Zane Meyer-Thornton
Zane Meyer-Thornton, a senior photojournalism major from Los Angeles, California has recently seen success following his summer internship at the Cincinnati Enquirer. His image of a protester won a 1st …
Contest Winners
WKUPJ winners 2020 Eyes of History – White House News Photographers Association
Congratulations to WKU Gabriel Scarlett the 2020 Student Still Photographer of the Year for the White House News Photographers Association annual photography and video competition. Michelle Hanks 2nd place in …
Congratulations to Hearst Photojournalism round one finishers!
Winners have been announced in the Photojournalism One: News and Features Competition of the 50th anniversary of the Hearst Journalism Awards Program. There were 138 photojournalists submitted into this competition …
Atlanta Photojournalism Student Portfolio of the Year – Michael Blackshire
WKUPJ senior, Michael Blackshire, won the 2019 Rich Mahan Best Student Portfolio recently at the Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar. You can view his winning entry here. In 2018 and again in …
WKUPJ Winners, College Photographer of the Year 2019
For a complete list of this year’s winning images, visit: CPOY Winning Images Photography – Sports Feature | GOLD: Morgan Hornsby Diana Loe, Jonica Louis, and Calouna …
WKUPJ KNPA Winners 2019
WKUPJ Students win big at the 2019 Kentucky News Photographer’s Association competition. Student Photographer of the Year: Gabriel Scarlet After 19 days of imprisonment and 12 hours of transportation between …
Rune Aarestrup Pederson & Srijita Chattopadhyay place 2nd & 3rd in Hearst Multimedia
Congratulations to Rune Aarestrup Pederson and Srijita Chattopadhyay for placing in the Multimedia News Competition of the 2017-2018 Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Rune was awarded second place and a $2,000 …
WKUPJ Shaban Athuman and Nick Wagner place 2nd & 3rd in Hearst
Congratulations to our WKUPJ student Shaban Athuman, 2nd place, and graduate Nick Wagner, 3rd place finish in the annual Hearst Feature/News competition. Shaban wins $2,000 scholarship and Nick wins $1,500 …
WKUPJ Wins 23rd Overall Photojournalism in the Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition
WKUPJ Wins Overall in Hearst Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition. Hearst Journalism Awards program recognized Western Kentucky University as the overall winner in their Intercollegiate Photojournalism Competition. This marks the 23rd year that …
Greeson, Wagner selected for second round of the Hearst Photojournalism competition
Congratulations to Nick Wagner and Brittany Greeson for being selected to represent WKU photojournalism in the second round of the Heast Photojournalism competition. Wagner’s story depicts the personal sacrifice a …
Miss Parker Bennett
by Megan Tan When the program director of Parker Bennett Community Center Sabrina Johnson pairs up with Miss Black Western of 2013 Porshia Austin to host their first beauty pageant, …
Kid At Heart
by Ian Maule William Poteet has a gift to be able to do college level math at the age of ten. While many people see this as lucky, William must …
Congratulations to first round Hearst qualifiers!
After hours of sorting, editing, re-editing and then sorting again the WKU photo faculty is excited to announce the two finalists we have selected to represent WKU in the first …
Hearst photo results for round one
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 …
Christian Randolph and Brynn Anderson selected for 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 …
Faculty member recognized in NPPA BOP web category.
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 …
WKU’s Carl Kiilsgaard Wins Clif Edom’s “New America Award”.
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 …
WKU students win Alexia scholarships.
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 …
WKU student, Philip Andrews places in the White House News Photographer Association contest.
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 …