WKU Visual Journalism & Photography

08/29/2026

Join us at this year’s Mountain Workshops in Wi******er, Kentucky!

The Mountain Workshops brings storytellers together annually for the sole purpose of documenting community. These stories serve as a valuable cultural archive of Kentucky life.

There are 3 workshops to choose from: photojournalism, video storytelling, or picture editing.

To apply or find more information, visit:

mountainworkshops.org

We hope to see you there!

07/02/2026

Have you seen the latest issue of the WKU Alumni magazine. WKU SPIRIT. We could just call it the WKU Visual Journalism and Photography edition. On the cover is our talented 2026 Graduating class. First two pages feature new grad and Alumni spotlights on our grads and .freeman To see the online version visit https://alumni.wku.edu/s/808/24/interior.aspx?sid=808&gid=1&pgid=7592

05/13/2026

05/08/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 WKU VJP Graduates. Welcome to the Alumni family and please keep in touch.

05/05/2026

Graduating VJP Senior looks back at his journey from high school, and how the Visual Journalism & Photography program pushed him to live outside of his comfort zone. Congrats Preston Jenkins.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/dont-afraid-unknown-reflections-four-years-leaps-faith-jenkins-xrjzc/

05/05/2026

VJP333 Intro to Lighting class, closes out our school year in style. It was amazing to see the growth through the semester considering no one had ever used a flash. Future posts to come.

05/03/2026

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.

05/03/2026

The end of the semester is approaching quickly! We are in the process of hanging the senior gallery! Can’t wait to celebrate this class and see their work displayed in 127!

04/29/2026

SMC Awards!! 🏅👏🏼🎉

We got to celebrate this hardworking group of PJs yesterday! We are so proud of their work and dedication to their craft!

04/23/2026

Excited for our students who are spreading throughout the country this summer on internships in Visual Storytelling. Summer internships have always been a memorable time of growth and experiences in our industry.
Not pictured are two two additional students in Sacramento, California and Alaska.