JDM Student Media Awards 2024

At the Spring 2024 Journalism and Digital Media department banquet, numerous students were given awards for their work on the JDM co-curricular media organizations (AUTV, The Collegian, WRDL). Here are the honorees: AUTV Faculty Advisor Award Ethan Jenkins Senior Award Will Currier Contributor Award Joe Monteith Newcomer Award Miles Irvin.......The Collegian Faculty Advisor Award Katelyn Meeks Senior Award Taelyn King Contributor Award Brynn Meisse and Brittany Wachtel Newcomer Award Dashia Johnson.......WRDL Faculty Advisor Award Cade Cracas Senior Award Kyle Doershuk Contributor Award Brynn Meisse Newcomer Award Payton Whaley......

AU Organ Musician Package

This video tells the story of Robert, who is the new organ musician with Ashland University. It was produced by senior Digital Media Production major Ellie Lohr, junior Digital Media Journalism major Katelyn Meeks and sophomore Digital Media Production major Joe Monteith for AUTV.

Holocaust Package AUTV

This video package was produced by DMP senior Will Currier, DMJ sophomore Lauren Gulden and DMP sophomore Rodney Adkins as a JDM 213 assignment for AUTV.

AUTV Goldberry Roasting package

This video package was produced by DMJ junior Brynn Meisse and DMP senior Kylie Van Dine for AUTV.

DMJ Senior Zoe Bogarty accepted into Tiffin University's Master's Program in Creative Writing

Senior Digital Media Journalism major Zoe Bogarty will graduate from Ashland University in early May 2024. However, her academic career will not end at that time. She was accepted into the Tiffin University's Masters of Humanities in Creative Writing program, beginning in Fall 2024. Zoe is an aspiring novelist, who will refine her craft at Tiffin University. Congratulations to Zoe!!!

AUTV wins Ashland University Student Organization of the Year award

AUTV was recognized at a Sunday April 21st event as the Ashland University Student Organization of the Year. The JDM department thanks all of the dedicated students (General Manager Ethan Jenkins, AUTV Board members, producers, talent and crew), staff (John Skrada Director of Broadcasting and Operations) and faculty (Dr. Dave McCoy AUTV faculty advisor) for their hard work and quality content creation.

WRDL will broadcast Vinylthon 2024 on Saturday April 20th and Sunday April 21st

For the seventh year, WRDL radio will live broadcast Vinylthon. Vinython 2024 will feature forty-eight hours of songs from vinyl records. Current JDM faculty, students, Ashland University faculty, JDM alumni and Radio-Television alumni will host various shows throughout the weekend. It all begins at 12 pm (Midnight) on Saturday April 20th. WRDL is broadcast on 88.9 FM in Northern Ohio and on wrdlfm.com on the web.