Cincinnati.com / The Enquirer

This Report for America corps member lives and works out of Northern Kentucky, watchdogging and explaining the efforts of the three major county governments, the major cities, and the state legislative efforts that are unique to Northern Kentucky. Among the topics of high concern to the Enquirer’s Northern Kentucky audience: growth, poverty, taxes and the gubernatorial election. In particular, this reporter covers what local elected leaders are spending money on, what development projects they’re approving, the Frankfort delegation and how local schools are performing. Northern Kentucky suffers from a critical gap in news coverage: There are zero reporters dedicated to watchdogging Boone, Kenton or Campbell counties (combined population 385,000) or Northern Kentucky’s major cities Covington (population 41,000) and Florence (population 32,000) — an area comparable to New Orleans in population with no media holding leaders accountable.