After scoring in the third period, Owatonna senior Justin Brown celebrates the goal during a game against Rochester Mayo Dec. 20 at the Four Seasons Centre in Owatonna, Minn. Despite Brown's goal late in the game, the Huskies lost 3-2.

Back in Minnesota over winter break, I’m shooting high school sports for my dad while I’m home. Last week, I shot hockey and swimming. Hockey is something that I always miss shooting while I’m in Kentucky, so it’s fun to be back in the “State of Hockey” for a few weeks. Continue reading »

Our most recent assignment in Web Narratives was to partner with a non-profit organization to create an advocacy video. I worked with HOTEL INC., a local organization that provides both financial support and a food pantry for people in need. When I first walked in, I was struck by how many people were waiting in (read more)

I’ve been lucky enough to take on some fun projects at work this semester in addition to the day-to-day tasks and photos of my job. I’ve been working as a recruitment publicist and multimedia specialist for the Honors College since April of my freshman year. More than a year and a half later, I’m wrapping (read more)

This is a video a video story I produced for my Web Narratives class last week about the issue of race in Bowling Green’s mayoral election.

Race for Mayor from Western Kentucky Photojournalism on Vimeo.
In January, Joe Denning was appointed mayor of Bowling Green, becoming the first African-American mayor in the city’s history. He campaigned for (read more)

This is a video that I produced for an assignment to show a journey earlier in the semester. My photojournalism class this semester is Web Narratives, which is all about shooting short-form documentary videos.

Fin Tale from Sam Oldenburg on Vimeo.

Unfortunately the fish in this video, Worm, died last week. He was a tropical fish, and (read more)

I have been participating in the Mountain Workshops in Somerset, Ky., all week, and yesterday I was asked to take some aerial photographs of Pulaski County for the workshop. I can’t think of a  better scenario for a first helicopter ride than flying door-less with WKU grad Rick Loomis, a Pulitzer Prize winning photojournalist at (read more)

This last week I had the privilege of participating in Sports Shooter Academy thanks in large part to a scholarship from Nikon to cover tuition. I had dreamt of attending the workshop in California ever since I first found out about Sports Shooter years ago.
The academy involves four days of learning, some in classroom sessions (read more)

One of the things I learned from my colleagues this summer was the importance of transitions in videos, and I took that lesson with me as I covered H4, the Honors Freshman Orientation Retreat, before school began.
H4 was held at Deer Run Retreat Center in Thompson’s Station, Tenn., this year, which was an absolutely beautiful (read more)

To finish off the blog posts from Interlochen, here is an assortment of photographs from my last few weeks working at the camp. Thank you for following along with what I’ve posted from my internship this summer!
The last weekend of camp, I had the privilege of escorting David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer prize winner and (read more)