The Department of Journalism and Digital Media is sending a crew of students and staff to San Antonio to cover the women’s basketball team’s run at a national championship.

“We are excited to send our students down to San Antonio,” said JDM chair Gretchen Dworznik. “It’s an excellent opportunity for them to get some real-world experience for their resumes, as well as a great time for us to show what JDM students can do.” 

The department will be producing content for www.ashlandcollegian.com as well as the JDM Facebook page. WRDL 88.9 will stream broadcasts of the Eagles NCAA games, with Collegian sports editor Chris Bils and WRDL sports announcer Colin MacDonald calling the games.

Additionally, Collegian photo editor Elizabeth Bucheit will be shooting still photographs of the games as well as behind-the-scenes photos of the Eagles’ trip.

Photo galleries will be posted on The Collegian’s website throughout the week and on the JDM Facebook page, which can be found at www.facebook.com/JDMatAU.

JDM operations manager John Skrada and JDM alum Dan Shade will be in San Antonio producing video highlights from the games as well as video interviews with players, coaches and other AU representatives in Texas. Finally, you can follow the trip on Twitter with @ChrisBils and @AshlandJDM.

“We think we are in a unique position to be able to provide coverage that you won’t be able to get anywhere else,” Dworznik said. “The community really loves this team and we hope they will take advantage of what we are going to offer.” 

Dworznik said the department will use social media extensively during the week of games.

“Social media provides a great platform for us to be able to provide coverage of the team that is easily accessible,” she said. “We plan to offer new content each day so that people can keep up with the team even though they are far away.”