Oct 30 Community The Next Louisville: PechaKucha Night The concept of PechaKucha: Each speaker brings 20 slides and speaks about a topic, and each slide is shown for only 20 seconds. By Laura Ellis Oct 30 Community The Next Louisville: PechaKucha Night Laura Ellis
Oct 7 Community The Next Louisville: Where Are The Black People In Bourbon? Bourbon is “America’s Native Spirit.” There are more bourbon barrels aging in Kentucky than there are people. So, why so white? By Ashlie Stevens and Roxanne Scott Oct 7 Community The Next Louisville: Where Are The Black People In Bourbon? Ashlie Stevens and Roxanne Scott
Sep 2 Community The Next Louisville: #MuseumsSoWhite Like most museums across the country, Louisville arts institutions have a diversity problem. Museum leadership is almost all white. But why? By Ashlie Stevens Sep 2 Community The Next Louisville: #MuseumsSoWhite Ashlie Stevens
Jul 29 Community The Next Louisville: A Conversation Between Protesters And Police We wanted to get an understanding of what each side wants and what they want the other side to hear. So we invited them in for a conversation. By Jacob Ryan and Laura Ellis Jul 29 Community A Conversation Between Protesters And Police Jacob Ryan and Laura Ellis
Jul 8 Community Next Louisville: Exploring The Links Between Food And Home We spoke with with Latino immigrants to Louisville about the food they bring with them -- those tastes of home that just can’t be forgotten. By Tara Anderson Jul 8 Community Next Louisville: Exploring The Links Between Food And Home Tara Anderson
Jun 3 Community In A City Of Neighborhoods, Which Is Louisville’s Most Diverse? Using data from the U.S Census, we found Louisville's most -- and least -- diverse neighborhood. By Jacob Ryan and Stephen George Jun 3 Community Which Neighborhood Is Louisville's Most Diverse? Jacob Ryan and Stephen George
Apr 29 Community The Next Louisville: A Conversation With NPR’s Kat Chow Earlier this month, we hosted Kat Chow, a founding member of NPR's Code Switch team, for a conversation before an audience at the Frazier History Museum. By Stephen George Apr 29 Community A Conversation With NPR's Kat Chow Stephen George
Apr 1 Community Privilege Check: A Conversation About Invisible Advantages In "Privilege Check," we explore the concept of privilege, how it affects our lives and how it can be used to make everyone more equal. By Laura Ellis Apr 1 Community Privilege Check: A Conversation On Invisible Advantages Laura Ellis
Feb 24 Community I Said Bang! A History of the Dirt Bowl Over 47 years, the Dirt Bowl has become a popular summertime spectacle in Louisville shaped by the history and culture around it. By Laura Ellis Feb 24 Community How The Dirt Bowl Became A Cultural Powerhouse Laura Ellis
Jan 29 Community Inside Louisville’s Decades-Long Problem With Housing Segregation Jerome Perry doesn’t have many white neighbors. There are so few, in fact, that Perry can list the houses around him where white families live. Even the homes that are blocks away from his tidy yellow brick home on 45th Street in Louisville’s Westover neighborhood. Perry, like most of his neighbors, is black. And his […] By Ashley Lopez and Jacob Ryan Jan 29 Community Inside Segregation In Louisville Ashley Lopez and Jacob Ryan
Jan 29 Community WFPL News Launches The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture Today, WFPL News launches The Next Louisville: Race, Ethnicity and Culture, the latest iteration of an ongoing project that seeks to produce journalism that informs, engages and inspires conversation about our city’s most pressing issues. This year, Next Louisville will focus on race, ethnicity and culture, and how they intersect with the news and community […] By Staff Jan 29 Community WFPL Launches Next Louisville Project Staff