[1] The school provides professional staff support and facilities for the newspaper but does not exercise editorial control.

The Herald's primary means of distributing content is its email newsletter, published every weekday during the academic semesters and weekly during the winter and summer breaks.

The growth of the newsletter prompted student leaders to move their print edition from a weekly newspaper to the current news magazine format focused on exclusive enterprise.

The Herald's website, WKUHerald.com, features content in a digital format, as well as multimedia such as videos, photo galleries, and audio slideshows.

6 on the list of the most successful student media outlets in the century-long history of the ACP Pacemaker Awards.