WKU School of Media & Communication

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05/06/2026

WKUVJP graduating senior Adin Parks, front and sophomore Jonah Savage spent the last three days documenting the Kentucky Derby for the Louisville Courier Journal and the Owensboro Messenger.

05/05/2026

Congratulations to Dominic and Armando! We’re so incredibly proud of your hard work!

The Pulitzer Prize was awarded to one current and former WKU student for their work with the Chicago Tribune. Dominic Di Palermo and Armando Sanchez were both photojournalists who contributed to the Chicago Tribune’s coverage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Midway Blitz and th...

04/30/2026

This April, Organizational Communication graduate student Tanya Prabhakar presented on the Top Paper Panel in Applied Communication at the 2026 Southern States Communication Association Conference 🎉

Her presentation, Effects of Employment on University Students’ Organizational Identification and Boundary Management, explored the effects of working as a student on organizational identification and work-life balance.

We’re so proud of Tanya and her incredible work! 👏 Next year, she’ll be continuing her journey as a speech and debate coach and adjunct professor at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA.

04/29/2026

SMC Awards Ceremony 🎉

Last night, we celebrated our hardworking students at our annual SMC Awards Ceremony! Your dedication and leadership are inspiring to watch, and we’re so proud of your accomplishments! ✨

Congratulations to all of our award recipients!

04/28/2026

“Through the Lens of Time: 50 Years of the Mountain Workshops”
For half a century, the Mountain Workshops, a flagship program of Western Kentucky University’s Visual Journalism & Photography program, has documented the heart and soul of communities across Kentucky and beyond. Here is the technology that has gotten us through the generations.
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