School of Media News Archive

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School of Media high school Summer Media Workshops canceled due to COVID-19

 

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WKU School of Media cancels upcoming open house and other events

The upcoming gallery exhibit, Gaines Lecture Series and open house for the 10th anniversary of the Film program have all been cancelled or postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. More information will be posted as the situation develops.

 

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Search Committee for the School of Media Director announces additional finalist

Ms. Kari Barber, of the University of Nevada, Reno, Reynolds School of Journalism

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Search Committee for the School of Media director announces  four finalists

 

 

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WKU Journalism Major, Annalee Hubbs, wins ACES Bill Walsh Scholarship

 

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 WKU School of Media Film students win College Student Production Awards

The first award went to "Dirty Laundry" for Best Long Form - Fiction.
"Come Up for Air" also picked up awards for Director Tori Mills and Cinematographer Haley Meyers. This marks the second year in a row that the film program has won Student Production Awards.
 The College Student Production Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Ohio Valley Chapter

 

Ashlea Moses (left) editor of Come Up for Air and Jordan Crabbe (right) production designer for Dirty Laundry

 

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 WKU 5th overall in 2019 Hearst Journalism Awards Program

WKU won the Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition for the 25^th time in the past 30 years

  

 

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 School of Media students place in the Kentucky Associated Press and Kentucky Broadcasters Association contest

Best Public Affairs

Madison Martin - First Place, Western Kentucky University - "Recycling a Challenge for Off Campus Students"

 

Best Sports Coverage

Sam Yaw and Zachary McGovern – Second Place, Western Kentucky University – "Extra Point Homecoming Special"

 

Best News Story

Olivia Eiler – First Place, Western Kentucky University – "Warren County House Fire"

 

Best Television Reporter

Olivia Eiler – First Place, Western Kentucky University

 

Best Newscast

Western Kentucky University

 

Best Public Affairs (Radio)

Olivia Eiler – Second Place, Western Kentucky University – "WKU Campus Debate"

 

 Best News Story (Radio)

Natalie Turner – First Place, Western Kentucky University – "International Music"

  

Best Radio Reporter

Natalie Turner – First Place, Western Kentucky University

 

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 Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 Mark of Excellence Awards 

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 WKU wins 2018 Hearst overall national championship

 

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Grads of WKU School of Media win Pulitzer Prize

2005 Graduate Cameron Knight and 2006 Graduate Cara Owsley were part of the Pulitzer Prize winning team at The Cincinnati Enquirer for local reporting. The Photojournalism grads credit their time at WKU as crucial for their success in their fields. Owsley is the Director of Photography at the paper and Knight is a crime beat reporter. See the project at : https://www.cincinnati.com/pages/interactives/seven-days-of-heroin-epidemic-cincinnati/