Kenny is the student media adviser and director of the digital video center at Samford University where he works with students developing cross-platform journalism skills.

Kenny is also pursuing a doctorate in communication and information sciences from the University of Alabama. A veteran journalist with experience in all mass media formats, his research centers on social media, convergence journalism and mobile media news.

He holds a bachelor's degree from Auburn University and a master's degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In his free time Kenny reads history and memoirs, takes lots of photographs and collects things to publish here.