JDM welcomes its Fall 2022 Future Eagles

One of the finest days of the year is the Saturday in March when the JDM Future Eagles fly into campus and get to meet their peers. Here are our future majors who will be taking claases in Fall 2022 and who will form the next generation of JDM student media leaders. A shout out to Lauren, Klaira, Bella, Madision and Dewey. The best is yet to come.

JDM Student Media honored in 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards

Journalism and Digital Media student media outlets AUTV 20 and 88.9 WRDL received numerous national collegiate media awards at the 2022 Intercollegiate Broadcasting System competition. AUTV 20 won a 1st Place award in the Best Sports Report category for the News Break program. Producers Carrie Smith, Lewis Markham and Ben Voelker were feted for their outstanding work on this production. Television station AUTV 20 received IBS Finalist awards for Best College/University Television Station and Best Television Talk Program. Radio station 88.9 WRDL garnerned three IBS Finalist awards for Best Sports Play-by-Play (Men's Basketball), Best Campus/Community News, and Best Newscast. JDM salutes the stellar work of the media students and 88.9 WRDL General Manager Derek Wood and JDM Director of Broadcasting and Operations John Skrada for these notable honors.

The Collegian wins 1st Place Award in 2022 Ohio News Media Association competition

The Collegian received a 1st Place Award in the 2022 Ohio News Media Association's Ohio Collegiate Newspaper and Best Website Awards. The entry "Students elevate voices in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month" was named the Best Multi-Media Package in Division B. It was produced by May 2021 graduate Avaerie Fitzgerald, who was assisted by both Chante Rutherford and Aliyah Sheppard. Fitzgerald created the video story and an in-depth article that appeared in both The Collegian and AU-Live.

AU Students Reflect on Russian Invasion of Ukraine

JDM 232 Video Aesthetics II students produced this video during class on Thursday February 24th.

More JDM Grads on the move

The graduates from the Journalism and Digital Media program are doing well in the media profession. Three more recent grads are starting careers in Ohio-based companies. Rachel Miller is the Content Creator at DMR Productions in Mansfield, Ohio. December 2021 graduate Evan Laux is now an Associate Editor at Babcox Media in Akron, Ohio. Fellow December 2021 graduate Dean Paolucci has been promoted to Program Director at WQKT radio in Wooster, Ohio.

2 10 22 The Collegian Update

Check out Managing Editor Gracie Wilson describing the articles featured in the redesigned February 11th issue of The Collegian.

JDM Grads on the move

Sometimes in the day-to-day workings of operating a very good academic and professionally-oriented Journalism and Digital Media department we might lose sight of the ever-changing growth of our graduates. Recently, four JDM grads moved to new positions within the media industry. Kate Siefert is now a multimedia journalist with WSYX Channel 6 in Columbus, Ohio. Rachel Ramsey has moved to be a news producer with WCMH Channel 4 in Columbus, Ohio. Ryan Sampson is in his native New York City as a digital producer for The New York Post. May 2022 graduate Mackenzie Cook is the new 11 pm producer for WRGT 24/7 Now News in Dayton, Ohio. Congratulations to all of these hard-working and talented professionals.