Department of Strategic Communication and Media at Youngstown State

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The power of a YSU sports broadcast degree on full display. Corey McCrae (left) and Cameron Niemi of 21 WFMJ News! 💪♥️🐧

Congrats to the Department of Strategic Communication and Media graduating Lambda Pi Eta seniors. The LPE honorary grads picked up their honors sashes to wear at graduation. And that's 2018 grad and LPE member, Ashlyn Baker, CEO of Signatures Brand Design Studio, providing words of inspiration to the graduates. at Youngstown State University 🐧♥️💪

Youngstown State University student media organizations dominated the 2024 Society for Collegiate Journalists National Contest, earning a remarkable 25 awards including eight first-place honors across multiple categories.

"I'm blown away by what our student journalists continue to accomplish. It really shows how talented they are and how seriously they take their work," said Adam Earnheardt, The Jambar advisor. "Whether they're covering sports or digging into investigative stories, these students aren't just checking boxes — they're practicing real journalism that matters to our campus and the entire Valley."

The Jambar newspaper, JambarTV and Rookery Radio collectively secured eight first-place awards, six second-place awards, three third-place awards and eight honorable mentions.

https://ysu.edu/news/ysu-student-media-continues-impressive-streak-national-collegiate-journalism-competition

As we celebrate our Youngstown State University graduates today, we look back on our recent Department of Strategic Communication and Media awards banquet. Congrats to our scholarship and award winners in journalism, multimedia communication, and communication as well as our graduate degree in professional communication. We're so proud of all of you and all you've accomplished. ♥️🐧💪🎉👨‍🎓👩‍🎓🎊

The amazing Madison Chapman is a graduate of our M.A. program in Professional Communication. We're so proud of Madison and our masters grads! Well done, Madison! ♥️🐧 at Youngstown State University Williamson College of Business Administration Read her story from the Warren Tribune-Chronicle here:

https://www.tribtoday.com/sports/local-sports/2025/04/chapman-talks-ysu-sports-social-media/

What do NCAA bowling champs do on an off-weekend? Multimedia communication-sports broadcasting student and YSU bowler, Ellie Drescher, was joined by teammate Jade Cote, and assistant coach and former YSU bowler Mackenzie Olesky at the PBA championship in Akron this past weekend. Even better? Our own sports broadcasting senior lecturer, Paul Ditchey, was working the broadcast. Paul grabbed these pictures. ♥️💪🐧🏆

We welcomed a full house of future Penguins for YSU's media visit day and workshops. Students learned from three social media experts: Jamie Jamison (who teaches in social media classes at YSU and teaches workshops for the NY Botanical Gardens), and two graduates of our programs - Alyssa Osman and Thomas Malacky. They're all amazing YSU ambassadors. Thanks to Mary Coller and the Williamson College of Business Administration for helping us set this up.

Shout out to 21 WFMJ and Matt Stone for featuring The Jambar in today's Cover Story. We're so proud of all the work our media students do week-in and week-out to serve as the student voice of YSU. If you want to learn more about studying journalism at Youngstown State University, contact us! We love visitors!! ♥️🐧💪📰

Cover Story: YSU student newspaper, 'The Jambar,' scores big This month, Youngstown State University's student newspaper, The Jambar, placed first in Overall Excellence in the Ohio News Media Association's Collegiate Newspaper and Website Competition.

What are you doing Sunday morning? Watch this crew - John Frank Ostapowicz, Marissa Masano, and Nicarlyle Hanchard - talk with Matt Stone on 21 WFMJ at 10am about winning the Ohio News Media Association's 1st place award for overall news excellence, the future of journalism, and the advantage of studying their craft at Youngstown State University.

Thanks to Coach Donald D'Alesio, YSU alum in Professional Communication and Kansas City Chiefs safeties coach for linking up with Dr. Adam Earnheardt's Principles of Sports Information students today. We needed a lot more than a 50-minute class! Hope you can visit again. ♥️🐧