BECAUSE LIKE, IT’S A GEM. WE GOT TO MAKE A DATE, RIGHT? YEAH, WE GOT TO GO. HEY, OUR PARENT COMPANY, HEARST CORPORATION, IS ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE 65TH HEARST NATIONAL JOURNALISM CHAMPIONSHIPS AND SEVERAL LOCAL STUDENTS ARE BEING HONORED. ONE OF THEM IS EMILY ARNOLD FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY. SHE WON THE FIRST PLACE AWARD IN THE NATIONAL PHOTOJOURNALISM CHAMPIONSHIPS. AND THAT PRIZE, IT COMES WITH $10,000. THIS WEEK WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY FUN. I DIDN’T HAVE MY STORY FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF MOMENTS OR THE FIRST COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I HAD TO KIND OF SPEND A WHILE FINDING A NEW STORY. BUT I MET SO, SO MANY INTERESTING PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO THAT DAY, AND THAT’S REAL LIFE RIGHT THERE IN THE FIELD. OKAY, THE SECOND PLACE WINNER IN THAT PHOTOJOURNALISM CATEGORY WAS ALSO FROM OUR AREA. IT WAS ABBY CARTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. SHE WALKS AWAY WITH 7500 BUCKS. CONGRATS TO HER. ALSO, BRETT PHELPS FROM WESTERN KENTUCKY WON SECOND PLACE IN THE NATIONAL MULTIMEDIA CHAMPIONSHIP AND MADELINE POWELL, ALSO FROM WESTERN, WAS
Students from Kentucky universities honored in Hearst National Journalism Championships
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Updated: 3:28 PM EDT Jun 14, 2025
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WLKY's parent company, Hearst Corporation, announced the winners of the 65th Hearst National Journalism Championships, and several local students are being honored.One of them is Emilee Arnold, from Western Kentucky University. She won the first-place award in the National Photojournalism Championships, which comes with a $10,000 prize. "This week was really, really, really fun,” said Arnold. “I didn’t have my story for the first couple of moments, the first couple of days, so I had to kind of spend a while finding a new story, but I met so, so many interesting people on the way to that."The second-place winner in that photojournalism category, Abbey Cutrer, from the University of Kentucky, walked away with a $7,500 prize. Brett Phelps, from Western Kentucky University, won second place in the National Multimedia Championship. Madeline Powell, also from WKU, was a finalist in that category.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — WLKY's parent company, Hearst Corporation, announced the winners of the 65th Hearst National Journalism Championships, and several local students are being honored.
One of them is Emilee Arnold, from Western Kentucky University.
She won the first-place award in the National Photojournalism Championships, which comes with a $10,000 prize.
"This week was really, really, really fun,” said Arnold. “I didn’t have my story for the first couple of moments, the first couple of days, so I had to kind of spend a while finding a new story, but I met so, so many interesting people on the way to that."
The second-place winner in that photojournalism category, Abbey Cutrer, from the University of Kentucky, walked away with a $7,500 prize.
Brett Phelps, from Western Kentucky University, won second place in the National Multimedia Championship.
Madeline Powell, also from WKU, was a finalist in that category.
