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For recent journalism graduates, the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped their entry into the news industry. Young MDJ alumni have focused much of their professional careers on the pandemic, mostly with a Northeast Ohio angle — not just on case numbers or other statistics, but also on…
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Public relations professionals are time and time again the backbone of communications and community building within their industries. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Kent State alumni in healthcare fields have been put to the test to deliver important and timely responses to…
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The journalism field is an open arena for experimentation. With the amount of storytelling mediums, there is always an opportunity to try something new and learn about different formats of stories, even when you are years into your journalism career.
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The Associated Collegiate Press “promotes the standards and ethics of good journalism” and recognizes these media practices at its yearly conference. Kent State Student Media made an impact at the 2021 conference, winning three awards…
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Tang Tang, Ph.D., professor in the College of Communication and Information at Kent State University, recently shared her expertise with the New York Times in the article "Beijing Olympic Ratings Were the Worst of Any Winter Games."
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Like many others, I developed some new viewing habits during the pandemic. In an unexpected turn of events, I’ve become a devotee of YouTube aviation channels. Through the magic of user-generated content, the aviation YouTube community has given this non-aviator an opportunity…
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Kent State public relations seniors helped lay the groundwork for future partnerships between the university and the city of Kent. And today, many of their ideas are coming to life.
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As the world’s attention turns to the Olympic Games for the second time in 12 months, Kent State Professor Tang Tang’s research offers insight on how audience patterns of viewing major sporting events have changed over the last 12 years. Tang, Ph.D., joined Kent State University…
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Kent State alumnus Mike Jackson, innovator and marketing communications executive, is joining Kent State’s School of Media and Journalism as a professional-in-residence this spring. He is teaching two classes and will serve as adviser to the student…
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When I walked into Taylor Hall as an 18-year-old freshman in 1983, I had no idea that the foundation for my professional and personal life would take place there.
While earning a bachelor’s degree in Journalism in 1987, I was a section editor at the Daily Kent Stater — in a…