Interview with Jeff Spradling, December 15, 2015
Project: Kentucky Newspapers Oral History Project
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Writer, educator, and UK Robinson Scholars Program Director Jeff Spradling describes his years in newspapers. He talks about how he came to write for newspapers, his experiences as a reporter and editor, the changes he witnessed from old style markup to computerized printing, and why he chose to get out of the news business.Interview Accession
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Spradling, Jeff Interview by Kopana Terry. 15 Dec. 2015. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Spradling, J. (2015, December 15). Interview by K. Terry. Kentucky Newspapers Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Spradling, Jeff, interview by Kopana Terry. December 15, 2015, Kentucky Newspapers Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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