UPDATE: live results can be found at the “LIVE: AU Journalism and Digital Media Department Election Day 2023″ page on the homepage.
On Tuesday, Nov. 7, the Ashland University (AU) Journalism and Digital Media (JDM) Department brings the Ashland County a variety of content pieces, live results and a full-fledged two hour long broadcast on Election Day.
Throughout the evening, the departments different mediums, 88.9 WRDL, AUTV and the Collegian, will be bringing the audience live results as the polls close around the county.
“At JDM, we offer a diverse spectrum of content,” said Chair of the AU JDM Department Dr. David McCoy. “The Election Show stems from a multi-media, multi-cast, wall-to-wall coverage basis that brings the concept that we want to deliver to our audience in the campus and community, a wide variety of things.”
Since the start of the 2023-2024 Academic Year, the students of the JDM Department have been working tirelessly on different multi-media pieces to bring a diverse portfolio of content to the table.
“We are not walking into this show, five minutes until 9:00 P.M. and getting done right at 11:00 P.M., what this show really reflects the work that the students have been doing the entire semester,” said Dr. McCoy. “We have had a team that has been working for over 11 weeks on this and two other production teams working on other platforms. We have had students trained up to be able to do this show.”
When students enter the department at the beginning of the semester, Dr. McCoy helps to evaluate and guide students to positions that best fit their interests. For some, Election Day will consist of working on social media pieces for Instagram, X, Facebook and even TikTok.
This type of distribution of content allows for multiple students to get opportunity to create content, while also bringing the audience different platforms to follow along on.
“It’s important to use our social media platforms to reach different audiences because everyone should have easy access to news especially if it going to affect you,” said 88.9 WRDL Social Media and Promotions Director Brynn Meisse. “Knowledge is extremely powerful and valuable to the community, so using various platforms will help spread and raise awareness.”
While a primary focus lies on social media, other responsibilities include creating packages, informational videos and behind-the-scenes content. These forms of content are shown throughout the live audio and video broadcasts.
“It’s important to be a student coming out of college that has a diverse portfolio because potential jobs want you to be a well rounded media professional right out of the gate,” said Executive Producer of the Election Show Ethan Jenkins.”These forms of content both help grow the students career in the media industry, and help educate the audience in numerous formats.”
To follow along with the busy schedule of Election Day 2023, head over to the links below to check out all content brought to you by the AU JDM Department:
The Collegian: AUCollegian (X), TheCollegian (Instagram), The Collegian (Facebook)
AUTV: AUTV20(X), AUTV20 (Instagram), AUTV20 (Facebook)
88.9 WRDL FM: 889_WRDL (X) 889_WRDL (Instagram), 88.9 WRDL – Ashland (Facebook)
Live Video Broadcast AND Live Audio Broadcast
