The 2006-2007 NewsOhio staff
Meet the staff |What is newsohio?
Jon Daigle
What’s up, everybody? You favorite “Heads Up” Quiz Master here and, sadly, for only one more semester. I’ll be bringing you guys the latest low-down on important issues affecting teens today. Graduation awaits in May, and I’ve had a good four-year run. I’ve met a ton of people and made many accomplishments – both academic and personal. Future plans are still yet to be decided, but I’m hoping the skills I’ve acquired through extracurricular activities, like NewsOhio, will get my foot in the door. So get involved! You never know where you might end up. I’ve learned a lot, and I hope you have, too. Remember, always keep your head up!
Jennifer
Guerrieri
Hi, everyone! My name is Jennifer Guerrieri. I am currently a senior
broadcast news major, political science minor at Kent State University.
I am honored to join NewsOhio to help promote civic awareness among citizens
like yourselves. My first experience with reporting and anchoring came
in high school. I am lucky to say I was part of an Emmy-award-winning
morning news crew at Marion L. Steele High School. I spent my years at
Kent State anchoring, reporting and directing for TV-2 News. I am a proud
member and past president of the Spanish and Latino Student Association
(S.A.L.S.A.) as well as a Kent Student Ambassador. I spent Fall semester
2006 in Columbus, Ohio, participating in a program through the Political
Science Department. I met public officials, attended briefings in the
Statehouse and interned at WBNS – Channel 10. It was truly an unforgettable
experience. My hometown is Lorain, Ohio. I am fluent in Spanish and hope
to visit relatives in Puerto Rico for the first time after I graduate.
My friends and family are the source of my motivation. Their love and
support is what reminds me to never quit. I hope you enjoy watching the
show as much as we take pleasure in being part of it. If you have any
ideas or suggestions for the show please feel free to send them our way.
Thanks for watching!
Lindsay
McCoy
Hey there I'm Lindsay McCoy. I'm so excited to be a part of NewsOhio! I'm a junior
broadcast news major at Kent State University. Right now I work as an anchor/reporter
for 1590 WAKR in Akron at Rubber City Radio. I'm also the News Director at Kent
State's student-run station Black Squirrel Radio, and I'm a TV-2 news reporter.
I was born in Akron, Ohio, and I grew up in Stow. I was a cheerleader and dancer
during high school where I started learning about journalism and TV news, too.
I hope to one day work in the multimedia journalism field doing TV, radio and
Web site work. NewsOhio will give you the latest civic news, so you can count
on us! I really enjoy knowing what goes on in the community and how people are
using their voices to speak up. I enjoy hanging out with my friends, shopping,
dancing and watching movies in my free time.
Katie
Morse
My name is Katie Morse, and I’m one of the reporters for NewsOhio.
I’m originally from Buffalo, New York, but I moved to Kent to start
my broadcasting career. I have been with NewsOhio for two semesters now,
and it has been a wonderful experience. One of my favorite things about
being a reporter is meeting new people and hearing their stories, and
the show has allowed me to do that. Before working on the show, I also
worked at Kent State’s television station TV-2. I also interned
at WKBW back home in Buffalo. This semester I am interning at another
station, WKYC in Cleveland/Akron. So far the experience has been great!
When I’m not working, I like to go out with my friends, shop and
root for my favorite sports teams…the Buffalo Sabres and the Boston
Red Sox!
Sonja
Perman
Hey, everyone—I’m Sonja Perman. This spring is the start of my senior
year, here at Kent State University, where I am majoring in broadcast news with
a minor in theatre. I’m so happy to be working with NewsOhio again, and
I’m really excited to bring you the latest in civics news! I was born in
Bombay, India, but I was raised by in Lexington, Ohio. I graduated with honors
from Lexington High School in 2004 and was also crowned Miss Lexington. Besides
NewsOhio, I’m also the programming director and a reporter for TV-2 News,
Kent State’s student-run news program. I am also a resident assistant (RA)
in Stopher Hall. When I’m not studying, I enjoy traveling, movies, shopping
and theatre. I also love to spend time with family, friends and my puppy, Omelet!
In the future I plan to move out of state or possibly out of the country to report,
produce and anchor for a daily news organization.
Lyndsay Petruny
Hi, everyone! My name is Lyndsay Petruny and I am a junior broadcast news major at Kent State University. Sports have always been my true passion and love in life. I hope one day to have a career as a sports anchor or sideline reporter for ESPN or another major network. I am very involved in TV-2, Kent State's student-run television station. This semester, I am a host on a show called “SportsCorner” as well as the sideline reporter for Kent State basketball. In the past, I have been a sports anchor and sports director for the station. I was born in Pittsburgh, and you better believe I'm a Steelers fan! In my free time, I enjoy running, playing tennis, fishing and spending time with my friends and family. I'm looking forward to another great semester at NewsOhio!
Emilia
Young, producer
I’ve very proud to work on NewsOhio. Not only do I have the opportunity
to help spread civic awareness in our area, but also work with talented
students at Kent State University. Prior to NewsOhio, I spend 15 years
in the television industry in which I went from an Associate Producer
at WEWS/NewsChannel 5’s Morning Exchange to Executive Producer
in the news department at WKYC, Channel 3. Believing that television
is a vital part of community, I helped create the first Amber Alert
program in Northeast Ohio. At each station, I received Emmy awards
for both producing and writing. I hope you enjoy watching NewsOhio
as much as I enjoy being part of the show.
Shane
Roach, NewsOhio director
Hi. I have been directing and editing NewsOhio for three years. I really
believe in the program and the good that it is doing. It is vital in
this age of mass media that young people learn to weed out information
and question reports. I am proud to work on this program, and I hope
you enjoy it.
NewsOhio photos by Beth Rankin.
What is NewsOhio?
Can teens make a difference in their communities? Yes, they
can. High school, junior high and middle school students can have voice
and use it to create a better place to live. NewsOhio can show
them the way!
Here's how it works:
NewsOhio combines a weekly 20-minute television show with
the resources and interaction of this Web site to explore topics like
citizenship, voting, First Amendment rights, health and social service
issues - and how they affect communities.
Broadcast students at Kent State's School of Journalism and
Mass Communication receive weekly video news packages from area commercial
television stations. They present three or four stories each week that
should be of interest to teens and help them see that "news"
is not simply something on television or in the newspaper - it has meaning
to them.
Tape the shows Thursdays and Fridays from 5:30 to 5:50 a.m. on WVIZ/PBS in Cleveland. The station serves a 17-county Northeast Ohio market, which includes the metropolitan areas of Cleveland and Akron. Show the tapes in class or use the streaming video on the Web site.
Other useful parts of the project:
+ Weekly and archived lesson plans on a new Web site, complete
with streaming video
+ "Heads Up" quizzes, available online and on air
to check your comprehension
+ Helpful URLs that work for many types of reporting and investigative
assignments, plus special sites for each week's stories
+ Viewer feedback through the Web site and a feature called
"The Buzz."
+ "Democracy speaks," which are packages Kent State
students tape about Ohio citizens who do make a difference
+ A video conference highlighting a different
class each week and allowing students in that class to discuss what they
see and what they can do. Clips of these conferences go into the final
show.
NewsOhio can help students in the following classes:
Journalism/Mass Media by studying the reliability and
possible bias of information sources on TV and by using the concepts of
"civic journalism" to
make get their readers involved, too.
Civics by relating local issues to the regional news
stories and letting students voice their opinions about what they see
and what they know they can do in their communities.
Government by discussing real news items presented
on NewsOhio. On-air discussions will focus on how students can get involved
and what they would do in decision-making roles.
Economics through news stories that let them see how
opportunities arise in our society and who takes advantage of them.
Law by bringing news stories about the justice system
into the classroom and then discussing consequences.
Service
learning projects