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Podcast: Up in Your Business with Kerry McCoy
Episode: Dreamer and History Maker, Janis Kearney, Reminisces About Her Time in the White House
Description: Ep 0088 | 5/18/18
Dreamer and History Maker Janis Kearney talks with Kerry about being the first Presidential Diarist.
Born in Gould, Arkansas, Janis Kearney was one of eighteen children of parents Ethel V. Kearney and James Kearney. After graduating from Gould High School in 1971, Kearney attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, earning a B.A. in journalism in 1976. She continued on with her education while working, earning thirty hours towards a M.P.A. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
After earning her B.A. degree, Kearney was hired by the State of Arkansas in 1978, where she spent three...