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Pandemic pushes up election costs
By Debra Murray Voting, once a simple task of waiting in line and filling out a bubble sheet, came more complex with the COVID-19 pandemic and a lot more expensive. The pandemic’s spread throughout the U.S. by primaries last year led14 states postpone primary...
Voter fraud tops list of election concerns
By Hannah Claussen On Nov. 6, 2012, Ruth Thomasine Robinson, 70, lost her reelection bid against Sam Howell for mayor of Martin, a small Floyd County community in eastern Kentucky. Robinson’s three-vote loss must have come as a surprise. She and her family spent a lot...
WKU Photojournalism Alumni graduates find work during global pandemic
Gunnar Word In the past 18 months Western Kentucky University alumni photojournalists managed the new and unexpected conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic through adaptation and growth. USA Today photographer Katie Stratman really had to reinvent her productive wheel...
WKU community reflects on changes made at the Herald
Lucy Rutherford “Student News—Faculty News—Alumni News—All News” For decades, these were the words that appeared on the front page of Western Kentucky University’s College Heights Herald. Today, they can’t be found. The exemption of this tagline may seem like an...
Fleischaker/Greene class visits memorials in D.C
By Erian Bradley The Fleischaker/Green class took a class trip to Washington D.C, as a part of their First Amendment studies this Fall. The class visited the Eisenhower Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and the Martin Luther King Memorial. Dr....
Do we still need a press corps?
By Monica Kast Although writing from slightly different perspectives, both Ken Auletta and Patrick Sloyan argue that the White House press corps has grown weaker and less influential during the Bush and Obama presidencies. Keeping in mind our conversation on...
A President’s First Duty is to Keep Americans Safe
Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan write that Barack Obama is The Worst President in History. From this handout of the 200 reasons why he is the worst president, select two reasons to critique. Do you agree or disagree? Fully explain your answer. 178. Allowing...
Other Factors Led to Decline in American Optimism
Matt Magolis and Mark Noonan write that Barack Obama is The Worst President in History. From the handout of the 200 reasons why he is the worst president, select two reasons to critique. Do you agree or disagree? Fully explain your answer. There are many things to...
What I learned: Reflections on Politics & The Presidency
This class has been a crash course experience in learning how to understand and cover a presidential election. From behind a camera or in an interview, I have tried to capture what people think and feel about this particular point in our democratic history but I also...
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of a political advertisement
The cavernous space of Studio A at StagePost in Nashville was dimly lit on the morning of Oct. 27. A few softboxes hung from the ceiling and two light panels on stands provided the only light as technicians worked to assemble a simple set for the coming shoot. The ...