John Fetterman (reporter)
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Early life and education
Born in Danville, Kentucky, Fetterman served in the U.S. Navy before enrolling at Murray State University under the G.I. Bill. After his graduation in 1949, he served on the staffs of the Murray Ledger and Times and the Nashville Tennessean. After graduate school at the University of Kentucky, Fetterman joined the staff of the Louisville, Kentucky, newspaper.
Journalism career
He was the author of the 1967 book Stinking Creek, about life around the creek of the same name in Knox County, Kentucky.[3]
Fetterman's freelance writing also appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, Time, and Life.
Fetterman died from a heart attack in Louisville on June 21, 1975.[4] His daughter Mindy, also a journalist, is known for her work as a reporter, columnist and financial editor of USA Today,[5] and in 2008 wrote a follow-up story to Stinking Creek about the present conditions of the area.[6]
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