Western Kentucky University Journalism

Our journalism program is designed to prepare students for a changing media environment by focusing on content, ethics, and technology. All work featured on this site is original work produced by WKU students in our program’s journalism courses.

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Student Published Works

Our students within the WKU Journalism department spend time writing in their classes to gain hands on experience. We are proud to share their work with you!

News

WKU Journalism students cover a wide variety of news events. If you’re looking for the latest news from politics to community events to pop culture and more, take a peek at our students’ perspectives on current events.

Lifestyle

What’s trending? WKU students know what is popular both on and off campus. Whether it’s fashion, food, travel, or culture, our students have got you covered.

Entertainment

We take sports pretty seriously at WKU and we like to celebrate what’s going on in the community. Our journalism students will keep you up-to-date on the latest in entertainment.     

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First Amendment

The Fleishaker -Greene First Amendment Studies class reports on First Amendment issues and utilizing open records.               

 

 

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Spotlight

Honoring people and sharing their personal experiences is powerful. WKU Journalism students like to take the time to give individuals a voice and a chance to tell their stories.

About WKU Journalism

The WKU Journalism program is one of seven programs within the School of Media and Communication at Western Kentucky University located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Students enrolled in the program can earn a Bachelors of Arts in Journalism within four years.

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Submit My Article

If you are a current WKU Journalism student, we encourage you to submit your work here! Your writing might be featured on our website so we can recognize you as an outstanding student and journalist.

Recently Published Articles

The Wizard of Western sees the Yellow Brick Road ending

“To my students, for whom I set a high bar, a bar that I turn to whenever I realize I am not producing my best work.” — Mac McKerral, “A Journalist’s life: People, Places, Things.” Gordon D. “Mac" McKerral nears completion of 21 years on the faculty in the School of...

Chasing the Great White Whale

Graham Martin drives toward Louisville, Kentucy from Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Interstate 65 on April 2, 2024 “Aye, aye! and I’ll chase him round Good Hope, and round the Horn, and round the Norway Maelstrom, and round perdition’s flames before I give him up. And...

College athletes collecting with the ‘Collectives’

Above: (Redshirt senior guard and forward Dontaie Allen analyzes the play before making a move during a game in E.A. Diddle Arena. | Photo by: Wyatt Richardson) By Molly St. Clair When the Red Towel Trust launched in 2022, “Name, Image and Likeness” called NIL for...

Prof’s curiousity takes him throughout the world

Rickie Allen Scoutmaster of Troop 155 at Fort Knox, Kentucky has served in the military for the past 24 years. Active in scouts as a child Rickie became active as a leader while stationed in South Korea. Photo by Jonathan Adams By Maegan Hale Jonathan Adams, full-time...

Like Father, like Son

By Michael Collins Finchville, Kentucky, is a small, unincorporated town about 30 minutes outside Louisville.  A mile-long stretch of road guides happy, small-town homes in a straight line. A small park with a pond sits across the street from an antique store, a...

The art of not falling hard

By Michael Collins (Editor’s note: Unsplash photo by yns plt.) In the woods of North Carolina sits the Gen Z climber.  Noah Namvong is perched on a wood log bench next to a campfire, leaning back into his arms stretched behind him. Next to him on the bench’s edge...

Immigration: leaving the good and the bad behind

(Editor’s note: Unsplash photo by Kyle Glenn.) By Leah Hunter The immigrants that make up the Kentucky refugee city of Bowling Green, Kentucky, left their countries for myriad reasons — ethnic genocide, war and famine — for a new life in America. For many, the path to...

After the Storm, a New Day

By Madison Carter Aaron Cherry huddled in the bathroom at Peach Tree Tattoo, his livelihood since finishing college.  Cherry, adrenaline crazed and curious, left the door cracked enough to look through the windows and watched the green glow sweeping toward him....

Daniel Liddle: Diving into the YouTube pool

(Editor’s note: Image provided by Daniel Liddle.) By Grace Gonzales Daniel Liddle, assistant professor in the English Department at Western Kentucky University, earned his doctorate, in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University in 2018.  He was a graduate...

‘Sympathy for the Devil’

(Editor’s note: Image provided by James Wainscoat at Unsplash.) By Sara Kate-Wiseman In his backyard in Nashville, Daniel Burt built a small structure out of scrap plywood that attracts and houses creatures many people may find icky. It measures 2...

Immigration: leaving the good and the bad behind

(Editor’s note: Unsplash photo by Kyle Glenn.) By Leah Hunter The immigrants that make up the Kentucky refugee city of Bowling Green, Kentucky, left their countries for myriad reasons — ethnic genocide, war and famine — for a new life in America. For many, the path to...

Military service and education match up at WKU

(Editor’s note: Image provided by Filip Andrejevic at Unsplash.) By Shayla Abney Western Kentucky University is home to many veterans and prides itself on its Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. With this year's homecoming falling on Veterans Day with a theme of “Big...

‘Lost River Sessions’ highlights music scene

By Andrew Critchelow WKU students have helped make “The Lost River Sessions” on Western Kentucky University’s PBS station an award-winning series that showcases regional musicians at local venues. Co-produced by audio engineer James Pearson and videographer Darius...

Holidays on the High Seas

By Amelia Epley I was feeling the rocking of the boat as I fixed my hair for Thanksgiving dinner. I turned off the blower and reapplied the herbal oil behind my ears. Tonight’s seasickness would be...

Immigration: leaving the good and the bad behind

(Editor’s note: Unsplash photo by Kyle Glenn.) By Leah Hunter The immigrants that make up the Kentucky refugee city of Bowling Green, Kentucky, left their countries for myriad reasons — ethnic genocide, war and famine — for a new life in America. For many, the path to...

After the Storm, a New Day

By Madison Carter Aaron Cherry huddled in the bathroom at Peach Tree Tattoo, his livelihood since finishing college.  Cherry, adrenaline crazed and curious, left the door cracked enough to look through the windows and watched the green glow sweeping toward him....

Daniel Liddle: Diving into the YouTube pool

(Editor’s note: Image provided by Daniel Liddle.) By Grace Gonzales Daniel Liddle, assistant professor in the English Department at Western Kentucky University, earned his doctorate, in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University in 2018.  He was a graduate...