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WKU senior Emilee Arnold won the Hearst Journalism Awards Program’s 2025 National Photojournalism Championship earlier this month in San Francisco, California.
Arnold, a senior Visual Journalism & Photography major from Alvaton, received a $10,000 award for her first-place finish. Arnold is WKU’s 18th Hearst individual national champion since 1985.
WKU senior Brett Phelps, a Visual Journalism & Photography and Strategic Marketing major from Bardstown, finished second in the National Multimedia Championship and received a $7,500 award, while Madeline Powell, a senior Visual Journalism & Photography major from Louisville, was a finalist and received a $1,500 award.
Often called “The Pulitzers of college journalism,” the Hearst program includes five writing, two photo, one audio, two television and four multimedia competitions offering up to $700,000 in scholarships, matching grants and stipends. Currently, 105 member universities of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication with accredited undergraduate journalism programs are eligible to participate in the Hearst competitions.
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