Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

The new Signal Akron newsroom in Akron, Ohio is brimming with Kent State journalism graduates.

When longtime Kent State University journalism professor Susan Zake decided to pursue a new career as editor-in-chief of the non-profit online news source, Signal Akron, she made a hiring list from the many Kent State graduates she had mentored over her 17-year career.The result is a new newsroom in Akron, Ohio, just 12 miles from the Kent Campus, that is brimming with Kent State graduates, each one trained, she said, to hit the ground running in the ever-changing world of online journalism. Zake, who received her master’s degree in journalism from Kent State in 2011, was a managing edito...

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