David Stephenson, a WKU photojournalism graduate, spoke to the Photojournalism Projects class on Thursday, February 19. Stephenson, last years POYi winner of the best multimedia project, shared his knowledge and expertise of a working photojournalist at the Lexington Herald-Leader. He also spent a great deal of time discussing the pros and cons of Canon’s 5D [...]

Getty Images believes that photojournalism is a powerful tool for telling compelling social, political and cultural stories. Getty also understand that creating and managing world-class photography assignments requires time, freedom, support and considerable resources.
Since 2005, Getty have awarded five Grants for Editorial Photography annually to professional photojournalists. Each grant provides $20,000, plus editorial, logistical and [...]

Our goal here is to publish work from WKU photojournalism students and faculty, however, this week’s news out of Denver is a special situation. We here at WKU would like to express our sympathy for the death of a truly amazing news organization. Many of our graduates have passed through the doors at the Rocky [...]

Check out these awesome instructional video clips that B&H has been posting on their web site. They are somewhat product driven but it is a great place to go and watch some instructional direction if you are in the market for purchasing anything from lights, cameras, video or audio. I also really enjoyed this article [...]

The Western Kentucky University School of Journalism & Broadcasting is pleased to present the 2009 Gaines Lecture, “World in Conflict” by Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist Rick Loomis. He will be presenting his work to the public Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 7:30 pm at Mass Media and Technology Hall auditorium. Admission is free.
Rick Loomis is a [...]

WKU photo faculty member Tim Broekema, working with AARP Bulletin Today and former WKU graduate Mark T. Osler put together this mini-documentary film looking back at the history of Deland, Fla. legislator Joyce Cusack.
Cusack never dreamed that she would see an African American as president of the United States. But the former Florida state representative [...]

Carl Kiilsgaard won the Alexia student competition with a proposal to document poverty in Eastern Kentucky. An image from his winning portfolio is seen above.
Kiilsgaard is a senior history major at Western Kentucky University and is from Corvallis, Oregon. He has interned at Bucks County (Pa.) Times, the Napa (Calif.) Register, and the Palm [...]

Faculty member Tim Broekema and WKU 1992 graduate Mark T. Osler traveled to Washington, D.C. to document the end of the journey for Florida legislator Joyce Cusack as she witnessed the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States. Broekema was the project producer and worked as a photographer and sound [...]

Congratulations to Philip Andrews for an Award of Excellence in the White House News Photographer Association “Eyes  of History 2009″ photojournalism contest Pictorial category. To view this and see other winners, go to http://www.whnpa.org/contest/eyes2009/stills/pictorial/hm/7.shtml

Senior Projects student Matt Schauer used single frame imagery used in rapid sequence to create this “poetic” montage of the water cycle. Students were given the theme of “State of your environment” and then were told to use multimedia techniques and music to explain their point of view.