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Covering the Republican and Democratic Conventions

Kent State journalism and mass communication students to assist TEGNA reporters with data mining, research

Five 麻豆传媒 students from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will contribute to news coverage for TEGNA, Inc. stations across the country, as Republicans and Democrats converge upon Cleveland and Philadelphia for conventions this month.

The students 鈥 Patrick Shade, 鈥17, Cameron Gorman, 鈥19, Matt Poe, 鈥18, Taylor Kerns, 鈥17, and Anna Huntsman, 鈥18 鈥 will be based at WKYC Channel 3鈥檚 newsroom in downtown Cleveland for both conventions. They will assist TEGNA鈥檚 team of reporters assigned to cover the conventions with fact checking, researching and data mining.

TEGNA, formerly Gannett Co., owns 46 television stations in 38 markets, including WKYC, Cleveland鈥檚 NBC affiliate. 

鈥淭he stations want to go beyond superficial, day-to-day coverage of the convention and really dig into some issues,鈥 says John Butte, coordinator of career services in Kent State鈥檚 School of Journalism and Mass Communication, who helped coordinate the partnership. 鈥淭hey鈥檒l have an arsenal of our students to help with that.鈥

Butte, who spent a long career in television news, says the students are preparing for their assignments by familiarizing themselves with key players and issues in each of the party campaigns.

Kent State Director of Student Media Kevin Dilley says he is excited to see what students learn by taking part in national coverage of a historic election. 

鈥淭his year鈥檚 political conventions will kick an already busy election season into high gear for newsrooms around the country,鈥 Dilley says. 鈥淥ur students will have a front seat to it all. I look forward to seeing what they learn and produce for the stations, and what skills they bring back to the student media newsroom.鈥

Kent State journalism and mass communication students will be playing a role in other newsrooms and organizations as the Republican National Convention comes to Cleveland July 18-21. Several have accepted internships focusing on convention coverage with PBS and CBS. In addition, Sarah Matthews, 鈥17, a public relations major, is a summer intern with the Republican National Convention鈥檚 Committee on Arrangements.

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