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Open Studio: Pulitzer winning feature photographer Jahi Chikwendiu framing future Kentucky projects

By Tom Musgrave
Published July 24, 2026 at 10:05 AM EDT
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton on Wednesday May 6 issued a proclamation honoring Jahi Chikwendiu, a Lexington native who was named winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for a powerful series of images he made for The Washington Post last year. Also pictured is Third District Urban County Councilman Tom Eblen.
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Lexington Mayor Linda Gorton on Wednesday May 6 issued a proclamation honoring Jahi Chikwendiu, a Lexington native who was named winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for a powerful series of images he made for The Washington Post last year. Also pictured is Third District Urban County Councilman Tom Eblen.

This week on WUKY's Open Studio, Tom welcomes in Lexington native and newly minted Pulitzer prize winning feature photographer Jahi Chikwendiu. He talks about his early days at the Herald Leader and his now 25 year career at the Washington Post. Jahi was named winner of the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for a powerful series of images he made for the Post last year.

Show links:

https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/jahi-chikwendiu-washington-post

https://www.jahichikwendiu.com/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/jahi-chikwendiu/

https://alphauniverse.com/stories/permission-to-be-real-pulitzer-prize-winner-jahi-chikwendiu/

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Tom Musgrave
Tom Musgrave is a senior public relations writer for the University of Kentucky and editor of the daily campuswide electronic newsletter UKNow. Prior to joining the UK staff, Tom spent nine years as the Kentucky Arts Council’s communications director. In 2018 he created the arts council’s monthly podcast, Kentucky ArtsCast, serving as primary host and executive producer. Tom’s first job in state government was working for Virginia Moore at the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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