In winter 2016, I took the course “London in the Age of Revolution.” The course explored the center of the English empire and the history of revolutionary ideas and culture. I received a scholarship to help with the costs of the course, and part of receiving the scholarship meant I had to turn in a piece of creative work. I created a project using Atavist looking at the roots of investigative journalism in London, how people crafted their identity in London and barriers to abolishing the slave trade.
https://andrewhenderson.atavist.com/london-in-the-age-of-revolutions
During the spring 2017 semester, the College Heights Herald decided to publish a magazine chronicling the 20 year tenure of WKU President Gary Ransdell, who was set to retire that summer. I wrote a story detailing the efforts Ransdell made over his career to center WKU as a “leading American university with international reach.”
International Capacity
As a graduate of the WKU’s Mahurin Honors College, I spent several semesters researching the connection between journalism and human rights. I defended my thesis my last semester, spring 2018, and it passed with honors. My thesis argues journalists have had a role in the advancement of human rights with historical precedence to support this, and evidence to support that their work as journalists comes to support a growing concept of universal human rights.
Andrew Henderson 