WKU School Of Journalism &
Broadcasting To Honor Five

October 24, 2003

Bowling Green, Ky. - Five media professionals will be honored Oct. 31 by Western Kentucky University's School of Journalism and Broadcasting.

The eighth annual awards ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. in the Mass Media and Technology Hall gallery. This year's Practitioner of the Year recipients are:

Advertising: Sean Ward, owner of Digital Design Advertising in Bowling Green.

Broadcast journalism: Dale Cardwell, a reporter for WSB-TV in Atlanta.

Print journalism: Connie Schultz, a columnist at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland.

Public relations: John Asher, vice president of communications at Churchill Downs in Louisville.

Visual journalism: Ron Garrison, photography director of the Herald-Leader in Lexington.

The reception also will honor David B. Whitaker, former head of the journalism department and a 2003 inductee into Western's Hall of Distinguished Alumni.

Following the reception, Western's public relations program is hosting a masquerade ball to celebrate its 30th anniversary and to honor Dr. Robert Blann. Blann, who died in June, was one of the founders of the public relations and advertising programs.

For more information, contact the School of Journalism and Broadcasting at (270) 745-4143. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.

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