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Political refugee and independent journalist describes life in Cuba to crowd at Ashland University

You are at an ATM when a car pulls up and two people inside order you to get in it.    

When you ask for identification, they say they are police officers, and you have to follow their orders.   

Everything goes black because they put a hood over your head as soon as you get in…

AU digital media student loving second summer internship with Certified Angus Beef

Ashland University student Claudia Adcock is doing something this summer that rarely happens at Certified Angus Beef (CAB).

“We had the opportunity to bring her back as a second-year intern, which is something we almost never do,” said Mark Merryweather, senior visual producer at CAB. “It is because we loved Claudia so much last summer, I begged to have her back, and fortunately we were…

AU student getting jump on her career in sports broadcasting with Cleveland camera crews

Ashland University student Olivia Pliske shouldn’t be on track to graduate early.   

She started college during the COVID pandemic, changed her major three times and sometimes skipped classes to go to Cavs and Guardians games.   

Taking College Credit Plus courses in high school…

'Great support system' from JDM program key to recent AU grad thriving in new job

Katie Foster admits she decided to attend Ashland University because it was close to home.  

“I chose AU out of convenience, but I have no doubts that is exactly where I was meant to be,” said Foster, who was living in Ashland when she graduated from Shelby High School. “The college not only gave me a great education and experiences through the journalism…

AU grad Mackenzie Pflum working her way to sideline reporter goal with sports radio job

Recent Ashland University graduate Mackenzie Pflum has wanted to be a sideline reporter since she was 12 years old.  

At that age, she had attended a Cleveland Guardians (Indians back then) baseball game with her family and, due to a long rain delay, they were able to make their way down to the front row by the time the game resumed because so many fans…

AU’s student-run radio station celebrating “Vinylthon” April 22-23

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s award-winning, student-run radio station, 88.9 FM WRDL, will be participating in the annual “Vinylthon” celebration this Friday and Saturday, April 22-23.

“This year, WRDL will be celebrating its sixth anniversary of ‘Vinylthon’ and will be playing 48 hours of only vinyl records,” explained Derek Wood, faculty advisor and general manager of WRDL. “In years past, WRDL has played 24 consecutive hours of vinyl…

AU’s student-run radio station holding “Vinylthon” April 22-23

ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s award-winning, student-run radio station, 88.9 FM WRDL, will be participating in the annual “Vinylthon” celebration this Friday and Saturday, April 22-23.

“This year, WRDL will be celebrating its fifth anniversary of ‘Vinylthon’ and will be playing 29 hours of only vinyl records,” explained Derek Wood, faculty advisor and general manager of WRDL. “In years past, WRDL has played 24 consecutive hours of vinyl…

Ashland University Professor Publishes National Article; Interviewed on Public Radio Show

4/16/15 ASHLAND, Ohio – Matt Tullis, associate professor of journalism at Ashland University and adviser to the AU student newspaper, The Collegian, published “The Ghosts I Run With,” a piece of memoir on running and childhood cancer on the national sports website SB Nation Longform on April 15.

The article focuses on the children and other cancer patients that Tullis knew when he was battling childhood leukemia as a teenager, most of whom did not…

New York Times Best-Selling Author to Give Ashland University Reading

10/23/14 ASHLAND, Ohio – Ashland University’s Department of Journalism and Digital Media and The Collegian, AU’s student newspaper, will host a reading with New York Times best-selling author Ben Montgomery on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The reading, which starts at 7:30 p.m., will be held in the Ronk Lecture Hall in the Schar College of Education. The reading is free and open to the…

Two Ashland University Digital Media Students Land Impressive Jobs

4/28/14 ASHLAND, Ohio – Two digital media journalism students at Ashland University will graduate during commencement exercises on May 10 and both will walk across the stage to get their degrees with very impressive jobs in hand.

Elizabeth Bucheit of North Canton accepted a position of production assistant with ESPN Sports in Bristol, Conn., while Rebecca Ribley of Medina has been hired as a TV reporter at WAOW-TV, the ABC affiliate in…