Laura Ellis

Louisville

Podcasts Director and Special Projects at WFPL-FM (Louisville, KY)

(she/her) Director of Podcasts & Special Projects, @LouPubMedia. Sound designer: @kyshakespeare. I have a GED & a Peabody.

Articles

Curious Louisville: Who are those faces on the old Manual High School?

1 week ago | lpm.org | Breya Jones |Laura Ellis

At the corner of Brook and Oak Streets in Old Louisville sits a building that started out as the duPont Manual Training High School, back in 1892. When Dan Trabue moved to the neighborhood around 25 years ago, he noticed something curious near the building's roofline: six round medallions, each with a face gazing out. "I was curious who they were and I couldn't really see them that well," Dan says.
Curious Louisville: Who is the voice of the crosswalk?

2 months ago | lpm.org | Giselle Rhoden |Laura Ellis

"Whose voice is that on the the walk sign at Douglass Loop and Bardstown Road? I go through that area quite a bit, and at some point I noticed that there was a voice, and that the voice didn't sound like they were from Louisville." That's what Dan Pike and many other people have been curious about over the years. So he sent his message to Curious Louisville, and LPM's Giselle Rhoden was up for the challenge. Listen below to see what she found.
Rick Howlett, veteran broadcast journalist and longtime WFPL host, has died

Aug 13, 2023 | lpm.org | Laura Ellis

Longtime LPM host Rick Howlett died on Saturday night. He was 63. If you spend any time listening to 89.3 WFPL, you know his voice. He probably told you about some of the most important things that have happened in our city and state over the past 20 years or so. Rick came to Louisville Public Media in 2001. But he’d been on the air somewhere in Kentucky since 1984, by his own estimations.
This week 'In Conversation': What are you reading this summer?

Jun 1, 2023 | lpm.org | Laura Ellis