The award-winning College Heights Herald is the main source for news about WKU for students, faculty and staff. The professional newspaper is operated solely by college students and student editors determine all Herald content. The paper, which receives no direct financial support from WKU, provides accurate, fair and balanced stories that meet the highest professional and journalistic standards.
The Herald dates back to 1925 and is among the most honored college newspapers in the country. It has won 14 national Pacemaker awards, the most recent for 2012; five Gold Crown awards and seven Silver Crown awards.
The students who produce the Herald are honing skills that will give them a competitive edge as they enter the workplace. The twice-weekly publication is distributed free on Tuesdays and Fridays at locations on campus and in the Bowling Green community.
The College Heights Herald was among the first college newspapers with a full online edition. WKUHerald.com provides updates throughout each day on news at WKU. It also includes a complete digital replica edition of the College Heights Herald. WKUHerald.com has one a National Pacemaker Award for online student publications, and in 2012 won a Pinnacle Award for Best Web Presence.
Click here to visit wkuherald.com, our digital platform. Click here to download the WKUHerald app for iPhone and iPad.
The Talisman is WKU's official yearbook. The Talisman breaks the mold of a traditional yearbook. The 400-plus page publication strives to capture the unique essence of life on the Hill through a blend of award-winning photography and stories with cutting edge design.
A WKU tradition since 1924, the Talisman covers the entire academic year and the book is typically delivered in early fall. The award-winning publication is free to all WKU students who reserve a copy.
The Talisman routinely ranks as one of the best college yearbooks in the nation. It has won 14 national Pacemaker awards, the most recent for the 2011 Talisman: Genesis, awarded in November 2012; five Gold Crowns, including for the 2012 Talisman, and four Silver Crowns. It also won five Trendsetter awards; that award was retired after no other yearbook in the nation could successfully compete against the Talisman.
Student editors determine all content in the Talisman.
College Heights Media was created in 2012 as a specialty publishing arm of WKU Student Publications. Through CHM, students get experience creating content and designing specialty publications for outside clients. This experience is different from the yearlong effort students put into a publication such as the Talisman yearbook, and helps those students gain expertise in compiling a project for a client. CHM's first imprint is a 112-page hardbound book, "A Beautiful Spirit: Western Kentucky University," published by CHM for the WKU Alumni Association. The book will be available in April 2013 as part of the dedication of WKU's new Augenstein Alumni Center.
