NewsLab Reporting

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

Some East Palestine residents still displaced eight months after derailment

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

By Nathalia Teixeira/Kent State NewsLab Akron’s Bayard Rustin LGBTQ+ Resource Center is expanding through a new partnership with Equitas Health.

By Chloe Robertson/Kent State NewsLab Racks full of vintage Levi’s, chunky knit sweaters and retro graphic tees continuously intrigue second-hand

By Nathalia Teixeira/Kent State NewsLab The “STAR room,” or Student Tranquility Amygdala Reset Room, is a place to self-regulate at

By Sophia Lucente/Kent State NewsLab Albert Rutikanga’s family was killed next to him in a their village church during the

By Sophia Lucente/Kent State NewsLab Zipline, an organization in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, is using drone technology to deliver

By Nathalia Teixeira/Kent State NewsLab After opening a modeling call for men aged 18 to 55, the body-positive photographer Whitney

By Chloe Robertson/Kent State NewsLab Out of the 186,484 people who applied for a driver’s license in Ohio in 2018,

By Chloe Robertson/Kent State NewsLab Porthouse Theatre is performing the musical “The Prom” until Aug. 6 — the first LGBTQ+

Story by Chris Abreu Betsy Bunnell is on the verge of giving up her internet connection after months of difficulties