Berry Bingham Jr. was an editor and publisher for the Courier-Journal and the Louisville Times between 1971 and 1986. He is a strong advocate of ethics in journalism. He now publishes Fineline, a journal examining ethical issues. Native of Louisville, Bingham graduated from Harvard with a degree in history in 1956. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as platoon leader in Okinawa. Bingham worked for CBS in New York before joining the news department of NBC where he did research and field production of documentaries, including “The River Nile” and “Shakespeare: Soul of an Age.” He was vice chairman of the board of WHAS, Inc., and Standard Gravure Corporation. He received the Ida B. Wells award in 1985 for distinguished national leadership in fostering employment opportunities for minorities in American journalism. In 1986, he received the top award from the Louisville chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for defending the First Amendment. He is a past president of Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville Orchestra, Louisville Fund for the Arts and Bernheim Forest Foundation. He serves on the boards of numerous civic organizations.