A story from Kentucky Life on an all-female Honor Flight was recently nominated for a national award from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA). The NETA awards honor public television’s best work in education, community engagement, and communications. 

The Kentucky Life segment – which tells the story of an all-female group of Kentucky veterans who took part in an Honor Flight of Kentucky trip to Washington, D.C., to visit the national capital’s monuments and memorials devoted to military veterans – was nominated in the Military Chronicles category.

The Kentucky Life segment was produced by Tom Bickel. The story may be viewed online at KET.org/HonorFlight.

The winners will be announced Sept. 10, 2023, at the 55^th Annual Public Media Awards Gala in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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