She was a Herald-Leader intern and employee in the 1980s and is a former editor of the Kentucky Enquirer and former assistant managing editor of the Kentucky Post and the Palm Springs Desert Sun. She has worked for Knight-Ridder, Scripps-Howard and Gannett, all major mainstream corporate media organizations. She most recently was a professor in residence with the "Caucuses" Web site of the Des Moines Register. Previous articleWhen is National Cake Day? Celebrate it with the best bourbon bundt cakeNext articleAce Daily Photo 11.26.2012 ‘Pie Lady’ author Beth Howard Kakie Urch