Members of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame with ties to WKU:
- Julian Goodman – 1981
- David B. Whitaker – 1986
- James D. Ausenbaugh – 1990
- Larry Craig – 1994
- Jo-Ann Huff Albers – 2002
- Bob Adams – 2005
- Al Tompkins – 2008
- Neil Budde – 2010
- Al Cross – 2010
- Bill Luster – 2012
- Dan Modlin – 2013
- Mark Hebert – 2014
- Wes Strader – 2014
- Tom Eblen – 2016
- Chuck Stinnett – 2016
- Donna Stinnett – 2016
- Carban Goble – 2019
- Tom Caudill- 2019
- Ronnie Ellis – 2020
- Michael Collins – 2021
- Monica Dias – 2021
- J. Scott Applewhite – 2022
- Jerry Brewer – 2022