j. isaac spradlin

About

Most recently, Isaac took on an internship with Louisville Public Media, in a research and support role for State of Affairs, the very popular live-and-local interview program on WFPL 89.3. He's proud to contribute to the station that inspired him to pursue a degree in Arts Journalism in the first place, and he enjoys the spirit of inquiry and cooperation in the newswroom. It's a great place to be, and everyone there cracks him up.

Isaac is also a contributing arts writer for LouisvilleMojo, a high-traffic website that has moved aggressively into local news coverage. Each month, he covers the first Friday downtown gallery hop, and he's also written reviews of the performing arts, including local productions of Evil Dead the Musical and Lookingglass Alice.

In his, uh, free time, he's also written dozens of feature articles and profiles for a quality of life magazine that will be published soon by an area chamber of commerce. Currently, he's in early stages of work on a project for a major appliance manufacturer and for a local firm that specializes in planning and merchandising for financial institutions.

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In June, Isaac completed his master's degree in Arts Journalism from the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. The feature-article component of his master's capstone was published in the September-October issue of Sanat Dunyamiz, the leading art magazine in Istanbul, Turkey. The article was a 3,000 word feature story about the hand-rendered copy of the Courier-Journal newspaper's front-page, done by the Turkish artist Serkan Özkaya for April 10, 2009 .

To accompany the article, Isaac wrote, edited, and produced a Soundslides multimedia project to offer visual context for Özkaya's collaboration with the C-J.

While a master's student, Isaac held two internships. He interned in the spring with Forbes in New York City, where he wrote articles and compiled slideshows for the publication's very popular website. Last fall, Isaac reported, wrote scripts, and edited audio in the newsroom of public radio station WAER 88.3 F.M in Syracuse, N.Y.

He was awarded an assistantship for the academic year, and in that role he reported to Johanna Keller, director of the Goldring Arts Journalism Program. A highlight was helping Keller judge several categories of the New Hampshire Press Association Awards, including General Excellence for a newspaper and Best Writer in daily, weekly, and Sunday editions.

Isaac and his lovely, intelligent wife Niki share a home in the always-happening Highlands neighborhood with four cats and two noisy dogs.