February 01, 2010
Bowling Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University will honor its award-winning photojournalism program with a reception on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 6).
The event will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mass Media and Technology Hall Gallery. A recognition program will begin at 2:45 p.m.
WKU has won the Hearst Journalism Award Program’s Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition 17 times in the past 20 years. WKU students have won nine Hearst individual photojournalism titles (’87, ’88, ’91, ’92, ’96, ’04, ’05, ’06, ’08).
The Hearst competition is considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate journalism.
Alumni of the photojournalism program have been members of numerous Pulitzer Prize winning projects, have won numerous other awards and have documented major news events around the world.
The program will feature remarks by WKU President Gary Ransdell; Bowling Green Mayor Elaine Walker; Dr. David Lee, dean of Potter College of Arts & Letters; Dr. Pam Johnson, director of the School of Journalism & Broadcasting; and James Kenney, coordinator of the photojournalism program.
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For information, contact Sally Ray at (270) 745-2344.
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