March 18, 2026

JAM faculty member wins Silver Award in AEJMC Faculty Photography contest

By School of Journalism and Media

Lovell Larkin, from Lexington, yells to cars passing by during the “No Kings” protest held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. “I love this country,” she said. “Last time I demonstrated was during the Vietnam War.” The demonstrations are taking place in hundreds of cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s policies. Photo by David Stephenson

Lovell Larkin, from Lexington, yells to cars passing by during the “No Kings” protest held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Lexington, Ky. “I love this country,” she said. “Last time I demonstrated was during the Vietnam War.” The demonstrations are taking place in hundreds of cities across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump’s policies. Photo by David Stephenson

David Stephenson, associate professor in the School of Journalism and Media, won the Silver Award for Faculty Photography for a Single Photo in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication's (AEJMC) Festival of Visual & Interactive Media.

Stephenson's photo, titled "No Kings Protest," placed in the top three faculty awards in the contest, created by the Visual Communication Division, in partnership with several other AEJMC divisions. The photo is from coverage of the No Kings protest in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2025, which Stephenson covered for the non-profit news outlet Kentucky Lantern.

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