Bowling Green, Ky. - Taking two to four days out of their summer to attend a media workshop paid off last week for four Kentucky high school seniors who received $500 scholarships from Western Kentucky University.

Bethany Truax of Louisville, Tanner Johnson of Fort Thomas, Chasidy Warner of Louisville and Kayla Dowdy of Glasgow won the scholarships during the Summer High School Media Workshops at WKU.

Workshop instructors made the awards based on a combination of actual workshop performance and a written essay exam on June 9, the last day of the workshops.

Students were enrolled in their choice of two-day workshops in broadcasting, journalistic writing and InDesign software instruction or a four-day workshop in photojournalism.

Truax attends duPont Manual High and will be co-editor of the yearbook and a member of the school news team this fall. Johnson attends Highlands High, and Warner attends Fern Creek Traditional High.

Dowdy, who attended this workshop twice before, is enrolled at Barren County High and will be editor of the school's newspaper.

The scholarships are sponsored by Western's Division of Academic Affairs. Paul Casebolt of Western's admissions office made the presentations.

More than 100 students and advisers registered to attend the third annual High School Media Workshops, sponsored this year by Western and the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, the Kentucky High School Media Institute and the Office of Student Publications.

Instructors included journalism faculty members Robert Adams, James Kenney, Terry Likes and Mark Simpson. Dr. Pam Johnson is the director of the School of Journalism and Broadcasting. Jackie Bretz was the workshop director.

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For information, contact Jackie Bretz at (270) 745-6407