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As a Producer for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Kent State alumna Crystal Smith, 鈥18, never imagined the career path she is currently on and the opportunities it would lead to. But through networking and stepping out of her comfort zone, she says she鈥檚 discovered new passions and鈥
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Sophie Young, 鈥23, a senior in the School of Media and Journalism, has always admired the New York Times and everything about it (including the Wordle).
鈥淚t鈥檚 a lot of what I consume,鈥 she says. 鈥淚 get three different New York Times emails in my Inbox every day, and I鈥檝e been鈥
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Collaboration and teamwork have been the common threads that have led Kent State Media and Journalism alumna Raytevia Evans, M.A. 鈥12, through teaching English abroad, graduate school, work as an education reporter and now, as a public information officer. She says that every鈥
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In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even 鈥渃orny.鈥
Kent State Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts鈥
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This semester, twelve students in the School of Media and Journalism are engaged in national competition that centers on spreading awareness about news literacy.
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As a digital media production student, Ailene Joven, '21, began creating the short film 鈥淒efine鈥 during the early days of COVID-19. Several years later, that film is set to be screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) on March 28, 2023.
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This summer, Kent State students will be powering the backstage stream of the Regional Emmy Awards, serving as directors, technical directors, audio board operators, video editors, photographer, on-air talent and more. To kick off this collaboration, Adam Sharp, President and鈥
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Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as 5X社区鈥檚 second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools.
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For Kent State digital media production majors like Cyrus Adkins, 鈥23, senior year is marked by the opportunity to create a television or digital film project from start to finish. This is part of the capstone course, Production II, and from it, comes student-produced short鈥
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As television industry leaders prepare for the future, they are looking to get today鈥檚 college students involved in major industry events, like the regional and national Emmy Awards.
On March 14, two leaders from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS)鈥