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Russ Cassady

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Pikeville
As seen in: Appalachian News-Express, Floyd County Chronicle & Times, Rapid City Journal, Longview News-Journal, Kentucky Today, Blue Mountain Eagle, Murray Ledger & Times, The Messenger (Madisonville, KY), Hazard Herald, Paintsville Herald, Mingo Messenger
Covers:  general news, pike county, county government, coal, federal courts, general features, kentucky, breaking news
Doesn't Cover: Sports
Catholic. Husband and father. Regional editor at Appalachian Newspapers (Pike, Floyd, Perry, Johnson and Mingo counties).
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Russ Cassady’s Biography

I began in community journalism with a position as the Pikeville Bureau Chief for the Williamson Daily News in 1999, before moving to my current home at the Appalachian News-Express in 2000. After stints both inside and outside the news business, I returned to the News-Express as a staff writer in 2007 and was named editor in November, 2011. Just a month later, I also became editor of a new weekly edition called the Mingo Messenger, which serves Mingo County, W.Va. In 2015, I helped launch and edited the Floyd County Chronicle and Times. In 2017, we took over the Hazard Herald and Floyd County Times, and I became the regional editor over a total of five newspapers. I have also done podcasting and appeared as a guest on KET's "Comment on Kentucky."