We would like to congratulate Brynn Anderson for placing first and to Christian Randolph for placing third in the first round of the Hearst Foundation photo competition. We also would like to congratulate Bethany Mollenkof for her 6th place showing and to Leslye Davis for her 9th place finish in round 1 of the Hearst [...]

Congratulations to Brynn Anderson and Christian Randolph for having the qualifying singles portfolio at WKU PJ to advance to the Hearst judging for Photo 1 competition. Their entries can be seen below.   Onlookers to a one-car crash call 911 and check on the condition of an unconscious Erica Wilson. She was in the passenger [...]

Faculty member Tim Broekema and former WKU student Mark Osler worked together during the Democratic National Convention in the fall of 2008 telling stories for AARP Bulletin Today. Osler gathered content in Denver and transmitted his pictures and audio back to WKU where Broekema worked on deadline overnight producing multi-media projects that were posted on [...]

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (March 25, 2009) – Student photojournalist Carl Kiilsgaard of Western Kentucky University has won Cliff Edom’s “New America Award” in the National Press Photographers Association’s Best Of Photojournalism competition today during judging at the contest’s host site, the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. “Wow,” Kiilsgaard said when he was called with the news. “I was just walking [...]

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 [...]

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