Byerly, Ken

Born on a farm in Stokes County, North Carolina, Ken Byerly came of age in Wyoming and Montana. He attended the University of Montana on an athletic scholarship, played football and basketball and graduated in journalism. As editor of the Tidewater News in Franklin, Virginia, Ken won awards from the Virginia Press Association for editorial, news, feature and sports writing. He worked as a reporter for the Washington Post and at age 28 took ship for Europe with meager funds, where he traveled widely, and lived in Paris and on the Island of Ibiza. Ken specialized in politics and civil rights as