visual journalist wmkolb.com 502.553.5145 wmkolb@gmail.com
experience education Western Kentucky University Pursuing Bachelor of Arts Photojournalism Major, English Minor Expected Graduation, Spring 2017 The Mountain Workshops 2013, Lab Assistant/Multimedia Manager 2014 & 2015, Workshops Assistant 2015, Photojournalism Workshop Participant NPPA Northern Short Course 2014, Student Volunteer 2012 Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts New Media Discipline
skills Adobe Creative Cloud applications Camera Bits Photo Mechanic Studio & small systems lighting Remote camera rigging & operation Analog development & printing Analog scanning & archiving
references Michael Clevenger, Staff Photographer The Courier-Journal c. 502.523.8090 mclevenger@courier-journal.com
Jim Bye, Logistics Coordinator The Mountain Workshops c. 280.991.1999 jim.bye@wku.edu Sidney Blanford, Academic Advisor WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters c. 502.415.3911 sidneyblanford@gmail.com
WKU Potter College of Arts & Letters Student Ambassador, Dean’s Council of Students May 2014 - Present Contributing Photographer, Cultural Enhancement Series Oct. 2014 - Present WKU School of Journalism & Broadcasting Assistant to Mountain Workshops Logistics Coordinator Aug. 2014 - Present Radiology Partners, Inc. Contract Photographer Sep. 2014 - Present The Courier-Journal Freelance Photographer May 2015 - Present Kentucky Arts Council Guest Speaker, Community Scholars Program July 2015 WKU Student Publications Staff Photographer, College Heights Herald Aug. 2014 - Dec. 2015 Staff Photographer/Writer, Talisman yearbook Aug. 2013 - May 2015 Lakeside Swim Club Lifeguard, Instructor, Photographer May 2011 - September 2015
awards & honors “Potter College at Fifty” Contest & Gallery Show First Place & additional images featured in gallery 2013-2014 Hearst Journalism Awards Program First Place, Multimedia Team Reporting University of Louisville Photographic Archives 2013 Stern J. Bramson Photography Award Kentucky Newspaper Photographers Association 2013 Third Place, Portrait/Personality 2013 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 6 Gold Key, 7 Silver Key and Louisville Visual Art Association Emerging Artist awards, John B. Botto Scholarship