He is beginning his 10th year as a professor at the private school in central Kentucky. A native of Princeton, Ky., McKinney has his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Murray State University. He is the author of three textbooks, The World Ends at the County Line: A Guide to Writing Stories People Want and Need to Read, Basic Desktop Publishing and Beginning Photojournalism. He has also published a book of flower photos, Glory in the Flower.