Kate Long (storyteller)

{{short description|American songwriter and storyteller}}

{{for|other people with a similar name|Kate Long (disambiguation)}}

Kate Long is an American writer, journalist and songwriter. Her songs been recorded by dozens of artists and won national awards, including the International Bluegrass Music Association Song of the Year. She was the writing coach for The Charleston Gazette for 33 years and produced for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. She hosted and produced the national award-winning In Their Own Country public radio series. She founded Try This West Virginia[http://www.TryThisWV.com Try This West Virginia website][https://encore.org/purpose-prize/kate-long/ Encore.org Prize Announcement of Kate Long as Purpose Prize Fellow 2015] and Voices of West Virginia and co-founded the Good News Mountaineer Garage.