Gabi Broekema is an independent visual journalist specializing in both photography and videography based in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Broekema’s career has included photojournalism internships with MLive- Kalamazoo Gazette and the Colorado Springs Gazette followed by a year and a half working across four small papers for USA Today-Wisconsin. Her education spanned even further with a study abroad semester at the Danish School of Media and Journalism in Aarhus, Denmark which she attended as she completed her bachelor's degree in photojournalism from Western Kentucky University. Broekema also placed numerous times in the Hearst Journalism Awards for her excellence in editing, photojournalism and documentary videography both individually and with group projects.