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Society of Professional Journalists Tuesday, April 13th, 2021 Several WKU students were honored as winners and finalists in this year’s SPJ Region 5 Mark of Excellence awards. Honorees were announced at the Society of Professional Journalists’ virtual regional conference on April 10. SPJ Region 5 includes Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Winners in each category advance to the national SPJ competition. Newspaper General News Reporting (large, 10,000+ students) Online

Douglas “Elliott” Wells, of Owensboro, died Friday morning, Dec. 18, in his home. He was 22.  Wells was a senior at WKU, studying broadcasting and public relations with a minor in journalism writing. He was very involved on campus, and he was a member of the Kentucky Delta chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon.  He was active in WKU’s on-campus sports broadcast, the Extra Point. Wells worked for the Herald for several semesters as a sportswriter, covering the soccer and basketball beats. Wells began an internship with WKU Athletics in the fall of 2020 as a media relations assistan...