir, , none of his many jobs was more important than being editor of a small-town weekly newspaper in rural southern Kentucky. Smith, a revered figure in Kentucky journalism and civic life, died March 19 at the age of 94 (Complete obituary). To explore Smith’s importance to Kentucky and journalism, the Daily Yonder assembled a panel of people who knew Smith in his many roles as editor, raconteur, state and federal administrator, mentor, and friend.

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