The ''College Heights Herald'' is the student newspaper of
Western Kentucky University
Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a public university in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. It was founded by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1906, though its roots reach back a few decades earlier. It operates regional campuses in Glas ...
in
Bowling Green, Kentucky
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,
United States
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. It is free and distributed throughout the campus and city. The school provides professional staff support and facilities for the newspaper but does not exercise editorial control. Called the ''Herald'' or the ''WKU Herald'' for short, the publication is supported through the sale of advertising and is entirely student-run.
Distribution
During the fall and spring semesters, the ''Herald'' print edition is published as a news magazine three times a semester. With a circulation of about 3,000, it serves a campus of about 16,000 with exclusive enterprise not previously published online. The Herald is distributed to more than 100 locations on campus and in Bowling Green.
WKUHerald.com, the ''Herald''
's digital presence, is updated multiple times daily throughout the year.
Newsletter
The ''Herald''
's primary means of distributing content is its email newsletter, published every weekday during the academic semesters and weekly during the winter and summer breaks. Launched on March 11, 2020, at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the newsletter now goes to more than 33,000 subscribers. It is published through the Constant Contact platform. The growth of the newsletter prompted student leaders to move their print edition from a weekly newspaper to the current news magazine format focused on exclusive enterprise.
Online
The ''Herald''
's website, WKUHerald.com, features content in a digital format, as well as multimedia such as videos, photo galleries, and audio slideshows.
The website serves as a way to release breaking news and allow readers to interact through online comments. WKUHerald is published on the SNO platform. WKUHerald.com uses a flexible format that adapts to the user's device, whether it's a desktop, tablet or mobile phone.
Awards
Over the years, the ''Herald'' has garnered numerous national, regional and state honors. The newspaper has been the recipient of 21
ACP Pacemaker awards, the highest award given to collegiate newspapers, most recently earning two Pacemakers in 2022 (news magazine and online). The Herald also was a finalist for the ACP Multiplatform Pacemaker. The College Heights Herald is a member of the ACP Hall of Fame and is No. 6 on the list of the most successful student media outlets in the century-long history of the ACP Pacemaker Awards.
The Herald also has won multiple Gold Crown Awards and Silver Crown Awards from the
Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA).
Other awards include being named the best non-daily student newspaper in the country by the
Society of Professional Journalists
The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States. It was established on April 17, 1909, at DePauw University,2009 SPJ Annual Report, lette ...
and 12 General Excellence Awards from the
Kentucky Press Association, the most recent in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
References
External links
''College Heights Herald'' website''College Heights Herald'' multimedia websiteWestern Kentucky University2001 Mark of Excellence Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists
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Student newspapers published in Kentucky
1925 establishments in Kentucky
Newspapers established in 1925