Community healthcare providers in Northeast Ohio are encountering an increase in patients seeking maternal mental health services. Defined as before, during and immediately after pregnancy continuing as long as that specific support is needed, maternal mental healthcare is an area many psychiatrists and behavioral health clinicians received little formal education, resulting in a lack of knowledge, skill and ability to care for this population. “This is a vital time for a family’s life, particularly for a mother. Perinatal depression is described as the most common, unrecognized complicatio...

A year ago, national media outlets descended on East Palestine, Ohio, after a freight train carrying hazardous materials derailed in the rural Columbiana County village on Feb. 3, 2023. The consequences are still unfolding, but as national media have moved onto covering other stories, a news gap has emerged. Four Kent State journalism seniors have been filling that gap, with support from Grist and the Center for Rural Strategies. “There are a lot of people that live in rural areas, and they deserve the same amount and quality of coverage as anybody else,” said Media and Journalism Professor...

When students graduate from the digital media production major, they’re often expected to use industry-standard equipment immediately as they step into their first jobs. Thanks to the Student Resource Lab (SRL) in Franklin Hall, where students can check out more than 3,000 pieces of equipment, they’ll have had plenty of practice in the classroom before graduating.  In Spring 2023, students checked out more than 1,500 pieces of equipment over the course of a semester. Professors hand-select the equipment for projects in their Media and Journalism (MDJ) classes, using their real-world kn...