Alumni from the Kent State School of Journalism and Mass Communication were part of two 2018 Pulitzer Prize winning stories. Terry DeMio, '86, the heroin beat reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer, was one of two lead writers for 鈥淪even Days of Heroin,鈥 which won the Pulitzer for local news reporting. She has been reporting on the opioid epidemic in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky for several years. The story chronicled an "ordinary" week for people dealing with the heroin crisis, from those facing addiction and their families, to paramedics and police offi...
Over the course of the past year, Kent State students have worked with Kent State Independent Films (KSUIF) to create its newest project, Fly By Night. The film will premiere with a red-carpet event at 7 p.m., on Saturday, April 28 in Cartwright Hall. The event will consist of food, merchandise and a Q&A with the directors. The full-length film, which has a runtime of 87 minutes, is a neo-noir crime drama that follows two detectives who lead very opposite lives. This is KSUIF's fifth feature film; for the past ten years, the student media organization has produced a ...
Gretchen Dworznik, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, will present her research on Friday, April 20, as part of the Spring 2018 College of Communication and Information (CCI) Research Colloquium. Dworznik will present her research titled, 鈥淗urricane Harvey: PTSD in Journalists鈥 at 2:15 p.m. in Rm. 158 Taylor Hall. She will discuss her study of posttraumatic stress (PTSD) and depression in journalists who covered Hurricane Harvey, which hit southeast Texas in September of last year. The hurricane was devastating, not because...
On April 12, future generations of business leaders got a first look at design concepts from several firms competing to develop Kent State University鈥檚 new College of Business Administration building. Hundreds of students, faculty, business leaders and community members gathered Thursday evening in the Kent Student Center Ballroom for the first public presentation of potential design/build options for the transformational project. In an era of shrinking resources, Kent State is pursuing an innovative approach to transforming its campus without issuing debt. Development teams prese...