BG NEWS ALUMNI BLOG
Multi-Talented and On Air: Sophia Walcher’s Rise in TV
Since graduating from Bowling Green State University in Fall 2022 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, Sophia Walcher has built a career in Toledo television. Sophia got involved with media early in her college career, beginning as a freshman with both video and...
Purpose Beyond the Press: Allison Barnard
By Nyah Wright-Walker | BG Falcon Media intern Allison Barnard’s path began in 2001 at Bowling Green State University where BG24 News played a major role in shaping her future. “That was my lifeline during those college years,” she stated. After reporting and...
Wearing Many Hats, Mastering Every Role
By Nyah Wright-Walker | BG Falcon Media intern When you think about careers in media and communications, Judi Dominey’s path shows just how many directions it can take. As a BGSU graduate from 1989, Judi started out as a music major before realizing her real passion...
’87 alum shares documentary with BGSU students
Duane Pohlman ('87) introduces his Fallout special at the BGSU student union. Duane Pohlman ('87) returned to BGSU to share the most recent product of his five-year investigation into a cancer cluster in Pike County, Ohio, Fallout: Contamination, Cancer & Death....
Cleveland Press Club honors two BG alumni
The Press Club of Cleveland inducted to of our alumni into its Hall of Fame and other Falcons came out to celebrate with them. Dale Omori ('83) photos graced the pages of The BG News and The Key yearbook before he started his photojournalism career outside of...
Telling stories, her way
By Nyah Wright-Walker | BG Falcon Media intern Mary Beth Eastman graduated from BGSU in 2001 with her sights set on a career in publishing. “I knew since I was 15 that I wanted to work in publishing,” she said. While at BGSU, she joined the BG News, gaining...
From The BG News to Pulitzer recognition
Carrie Blackmore ('05) By Nyah N'Chelle Wright-Walker | BG Falcon Media intern When Carrie Blackmore joined The BG News her freshman year at Bowling Green State University, she didn’t know it would set the stage for a career filled with storytelling, deadlines, and...
Press Club of Toledo honors students, faculty, alumni
Lots of BGSU love at the Press Club of Toledo's annual Touchstone Awards. Among the honors - 🏆 Student Print/Online for our 2024 Best of BG magazine, featuring designer Syed Ayaz Fatmi and writer Brandee Brossart (both graduates) 🏆 Student Digital/TV for our Live...
Harold Brown gives back through mentorship
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern Harold Brown ‘72 has been a vital part of the mentorship of some of our Falcon Media students. Brown, a retired journalist, worked for 42 years, mostly at the Sentinel Tribune in Bowling Green. He was involved in...
A Homecoming to remember
We kicked off our Homecoming festivities with alumni visits from videographer Kevin Tennant and photojournalist Isaiah Vasquez on Friday, then a steady flow of alumni, students, faculty and staff at our tailgate tent. For a few hours, we...
And we’re off – a new year is underway
How do you spend the weekend before classes start? If you're a BG Falcon Media executive, you spend all day Saturday and Sunday at our annual boot camp, squaring things away for the semester. Here are a few glimpses... After some introductions, re-introductions and...
Tyler Buchanan marks two years at the BGNAS helm
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern BG News Alumni Society President Tyler Buchanan Tyler Buchanan ‘13 recently hit an impressive milestone with the BGNews Alumni Society. Buchanan, a Midwest Editor for Axious, has now served two years as President of the...
A Falcon awesome night at Press Club of Cleveland awards event
Multiple generations represented BGSU at the Press Club of Cleveland's Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards event, and several Falcons left with an armful of awards. Sports Production Director Tyler Kavalecz represented BG Falcon Media and collected seven awards for...
Rookie Falcons gain meaningful opportunities
Left to right: Foster Roset, Lucas Kleimeyer, Kaden Knapp and Kevin Hutchinson By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern Rookie falcons are flying high into the realm of sports media. Unlike some university media groups that only offer the ‘good’ opportunities to...
She tried it all, but loved newspapers
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern Between her time with BG Falcon Media and years of experience as an editor and reporter, Debbie Rogers (‘88) has had a flourishing career in journalism. Her success all began with her varied experiences at BG Falcon...
The talent behind our One Day videos
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern Katherine Miller, Avery Maloney and Vic Miller worked together to create our One Day videos. One Day was a huge success for BG Falcon Media this year. Not only were the number of donors doubled, but the total donations...
Contributing to rapid growth
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media Intern The Falcon Media Sports Network continues to grow at high speed, from an increase in the number of games broadcast to a new partnership with WBGU-TV to the additions of a weekly sports talk radio show (The ZigZone) and...
Taking advantage of all opportunities
By Audrey Helms | BG Falcon Media intern Senior journalism student Claire Sant currently works as BG Falcon Media's Social Media Director, leading a group of about 10 interns and additional volunteers to create social media content for everything BG Falcon...