Ken Elkins
Ken Elkins retired as chief photographer of the Anniston Star in 2000 after a 42-year career in photojournalism that included work at the Huntsville Times and numerous awards from the Associated Press, the Alabama Press Association, and the Press Photographers Association.
Rick Bragg is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of All over but the Shoutin', Somebody Told Me, Ava's Man, and The Most They Ever Had. He is a professor of writing in The University of Alabama's Department of Journalism.
Basil Penny is a retired Associate Editor of the Anniston Star, where he continues to write feature stories.