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As a Producer for the Cleveland Cavaliers, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ alumna Crystal Smith, ’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’s discovered new passions and interests.  

Sophie Young, ’23, a senior in the School of Media and Journalism, has always admired the New York Times and everything about it (including the Wordle).

“It’s a lot of what I consume,” she says. “I get three different New York Times emails in my Inbox every day, and I’ve been reading them for a long time.”

Collaboration and teamwork have been the common threads that have led �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Media and Journalism alumna Raytevia Evans, M.A. ‘12, through teaching English abroad, graduate school, work as an education reporter and now, as a public information officer. She says that every time she’s produced work she’s proud of, it has been the result of a group project. 

In America, conversations about grief and loss are often avoided, and in art, tend to be sugarcoated, or even “corny.”

�鶹��Ƶ������ȫ Assistant Professor and independent filmmaker Dana White is changing that narrative through her work, and was recently recognized by the Ohio Arts Council.

This semester, twelve students in the School of Media and Journalism are engaged in national competition that centers on spreading awareness about news literacy.

As a digital media production student, Ailene Joven, '21, began creating the short film “Define” 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.

This summer, �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ 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 CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), and Terry O'Reilly, Chairman, spoke to �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ students on March 14.

Peter Bobkowski will join the School of Media and Journalism this fall as �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ University’s second Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism, dedicated to leading national efforts to revitalize journalism in the nation's high schools.

For �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ digital media production majors like Cyrus Adkins, ’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 films, documentaries, music videos and podcasts that outside organizations and film festivals — regional and national — often recognize as outstanding.

As television industry leaders prepare for the future, they are looking to get today’s 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) will be speaking with �鶹��Ƶ������ȫ students to discuss the future of the television industry and how they can be involved.