Emilee Arnold is a visual journalist attending Western Kentucky University in the Mahurin Honors College in her home city of Bowling Green, Ky. She is set to graduate with a B.A. in photojournalism in May 2025.

She has previously held internships with The Chautauquan Daily in western New York and the Appalachian News-Express covering a five-county range in eastern Kentucky. Emilee is also a current staff photographer for the Talisman, WKU's student-run life and culture publication. She was previously a staff photographer and photo editor for the College Heights Herald.

She is a 2024 Hearst Awards first-place winner, 2023 CPOY finalist and winner of three Kentucky Press Association awards.