school of media and journalism

For all the bells and whistles modern vehicles offer today, such as high-tech infotainment systems, Bluetooth connectivity and streaming services, there is one critical safety feature that today’s Teslas just can’t offer: AM radio. While AM radio may be seen as a seldom-used dinosaur in today’s world of multimedia enterta...

Four Kent State students and alumni were recognized among the best in collegiate journalism for the 2022-23 academic year, placing in the Hearst Journalism Awards competition. The Hearst awards are known as the “Pulitzer Prize of Collegiate Journalism,” and recognize outstanding student work in categories spanning writing, multimedia, a...

In the summer of 2021, as the Taliban took over Afghanistan, many Afghans fled the country. Some landed in Akron, which has one of the largest refugee resettlement programs in Ohio. A network of volunteers and government, nonprofit and educational organizations were waiting. They help new arrivals fleeing war or persecution find not just a...

Thursday was “KSU at CIFF night” and a group of Kent State faculty and students attended a screening of “Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities” at Cleveland’s historic Allen Theatre on Playhouse Square. Among those attending were Kent State President Todd Diacon and Dana White, associate professor in the Kent State’s School of Media ...

One of the more critical issues facing media professionals today, according to award-winning newsroom executive and reporter Mizell Stewart III, is the market failure of independent, non-partisan, fact-based journalism. Stewart will discuss that topic and more at Kent State University as the keynote speaker for the David and Janet ...

CHRIS BALDWIN | PUBLIC RELATIONS | CLASS OF 1994

DENISE KAUFMANN | CLASS OF 1986

BEN BRUGLER | PUBLIC RELATIONS | CLASS OF 2000

Public relations major Kristyn Hibbett, ‘23, recently earned a scholarship to attend a national summit on diversity, equity and inclusion in public relations in Chicago.   The 2022 Plank Center Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Summit and Milestones in Mentoring Gala took place on Nov. 3, 2022, and Hibbett was one of 18 scho...

Kent State’s Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA Kent) Chapter won three national awards, including the prestigious Dr. F.H. Teahan Award for University Service. The national award was announced during the Awards Ceremony Brunch at the International Public Relations Student Society Conference in Dallas on Nov. 14, 2022. K...