NewsLab Reporting

An experiential news commons linking Kent State University School of Media and Journalism student work with professional media partners in Ohio.

‘Not so good out there:’ New college grads struggle to find full-time work

By Ashley Caudill/Kent State NewsLab If you’ve talked to any recent graduates lately, you’ve probably heard about how difficult it

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab The Ohio Nurses Association has undertaken a so-called Code Red campaign to call attention to

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab According to the Ohio Department of Aging’s Summary Assessment of Older Adults, deaths by suicide

By Mara O’Malley/Kent State NewsLab Though it is now legal for Ohioans to use cannabis, the 2023 passage of Issue

By Sophie Young, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream The train derailment in East Palestine in February was high-profile because of its environmental

By Sophia Lucente, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream When a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine on Feb. 3, the village’s

By Sophie Young, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream In February 2023, Hilary Flint was living with her grandmother in Enon Valley, Penn.,

By Grace Springer, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream Jeff Drummond’s house was less than a football field away from the site where

By Mariah Alanskas, Kent State NewsLab/Ideastream About 20 minutes from East Palestine in Leetonia, Ohio, Norfolk Southern trains speed through

By Grace Springer/Kent State NewsLab Candy Kiehl has lived in the same home in East Palestine her entire life. The