WKU News

May 24th, 2023

Western Kentucky University’s School of Media earned reaccreditation this month from the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC).

Apr 19th, 2023

Two Western Kentucky University photojournalism students placed in the top five of the third multimedia competition of the 2022-2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Apr 7th, 2023

“The Impact of Representation in Media Today,” which looks at the push in media to self-examine how minority communities are covered, is the theme of the 2023 John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series on April 12,

Mar 14th, 2023

A Western Kentucky University photojournalism student has won the second multimedia competition of the 2022-2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Jan 18th, 2023

Photographer Simon Bruty will present more than 30 years of work and behind the scenes commentary about some of the most iconic photographs in professional and collegiate sports during a lecture at WKU on Wednesday evening, January 25.

Jan 9th, 2023

Two Western Kentucky University photojournalism students placed in the top 10 of the first multimedia competition of the 2022-2023 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Nov 10th, 2022

Western Kentucky University’s School of Media will present the 2022 Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting on Monday (Nov. 14) to journalists covering the war in Ukraine.

Oct 22nd, 2022

The 2022 Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting has added a second recipient -- Olga Rudenko and the staff of the Kyiv Independent in Ukraine.

Oct 5th, 2022

Four-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Carol Guzy is the latest recipient of the prestigious Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting from the WKU School of Media.

Mar 25th, 2022

WKU’s School of Media, as part of The John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series, offers an evening looking back at the stories surrounding the December tornadoes and what was involved in sharing those stories with the journalists' communities.

Aug 13th, 2021

May 24th, 2021

WKU students won the final multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program and the School of Media finished second in the Hearst Intercollegiate Multimedia Competition.

May 20th, 2021

Two WKU students are finalists for photojournalism and multimedia national championships in the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Apr 20th, 2021

Two WKU photojournalism students finished in the top 10 of the third multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Apr 13th, 2021

Several WKU students were honored as winners and finalists in this year’s SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence awards.

Apr 8th, 2021

WKU Photojournalism Professor Jeanie Adams-Smith is this year’s recipient of the National Press Photographers Association’s Robin F. Garland Educator Award.

Mar 5th, 2021

Two WKU photojournalism students finished in the top five of the second multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Mar 5th, 2021

WKU photojournalism student Sam Mallon was named Student Photographer of the Year in Kentucky News Photographers Association’s 2021 contest.

Jan 22nd, 2021

Two WKU photojournalism graduates finished in the top 10 of the first multimedia competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Dec 16th, 2020

WKU students finished first and third in the first photojournalism competition of the 2020-2021 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.