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Video of Dr. Rinehart memorial available

The Department of Journalism and Digital Media live-streamed the Dr. Don Rinehart memorial, held in the Jack and Deb Miller Chapel on Thursday, as a service to the university community.

You can watch the video by clicking here.

Tyler Lance's Internship Experience:

This past summed I interned with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, a minor league baseball affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, as a promotions and marketing intern. My role was being in chafe of scoreboard graphics on game days. I learned a lot about how media works behind the scenes in professional sports organizations, in addition to a lot of other things about graphics and the day to day operations of a sports  organization.


I learned how to use different sports graphics in different situations. My role was operating the scoreboard graphics. I was in charge of putting different players' head shots up on the scoreboard depending on who was at bat. I also was in charge of putting different in-game situational graphics up on the scoreboard. An example of that is if there was a pressure packed situation in the game, I would put up a graphic that said "make some noise," to try to encourage the fans to get really excited and cheer the team on. The goal of this was to make the game more interesting for the fans and even give people a good laugh if I timed a short video clip correctly. An example of this happened one time when when the opposing manager came out of the dugout to argue about a call the umpire made. I played a short video clip that said, "there's no crying in baseball."

I would rate this internship experience as a very valuable one. I learned a lot about media promotions, marketing, and graphics applied to the context of a professional sports organization. I am very grateful to the Mahoning Valley Scrappers for the opportunity they gave me to be an intern with their organization this summer.

Tasha Arnold's Internship Experience:

 This summer I interned at the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. I created short promotional videos portraying the Reformatory, these were then put up on their YouTube page. I planned, shot, and edited eight videos. I used my own camera, audio, and editing equipment for all of the videos. I also did a final project for the Reformatory, a short TV segment focusing on the restorations being done on the building. This internship provided a lot of new experiences and taught me a lot of new techniques, and how to interact with people in this profession.


I learned quite a lot during this internship. I had to learn how to communicate to people who do not fully understand what it is that I do. At this internship I believe that the knowledge i gained will help me a lot after I graduate. I now have knowledge of more editing techniques and software that will make me more flexible in the workplace.

JDM launches new public affairs talk show

The Department of Journalism and Digital Media launched a new public affairs show on AUTV-20 focused on happenings at Ashland University.

The first episode of Eagle's Eyes started airing on AUTV-20 on Thursday and featured AU President Carlos Campo.

More episodes will be produced throughout the semester.

Colleen Rimmel's Internship Experience:

My name is Colleen Rimmel and I will be entering my senior year at Ashland University. I am a Digital Media Production major with a minor in Journalism. This summer, I’ve had the pleasure of interning with Rubber City Radio in Akron, Ohio as a promotions intern. I have been actively involved with 94.9 WQMX and 97.5 WONE. Some of my duties and responsibilities within this internship include helping to set up and tear down at events, encourage listeners who come to our events enter to win prizes we give away, and I also work with the DJ’s from the station at these events. I’ve gotten the opportunity to work with every DJ from both stations at least once (if not more). One new thing I learned while interning with Rubber City Radio is how much more there is to being a radio DJ than just being on the air or having your own show. One of the DJ’s for WONE, T K O’Grady was someone I frequently worked with. He had his radio show every day and had to go work events right after it. Most times, he had events to go to after his show about 3-5 times a week, so he was constantly busy. A lot more goes into working with radio than people typically think. A course that I’ve previously taken that has really helped me succeed in this position was Basic Audio Production. I had the opportunity to work in the station a few times and was able to see radio shows happening live. A lot of the things they were doing were things I learned from taking this course and it was exciting to watch what they were doing and say to myself “hey I know how to do that”! My experience with Rubber City Radio and the people I had the pleasure of working with, was a really great one and because of this, I am even more excited about my future!