ChallengE Accepted
8-year-old Gabriella Bilbrey has overcome the challenges of her disability since birth. Born without fully devleoped legs, Gabi’s physical therapist encouraged her to participate in the local climbing gym’s children program, and for a year she has returned every week. Despite her disability Gabi lives life like any ordinary child refusing to let her condition…
Documenting ICE in Chicago
WKUVJP Senior Dominic Di Palermo’s internship at the Chicago Tribune this past fall put him on the front line of the federal government’s immigration crackdown in Chicago. What started as protests at the U.S. Customs Enforcement facility grew into a months-long essay looking at a variety of impacts the presence of ICE and Border Patrol…
Collecting Memories by Myah Griffin
Over the past 50 years, hammer enthusiast Scotty Fulton has built a collection of over 27,000 hammers. But something is missing. What started as a story at 50th Mountain Workshops, WKUVJP Student Myah Griffin revisited her subject to give a better view of the story. Experience the Multimedia project that explores Fulton’s hammer collection and…
“Duffer’S House” by Von Smith
Junior Von Smith from Louisville documented Jimmie Duffer of Park City, Kentucky as he works to renovate one of the oldest homes in the town, dating back to the 1880s. As he gets older, Jimmie wonders if his plans have become much larger than what his body is able to accomplish. Battling old age and…
Strength to Inspire
WKU Senior Adin Parks documents the journey of Kevin Goode during his training to compete in a bodybuilding competition in the “transformational” category. Goode had lost 250 pounds during an attempt to regain control of his life aftert his doctor warned him that he might not live to the age of 40. This is a…
Senior Spotlight – Eli Randolph
Eli Randolph a senior VJP major from Murfreesboro, TN had the opportunity to intern at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this past summer as apart of a WKU Student Publication Fellowship. Eli arrived to Missouri just after a rare tornado touched down and went through St. Louis, destroying homes. This past summer much of his time…
Senior Spotlight Dominic Di Palermo
Dominic Di Palermo, a senior from outside of Chicago has had a chance to take a semester off to return to Illinois and intern for the Chicago Tribune. This past year he has had the pleasure of covering the Kentucky Derby, Chicago Bears, documenting Jane Goodall a few weeks before her death. Chicago became the…
Together in Totality
A year ago students in our Visual Journalism and Photography program spread throughout three states to document the total eclipse. Our students were out on assignment for our student newspaper The Herald, our magazine,Talisman, and many went out on their own in pursuit of the sun. Here is a culmination of their work pulled together…
Busy Bees by Madeline Powell
What started as a hobby with two hives, 10 years ago, ended up with the Simon Family taking on a new career. Simon Apiearies now cares for over 600 hives, and it is a family affair.Senior Photojournalism major Madeline Powell documents the Simon family\’s struggle to raise 3 children and 36 million bees. To see…