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WKU graduate Al Cross receives SPJ’s highest honor

The Society of Professional Journalists, the nation’s largest and most broad-based journalism association, awarded Western Kentucky University graduate Al Cross the 2011 Wells Memorial Key.  Cross was a member of the team awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for its coverage of the nation’s worst bus and drunk driving crash on the Ohio-Kentucky Border in 1989. 

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Team from WKU’s Imagewest working on project at Harlaxton

Imagewest, a student-run advertising and public relations agency at WKU, will be traveling to England this summer. They will spend four weeks working for Harlaxton Manor in Grantham.

SJ&B wins Hearst multimedia title, finishes fifth in overall rankings

With a first-place finish in multimedia and a third-place finish in photojournalism, WKU's School of Journalism & Broadcasting placed fifth overall in the 53rd annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. WKU has finished among the nation's top eight in the

Journalism & Broadcasting: Faculty member elected to NPPA board

Brad Pfranger, assistant professor of broadcasting has been elected to the National Press Photographers Association Board of Directors. Pfranger replaces Mark Dolan, who was elected NPPA’s vice president.

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Team from WKU’s Imagewest working on project at Harlaxton

Imagewest, a student-run advertising and public relations agency at WKU, will be traveling to England this summer. They will spend four weeks working for Harlaxton Manor in Grantham.

Bulldog Stars of PR Name Sam Ford Social Media Innovator of the Year

Winners of the 2011 Bulldog Stars of PR Awards for Outstanding Achievement by Communications Agencies and Professionals Have Been Announced

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