Western Kentucky University’s Photojournalism & Documentary Sean McInnis, a junior, explored the culture and language of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tucked away in the Great Smokey Mountains. While interning last summer at the Charlotte Observer, Sean learned about how the Cherokee language is quickly disappearing, and the efforts that are being taken to preserve it. To better tell story, Sean created a multimedia presentation that pulls together examples of the Cherokee language in written and spoken form and broke down a timeline of the Cherokee Nations struggle the past 200 years to hold onto their culture. Visit the it at: https://wkuvjp430.tilda.ws/losingcherokee
A Life for Them By Rhiannon Johnston
WKUPJ Sophmore Rhiannon Johnston examines the challenges faced by a refugee when you no longer have a family to watch over you.
After fleeing from the Bosnian War nearly 28 years ago, Bosnian immigrant and widowed mother, Sedja Jusic faces the realities of living in the United States alone.