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Steve Kurrent says he’s not sure who got more out of the WOUB Mentoring Program during the 2022-23 academic year, him or the student he mentored.
In May, Erin Ashley was the first to graduate with Ohio University’s new Broadcast Meteorology degree. She is now a meteorologist at WTVG in Toledo.
When Jim Yokers came to Ohio University in the mid-1970s, the plan was to hone his skills as a disc jockey and make an impact as a larger-than-life voice on the radio.
After following her journalism career to New York City as a producer for a major network, Erin Laviola ‘11 has taken her media knowledge and talents and started her own business.
His mantel is filled with five regional Emmy awards for work done at TV stations across the country, but Paul Buehler says those awards wouldn’t be there without OHIO and WOUB.
Susy Cheston is now the chief growth officer at an international non-profit called the Business Council for Peace, but as a young woman pursued a career in public media leadership.
When David Collins ’89 was asked if he would like a WOUB stole to wear when he spoke at Ohio University’s undergraduate commencement on May 6, he couldn’t grab it and put it on fast enough.
When Julie (Hartz) Winch came to Ohio University in 2005, she knew the value of hands-on experience and was ready to jump in with both feet at WOUB Public Media.
When Ron Jantz was a child growing up in northeast Ohio, he knew three things; he loved sports, he wasn’t a great athlete, and he wanted a career that involved being around sports.
Student leaders of WOUB Public Media and The Post have forged a new collaboration to expand learning experiences and audience while retaining independence at each news medium.
Just months after graduating from the Scripps College of Communication, OHIO alumni were in Dallas covering a national championship.
When John Popovich graduated from Ohio University in 1973 with a telecommunications degree, the media landscape for sports anchors and reporters was very different than it is today.
Alan Leventhal knew he wanted to work in television since he was in high school in Union Township, New Jersey.
When Paul Schneider went on a tour of Ohio University and saw the TV studios at WOUB Public Media, he knew he was going to college in Athens.
When Mark O’Brien graduated from high school, he thought he wanted to be a radio broadcaster, and knew Ohio University was the place that could put him on that path.
