Albert Dix was a publisher, for nearly 35 years of The State Journal in Frankfort, both a state-capital newspaper and a community newspaper, owned by Ohio-based Dix Communications. He was a Republican in a Democratic town who kept news columns fair, held officials and institutions accountable, and gave free rein to editors and editorial writers. He was a confidant of state officials and community leaders, but also a reporter’s publisher; he mentored several who went on to successful careers at major papers. The State Journal founded Kentucky Book Fair in 1981. Native of Ravenna, Ohio, and graduate of Dennison University, he served in the U.S. Army Intelligence. He died in 2009.