Barbara Myerson Katz

Communications Specialist

Barb has been writing for as long as she can remember, and credits her fifth grade teacher, Mary-Margaret Fulton, with giving her the idea that she could get paid to do it when she jotted at the top of an assignment, “You are a budding journalist!” Barb looked up the word “journalist,” set her sights on a career that would combine communications and education, and now has more than 30 years of experience developing, writing and evaluating educational print and video for children and adults, and writing about education and health.  She has taught classes on writing and mass media for children and teenagers, and conducted workshops for teachers on classroom use of video. 

 

Barb began her career developing and writing for educational media projects in her native Philadelphia, and as a high school English teacher in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. She has worked on staff and as a consultant in audience research on national and international projects for the producers of Sesame Street in New York, and as a writer and content designer for Kentucky Educational Television's nationally broadcast GED Connection series and award-winning Arts Toolkits.  She has also worked on the development and evaluation of arts education programs for the Kentucky Arts Council and the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.

 

Since 1988, Barb has been a regular contributor to Louisville Magazine in the areas of education and health, and has received 12 Louisville Metro Journalism Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for her articles.  She has also written for U of L magazine at the University of Louisville, and nationally for Parents Magazine.

 

At CTL, Barb works on all aspects of communications and marketing, and assists with the development and writing of grant proposals, and the development and production of publications, print and multimedia materials, including the Parent College Toolkit and DVD for GEAR UP Kentucky.

 

Barb’s other passion is the arts. She has performed professionally in musical theater since she was a teenager, and has appeared locally with Music Theatre Louisville and CenterStage.  She and her husband, David, have a grown son and daughter, and love to travel, bicycle and take long walks with their dog.