Several JDM students are finalists for IBS awards
ASHLAND, Ohio -- Several Ashland University Journalism and Digital Media students received finalist awards in the national Intercollegiate Broadcasting System awards competition for their work with university radio station WRDL.
The finalists include:
● Best Public Affairs Program (Top 5) - WRDL July 4th Broadcast - WRDL Staff
● Best Documentary (Top 6) - Invasion of Lake Erie - Aaron Lazar
● Best Newscast (Top 7) - News in 90 Seconds - Dean Paolucci & Glenn Rausch
● Best Use of Social Media (Top 8) - Adie Goodyear and Carrie Smith
● Best Use of Video in a Radio Studio (Top 6) - The New 88.9 WRDL - WRDL Staff
"Over the past half decade, WRDL has risen to national prominence with the awards the station has won through the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System," said WRDL General Manager Derek Wood. "Our students work extraordinarily hard each and every day, creating award-winning content through faculty guidance and input, and I couldn't be more proud."
AU is one of only two Ohio colleges and universities with students among the finalists.
The finalist trophies and the first-place awards will be presented during the 81st Annual IBS International Media Conference March 2-6, held virtually due to COVID-19.
The IBS is an organization with a membership of more than 1,000 non-profit, education-affiliated radio stations and webcasters. It was founded in 1940 and is headquartered in New Windsor, New York.
AU’s JDM program of radio, television and print journalism was created when the department converged its curriculum in 2010 in an effort to meet the challenges students will face upon entering an ever-converging media world.
“Ashland’s JDM program was indeed on the forefront of new media education regionally and nationally in 2010,” said department chair Dr. David McCoy. “Our program continues to be a model of rigorous academics reinforced by real-world experiential learning opportunities for 21st-century journalists.”
The program was recognized in 2012 as one of 47 journalism programs in the country that has fully merged its print and broadcast curriculum. Ashland University’s JDM program was the only journalism program in Ohio that received this distinction of the approximately 500 colleges and universities from across the country that have journalism programs.
Ashland University is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.###