School of Media

The Kentucky High School Institute offers Journalism Scholars Day, a 40+-year tradition at WKU, to campus in the fall. The event attracts hundreds of Kentucky high school journalism students along with media advisers from across the state. The four-hour conference will include a scholarship writing contest and the Mark of Excellence yearbook awards ceremony as well as breakout sessions with topics ranging from design and photography to feature writing and the future of radio taught by WKU faculty and students as well as journalism professionals. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. CT. Sessions begin at 9:15 a.m. CT.