Leave Without Absence
Leave Without Absence Chris Jensen, who has been sent to Iraq three times, faces another deployment to Afghanistan on Dec. 27. He and his wife, Holly, have been separated for …
Class Work
Suicide Awareness
Understanding Suicide About 30,000 people reportedly kill themselves each year in the United States. People who attempt suicide are often trying to get away from a life situation that seems …
Among The Stars – A story of Dreams
No matter what age a person is, everyone has at least one dream that they hold on to. Some follow their dreams and lead rich, happy lives. Others put their …
Keep Going: A Look at Growing Old
At 96, Sherman Price is Russellville, Kentucky’s self-proclaimed “oldest citizen.” He was born on the day that WWI began, and he was 5 years old when it ended. He was …
First Studio Lighting Class a Success
The first Advanced Lighting Class offered at WKU was well-received by the 12 student-pioneers. The weekly course featured studio assignments, pushing the student’s skills in the Big White Room. Assignments …
Mr. George
George Proctor, 78, of Bowling Green, Ky., has a need for action that has him walking alone down busy streets even though he is legally blind. Proctor’s story is about …
The Life and Lies of Elizabeth St. John
Sara John is a self proclaimed “bookworm” who uses reading and writing as an outlet to escape the reality of her parents not living together. Because of the difficulties at …
Living Positive
“I don’t act the way that I act because I’m gay and HIV positive,” said Teddy Talyor, 22, of Bowling Green, Ky. Taylor was infected with HIV when he was …
Sisterwives
Mark, 48, lives in South Central Kentucky with his wives, Marian, 32, and Heidi, 23. Together they are raising seven children under the principle of Celestial Plural Marriage, also known …
Capturing a dramatic rescue
WKU Freshman Tyler Cacek spent several weeks working with an ambulance crew for a project for Intro class. One day he documented the dramatic rescue of several people from a …
Sending off toe-to-toe
WKU Senior Cody Duty photographed this couple in a somewhat different way, focusing on a tender touch of toes, using the contrast in footwear to tell the story of a …
Peace After War in Uganda • WKU student Tyler Cacek travels to Africa
In June 2009, I left the United States for East Africa. The primary purpose of my trip abroad was to document the efforts of The HALO Foundation (www.haloworldwide.org) working with …
Photojournalism Project students publish team effort on music of the Bluegrass.
Enjoy this multi-media journey through some of the stories in our region as twenty-five students worked together on this team project for a mid-semester exercise on group projects and storyboard …
Highlights: Student’s work from the Projects in New Media class.
Seniors in the Projects in New Media class, a capstone course, produced stories that provide thought provoking story telling using multiple forms of media to produce mini-documentaries. Click on the …
Telling stories, using one frame at a time – and lots of them.
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 …
Senior photo students capture a moment by shooting only one frame.
Photojournalism Project students were assigned the theme of “Black and White” and then told to immerse themselves in a real situation where they could look at opposites. They had to …
Photojournalism Projects class makes use of inexpensive cameras to tell their stories.
Students in the Photojournalism Projects class were asked to represent the “state of their environment” by making use of plastic cameras. The images they took were to represent a complete …