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BiG night for students, alumni at All Ohio awards event
At the Press Club of Cleveland's Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards ceremony at Cleveland's House of Blues (from left): Holden Ruck, Coyle Withrow, Karl Smith, Tyler Kavalecz, Janessa Jewell...
BiG night for students, alumni at All Ohio awards event
At the Press Club of Cleveland's Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards ceremony at Cleveland's House of Blues (from left): Holden Ruck, Coyle Withrow, Karl Smith, Tyler Kavalecz, Janessa Jewell Cleveland's House of Blues was the House of Orange and Brown as so many of our students and alumni were recognized for their great work during the Press Club of Clevelands Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards event.Headline? Proud past, bright futureLet's start with our students, who dominated the college division with 12 awards, including sweeping three categories.🧹Page Design: Janessa Jewell (🥇)...
The talented duo behind our One Day videos
Mariana Jacoia (left) and Sydney Gourley By Sydney Gourley | BG Falcon Media intern On March 25 and 26, BGSU held its annual One Day,...
BG Falcon Media brings home top ONMA award
BG Falcon Media had a big day at the annual Ohio News Media Association Awards & Fellowship Day. For the second time in three years,...
Buchanan steps down, Brown steps up as BGNAS president
From left: New BGNAS president Harold Brown, immediate past president Tyler Buchanan, Treasurer (and Falcon Media Manager) Karl Smith and...
Remembering The BG News
“I was in a journalism class touring the newspaper in Napoleon, Ohio, when the assassination of President John Kennedy occured in November 1963. We didn’t get to cry and be sad like everybody else. We jumped in our cars and drove right back to BG and went to work on the next edition of The BG News. We wrote sidebar stories about the campus reaction and told the local story about the assassination.”
Tom Walton
Summer Editor 1963
“We had a group of hard-nosed student journalists who weren’t afraid to question the administration and stir up controversy on campus. So many went on to distinguished newspaper careers. I made great memories and many lifelong friends. I wouldn’t trade that experience for anything.”
Bill Estep
Sports Editor 1976-77
“I was in a freshman journalism class as an English major when the editor and managing editor of The BG News came to the class to ask students to volunteer to write for the paper. A friend and I signed up and it changed my college trajectory. I had found my place. I wasn’t an English major anymore; I was a BG News major.”
Michael McIntyre
Editor Fall 1986
“My best friends to this day came from The BG News. The thing I remember most is that it was such a learning process. I learned how to really write and what news looks like. (Adviser) Bob Bortel was there for us and was a great mentor and leader in helping us navigate that world but also hold us responsible.”
Sarah Bednarski
Editor-in-chief Summer 1998
“Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the campus really relied on The BG News for information about policy changes and new developments. You would see copies of The BG News everywhere. You weren’t getting information from social media and websites, and everyone was reading it.”
Brandi Barhite
Editor-in-chief Spring 2000
Gina Potthoff
Editor-in-chief 2009-10
“The memories that I cherished the most about the newsroom were how family-oriented everything was. It was a home away from home. We would order food and do our stories but even when there was no work to be done, we would all still be there enjoying each other’s company.”
Cameron Teague Robinson
Editor-in-chief 2014-15
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