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WGSP Journalism Field Trip

  • Journalists
  • Jul 23, 2019
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jul 24, 2019

By: Emma Eskridge


Journalism scholars broke out of the Bellarmine bubble and ventured out into the world of news last week. They traveled to Louisville news stations WLKY and WDRB to get a behind the scenes look at the news industry. 


At WLKY, the day began with a tour of the facilities and news rooms, given by President and General Manager Glenn Haygood. Journalism scholars were able to tour the control room, where the fast-paced nature of news became very obvious. That morning, a semi carrying pigs toppled over on a Louisville highway and WLKY was eager to cover it on their noon news, but they did not receive the needed/adequate footage. Scholars got to witness the frenzy this caused in the control room, but then minutes later they transitioned to the newsroom where all appeared to be well. From this trip, scholars were able to see the inside of a news station and all the grit, hard work, and adaptability that working at a news station necessitates. 


On Friday scholars went to the WDRB station, along with the film studies focus area. There, they learned about the difficult sacrifices news anchors face and the need to love your work. Anchor Candyce Clifft told scholars: “It’s just important to love your work.” Glenn Haygood also mirrored this statement by saying it’s important to read the news and be well-versed in it to be a great news anchor. 


From both of these trips, journalism scholars learned how news today is becoming increasingly more digital, and they were able to see the stations’ ways of addressing this first hand. The news industry is one based on adaptability and versatility, and having the opportunity to see this in action greatly influenced the scholars’ decisions on whether or not they would be interested in journalism as a career. But, the most rewarding part of this field trip was getting to see Jacob (AKA Weatherman Woods’) excitement as he sat behind the meteorologist desk. 



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Jennifer Price grew up in Hopkins County, Kentucky and attended South Hopkins High School. She was a Governor’s Scholar at Murray State University in 1992, and was assigned the Social and Political Theory focus area. After high school, she attended Transylvania University and pursued a degree in Psychology. She finished her bachelor’s degree and then decided to complete graduate school at the University of Arkansas, where she received a doctoral degree in clinical psychology. She has been a member of the GSP faculty and staff for many years, ranging from 1994 to present. She has done every job available except be a focus area instructor. Jen was recently encouraged by her friends to begin running and even completed a half marathon last may. Jen is a wife to Pete, and a mother to two children, Jacob (15) and Eli (12).

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Josh Woodward was a 1992 scholar at Murray State University. After completing undergraduate school at the University of Kentucky, Josh obtained a Masters in Water Resources from Minnesota and a Masters in Teaching from Cornell University. Outside of the program, Josh teaches a variety of science classes at Berea Community High School. When asked about his favorite part of the program, Josh responded with, “My favorite part is the notion that the five weeks is not really the program. It is everything after.” Nearly thirty years later, Josh and his fellow scholars are still close friends. 

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Helen Heines grew up in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, which is in Bullitt County. She attended North Bullitt High School where she applied and was accepted to attend GSP at Murray State University in 2010. Upon graduation in 2011, she continued her education at Western Kentucky University with a degree in elementary education. Currently, Helen is a 5th grade social studies teacher in Louisville, and spends her summers deeply involved in the GSP community. She began working as a Resident Advisor (RA) at Bellarmine University in 2015. She began moving up the ranks to become head RA and then later she obtained the title of Assistant Campus Director, a title that she still holds. 

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