Josh Abner is an award-winning communications professional based in Louisville, Ky.

His background includes communications work for one of the world’s largest news agencies, a U.S. congressional candidate, the Kentucky Derby and youth-focused state and national nonprofits.

His reporting credits include Associated Press, Business First, (Louisville) Courier-Journal, Idaho Statesman, Miami Herald, Newsday, New York Post, The New York Times, Omaha World-Herald, (Raleigh) News & Observer, Scout.com and the Tulsa World.

Select communications roles have included: National Safe Place (communications director), Jon Hulburd for Congress (communications director), Churchill Downs and Ellis Park racetracks (communications manager), Uspiritus (marketing manager), Dine Company (marketing manager) and Actors Theatre of Louisville (interim marketing manager).

Link to selected published writing.