The Kentucky Open Government Coalition is pleased to announce that Alfred Miller has joined its Board of Directors.

Miller is an investigative reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal focusing on technology and development. Before joining the Courier staff in July 2018, he was a reporter for the Frankfort State Journal.

His relentless pursuit of public records, and determination to attend illegally closed public meetings, has earned him the admiration of his peers and the animosity of public agencies.

In December 2018, the Courier announced that Miller would work with the nonprofit news organization, ProPublica, on a yearlong investigation of a state government program later identified as KentuckyWired, a public-private partnership launched in 2015 "to improve high-speed internet across the state [that] is years behind schedule and more than $100 million over budget."

That partnership has produced a series of articles laying bare the misrepresentations, backroom dealings, and legal challenges associated with the project.

Miller joins current Coalition board members Jennifer P. Brown, Jeremy Rogers, Martha White, and Amye Bensenhaver.

Brown is a veteran journalist with 35 years of experience. She is the former editor of the Kentucky New Era, the current editor of Hoptown Chronicle, and an advocate for open government and community journalism.

Rogers is a partner in the Louisville office of Dinsmore & Shohl. His law practice has focused on open government and First Amendment issues, and he has written and presented extensively on multiple open government and First Amendment-related topics.

White is a retired librarian and past president of the Hopkinsville-Christian County League of Women Voters. She now runs a flower farm in Gracey, Ky.

Bensenhaver is a former assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. For 25 years, she authored legally binding decisions in open records and open meetings disputes. Now retired, she continues to write about and advocate for the laws.

The Coalition recently obtained approval as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization and is undertaking efforts to build a website. It remains an active presence on Facebook and Twitter, regularly responds to inquiries concerning Kentucky's open government laws, and provides training on the laws.