Carry On
From the moment the world learned of the death of Queen Elizabeth II on the evening of September 8, 2022, to the funeral held at Westminster Abbey on September 19, …
Class Work
Nourishing the Soul by Kennedy Gott
Kennedy Gott’s WKU Photojournalism capstone project, examines a family as they tackle the challenges of sourcing their own food in a more healthy manner. Ellen Aldridge practices modern homesteading by …
All in for Grayson County – by Anna Leachman
As Grayson County High School’s first female principal, Lacy Cox works to build a welcoming community like she knew when she was a student there. But she finds herself pulled …
Growing the Legacy – by Allie Schallert
Land in Grayson County has been farmed by the Cain family for a century. The family’s passion for tending the land continues through its current owner, Sammy Cain. Story by …
Our 2022 Senior Exhibition
At the end of each school year, we ask our capstone PJ436 students to select one photo that means the most to them from their time here at WKUPJ and …
Drifting Through Life
Cooper Briggs is a 12-year-old boy who was born deaf and has recently been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome. As he goes through his first year of middle school, he faces …
Our 2021 Senior Exhibition
With COVID and all that jazz, we recently realized that we overlooked posting the 2021 Senior Class work so we thought before THIS year’s seniors graduate, we want to make …
Witnessing the Destruction
Western Kentucky University photojournalism major, Gunnar Word, woke up early the morning after the devastating tornado outbreak that had ripped through the western portion of the state leveling communities and …
Looking Inwards
LOOKING INWARDS As the global pandemic transitioned from novelty to reality, Western Kentucky University college students realized their lives would be altered forever When students of the School of Media at …
Write-In by Alex Maxwell
Senior Photojournalism major Alex Maxwell follows the unlikely campaign of Tom Morris who was running as a write-in candidate for Mayor of Bowling Green, Ky. Longtime Bowling Green resident Tom …
Delayed: Resilience in the Face of a Life-Altering Pandemic
WKU Photojournalism major, Sam Mallon, a Junior from Silver Springs, Maryland, documents college student Maggie Smith as she learns to navigate a pandemic as a student in a field that …
A Relative, A Revelation | by Chris Kohley
Senior WKU Photojournalism major Chris Kohley depicts in this multimedia project how history lives on for local historian Tommy Hines as he uncovers facts about his ancestor with the same …
Driving Change | by Sam Mallon
Sam Mallon, a junior WKU Photojournalism major, documents Bowling Green’s Mobile Grocery Bus, that was established by the Housing Authority of Bowling Green to address the growing problems of food …
Our 2020 Senior Single Photo Exhibition
At the end of each school year, we ask our capstone PJ436 students to select one photo that means the most to them from their time here at WKUPJ and …
The Making of “These Days”
In a socially-distant approved Slack exchange, PJ436 Projects in Photojournalism professor Tim Broekema interviewed These Day’s student project manager Nic Huey about how the idea germinated and how did …
Before I go
In her personal project Before I Go, WKU senior Morgan Hornsby examines her relationships with her immediately family as she reckons with her decision to move away. With rural Kentucky as her …
All In My Head
In her personal project, In My Head, WKU senior Lydia Schweickart, of Louisville, Ky., reflects on her experience recovering from a traumatic brain injury and how it affected her mental …
These Days: A 2020 Senior Class Project
A multimedia enterprise that captures the emotional journey Americans have collectively experienced during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. This project aims to highlight how the universally shared experience …
Life in Quarantine
The non-majors PJ131 Introduction to Photography class took to turning their camera on themselves, the life around them and their families as they found themselves quarantined the second half of …
How are Kentuckians facing the future of work?
The Way We Work In place of coal miners stand robotic machines. Instead of farmhands, Bluetooth tracking-chips count cattle. Older folks are on their toes, redefining, revamping and reconsidering their …
Eleven years later and still waiting for answers
A Wounded Soldier WKU Journalism and Photojournalism students, Sara Krog and Sofie Mortensen tell the story of Veteran Megan Karr who suffers PTSD caused by her experience of …
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 …
We Can Do Hard Things – by Emma Steele
We Can Do Hard Things by Emma Steele To view the entire story visit: We Can Do Hard Things “You’ll never get over it. You don’t want to,” Davidson said. …
Family Values – A look at the roll of a midwife in Kentucky.
Family Values – A look at the roll of a midwife in Kentucky. Story by Lily Thompson, To view the entire story visit: Family Values Tracey Moore is a midwife, …