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    Videos



  • Audible | Rhyne Piggott

    Joey Miller is studying the euphonium and hopes his newfound musical gifts will earn him a college scholarship.

  • Freedom to Forgive | Bethany Mollenkof

    On Dec. 1, 1997, high school freshman Michael Carneal opened fire in the Heath High School lobby in ...

  • Jekyll/Hyde | Jose Osorio

    Jacob Hein, 25, never dreamed of standing in the bight lights of a stage on Broadway.

  • Moist | Serena Wells

    Despite liquor critics’ fears, the town has not taken a turn for the worst since legalizing alcohol sales.

  • Revelations | Ryan Rivet

    After nearly 40 years as minister at the Glendale Road Church of Christ, John Dale is ready to ...

  • Tethered to Tradition | Eileen Blass

    Each season, Brad and Karly Lowe sow new seeds the old way.

  • The Cards You're Dealt | Colin Kelly

    Mary Ruth Saywell

  • The Insights of Angels | Liz O. Baylen

    Abby Reinhardt sees her adopted Liberian sister Joyce and brother Freeman as gifts from God.



  • Slide shows



  • Cash crop | Quenest Harrington

    Migrant workers on Billy Dale Smith’s farm harvest and fire-cure tobacco for salaries that they send home to ...

  • Deeper than the grain | Katie Simpson

    After years apart, Jeff and Claude Miller share a workshop where they make cutting boards of laminated wood.

  • Deeply rooted | Tanner Curtis

    Michael Bobo trains his Clydesdales for wagon racing before he drives to practice oral surgery in Murray and ...

  • Early risers | Delayna Earley

    Sisters Teresa Bast and Patty Dedmon, owners of Sammons' Bakery, spend their mornings making own baked goods.

  • Eclectic chair | Andree Kehn

    Linda Hayden, owner of the Southside Barber Shop, oversees maintenance of Murray’s myriad heads of state.

  • Everybody’s angel | Britney McIntosh

    A monarch butterfly on her son’s coffin motivated Donna Herndon to open the Angel’s Attic thrift store to ...

  • Far from home | John Adkisson

    Ricky Hernandez supports his family in Mexico by leading a crew of migrant workers on a tobacco farm.

  • Fitness fanatic | Travis Garner

    Gary Collin, manufacturing quality analyst for Briggs & Stratton, uses much of his free time to keep fit ...

  • High roller | Joshua Lee Kelsey

    Joe Nanny dabbles in art and runs circles around the competition with his self-proclaimed “world’s largest” roller rink.

  • Hoopster force | Earl Christie

    Science teacher Scott Sivills’ mentoring goes from the classroom to the gym where he coaches the girls’ basketball ...

  • Iron will | Tyler Jones

    Steely determination keeps master blacksmith Gene Knight moving forward after a serious heart attack.

  • Let them eat cake | Todd Powell

    Marla Thomason, owner of The Cake Lady, and her family offer customers creations with royal treatment.

  • Life goes on | Breanna Gaddie

    Al Hough, a retired professor, fights blindness and tries to stay busy to fill the void left by ...

  • Living on the job | Sarah Simonis

    Below their second-floor bedroom, Gloria and Stu Shull serve friends and patrons at Gloria’s World Village.

  • Man about town | Allie Garza

    With support from family and the community, Calloway County Clerk Ray Coursey Jr. doesn’t let disability slow him ...

  • Milk made | Jessica Ebelhar

    Calloway County’s last dairy farm is a source of family pride for Jim and Judy Stahler, who have ...

  • Mother to all | Rebecca Barnett

    With a school, a church and a large family of her own, Teresa Speed, the principal of Murray ...

  • Mr. Ed meets Dr. Adams | Brooke Grace

    Outside of the medical center, Dr. Michael Adams operates a family farm full of horses, cows, dogs and ...

  • Pets and their people | Shane Noem

    Westside Veterinary Services, Murray’s largest animal clinic, has served pets and the people who love them for more ...

  • Raining supreme | Christopher Southard

    A deluge fails to dampen the spirits at Murray High School, where the undefeated Tigers beat Crittenden County ...

  • Reeling in the dough | Cassie Brooks

    Murray State University bass angler Kalem Tippet casts his line, hoping to help his team catch a $50,000 ...

  • Rodeo drive | Neil Blake

    Ian Mathes, a member of Murray State University’s rodeo team, blazes a trail toward the life of a ...

  • Twins with a difference | Sara Naomi Lewkowicz

    William Winchester, 14, is taking a different path through life than his twin brother Joseph. William has Down’s ...



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  • Picture edit | Leslye Davis

  • Picture edit | Jan Diehm

  • Picture edit | Kelly Lafferty

  • Picture edit | Samantha Rainey

About

The Mountain Workshops are three concurrent programs, the Photojournalism Workshop, Picture Editing Workshop and the Multimedia Workshop. The workshops offers a hands-on learning experience in documentary-style photojournalism.

Questions?

Jim Bye | Coordinator

The Mountain Workshops Western Kentucky University

jim.bye[at]wku.edu

270-991-1999

past years

  • « Mayfield, KY 2008
  • « Danville, KY 2007
  • « Madisonville, KY 2006
  • « Lawrenceburg, KY 2005
  • « Lebanon, KY 2004
  • « Bardstown, KY 2003
  • « Cave City, KY 2002