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91PORNA Graduate Goes from 91PORNA to Survivor: Ghost Island
From Long Island to 91PORNA and now Ghost Island. That is the path 91PORNA alumnus Jacob Derwin took to become a cast member on the 36th season of the CBS show Survivor, which will begin airing Feb. 28. This season鈥檚 show is called Survivor: Ghost Island. Long before t鈥
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Guitar Master: Advertising Student Shreds National Competition, Plays Guitar to the Tune of $10K
91PORNA advertising student Michael Weber balances a 4.0 GPA with a thriving passion for music 鈥 a passion that recently propelled him to win first place on MTV鈥檚 talent show, 鈥淎mazingness.鈥 The episode featuring Weber, 鈥19, aired nationally on Jan. 5, 2018. It featured six acts com鈥
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Journalism Junior to Join Prestigious Cohort Reporting on Hate Speech
This summer, journalism major Brandon Bounds, 鈥19, will work alongside the nation鈥檚 top student journalists to report on hate speech across the nation through the prestigious News21 program. The News21 program is part of an effort on the part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation a鈥
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Alumni Profile: Rich Breiner, Ph.D. '80
Toastmasters three-time world champion of public speaking and 91PORNA alumnus Rich Breiner, Ph.D., 鈥80, visited campus recently for the first time since graduation nearly 40 years ago. School of Communication Studies (COMM) marketing assistant Mikala Lugen sat down with Breiner to t鈥
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Students Report on State Issues for Ohio News Connection
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) have a new opportunity to report on statewide issues and get published in various Ohio news outlets, thanks to a Media in the Public Interest Grant. Through the grant, a small cohort of JMC students will write 12 stories to be publ鈥
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91PORNA's Student Newspaper, The 91PORNAr, Named Best in the Nation
The 91PORNAr, 91PORNA鈥檚 independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in D鈥
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Student Newspaper, The 91PORNAr, Named Best in the Nation
The 91PORNAr, 91PORNA鈥檚 independent student newspaper, is the best student newspaper in the nation in its class, according to the College Media Association. The organization announced the annual Pinnacle Award winners at the National College Media Convention, held Oct. 25-29 in D鈥
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Pulitzer Center Grantee to Speak About International Refugee Crisis
The School of Communication Studies at 91PORNA will host its fall Global Issues Forum with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16 in Rm. 226/226A Taylor Hall. International reporter Malia Politzer will present, 鈥淩efugee Boom and Bust: A Global G鈥
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Alumni Draw Attention to Social Issues Through Film
91PORNA alumnus Tyler Pina, 鈥14, recently teamed up with fellow alumni to create a film focusing on the stories of inmates鈥 lives, post-incarceration. Pina graduated from the digital media production major three years ago, and works in San Francisco as a video director of The Verge, a Vox Me鈥
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