WKU News

Nov 20th, 2024

ESPN Digital Content announced in September its School Outreach program aimed at developing the next generation of digital sports journalists, and WKU's School of Media & Communication was selected as a partner educational institution this month.

Jun 7th, 2024

Western Kentucky University senior Rhiannon Johnston won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s 2024 National Multimedia Championship this week in San Francisco, California.

May 31st, 2024

Western Kentucky University’s School of Media & Communication continued its tradition of national success in the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program with a sixth-place finish in the 2024 Overall Intercollegiate Competition.

May 24th, 2024

Two Western Kentucky University students will compete for national championships in the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Program and four other WKU students were honored in the year’s final multimedia competition.

May 14th, 2024

Five Western Kentucky University students have been honored in multimedia, photojournalism and broadcast competitions of the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Apr 11th, 2024

Peruvian journalist Manuel Calloquispe is the seventh recipient of the prestigious Fleischaker/Greene Award for Courageous International Reporting. The award will be presented April 23 by the WKU School of Media & Communication.

Mar 8th, 2024

The WKU Advertising Program will host the Senior Capstone Presentations, taking place in the Fine Arts Center, Room 264 on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024, at 11:30 a.m. CST.

Mar 8th, 2024

KEA is launching the “Difference Makers” campaign to promote the invaluable contributions of public-school educators. To get the message out, KEA has enlisted the services of Imagewest.

Mar 8th, 2024

Western Kentucky University student Rhiannon Johnston won the Multimedia Innovative Storytelling Competition of the 2023-2024 Hearst Journalism Awards Program.

Mar 4th, 2024

WKU’s School of Media & Communication and The John B. Gaines Family Lecture Series will present an exhibition of photographs and an evening presentation showcasing Jabin Botsford and Demetrius Freeman’s photographic journey from Western to the White

Jan 11th, 2024

The Visual Journalism & Photography program announced that "Horses. History. Hospitality. And the richness of the people" will be on display January 16-February 16 in the Jody Richards Hall gallery.

Jun 5th, 2023