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Author Archives: Betty Dotson-Lewis

Posted inMedia

Commentary: W.V. Relies on the Work of Reporters Like Ken Ward Jr.

by Betty Dotson-Lewis March 3, 2020June 2, 2020

EDITOR’S NOTE: Reporter Ken Ward Jr. resigned last week from the Charleston, West Virginia, Gazette-Mail after a long and distinguished career covering the coal industry and its impact on the state. West Virginian Betty Dotson-Lewis shared her thoughts on Ward’s departure in the form of a letter to the editor to Ward’s former employer. Ward […]

Posted inEnergy, Environment

Speak Your Piece: Coalfield Justice at Last?

by Betty Dotson-Lewis January 15, 2015July 28, 2020
Posted inEnergy, Health

Speak Your Piece: Pulitzer’s Cold Comfort

by Betty Dotson-Lewis April 16, 2014April 22, 2014
Posted inHealth

Speak Your Piece: Make Judges Mine Coal

by Betty Dotson-Lewis January 17, 2014February 27, 2020
Posted inHealth

Speak Your Piece: A Betrayal of Trust

by Betty Dotson-Lewis November 19, 2013November 19, 2013
Posted inArts and Culture

Tracing the Toe-Tapping Gene

by Betty Dotson-Lewis July 11, 2013
Posted inEnergy, Rural Economy

Who Will Help The Miner?

by Betty Dotson-Lewis October 9, 2012October 11, 2012
Posted inEnergy, Health

John, Cecil and Black Lung

by Betty Dotson-Lewis July 19, 2012July 19, 2012
Posted inCool Places

A Town, Activism and Anne Braden

by Betty Dotson-Lewis July 15, 2012July 17, 2012
Posted inEnergy, Rural Economy

Layoffs Hit the Eastern Coalfields

by Betty Dotson-Lewis July 5, 2012July 10, 2012

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