I arrived at the Lexington Herald-Leader in 1986 as the oldest intern anybody in the newsroom had ever seen.
I was 30, working on a Ph.D. in communications at the University of Kentucky and playing catchup from a misspent youth that had put me way behind in my career journey.
My internship was supposed to provide me a needed paycheck through the summer, and then I’d return to grad school. Instead, I found my true home…