Ygal Kaufman
Multiple Media JournalistExpertise: Photography, video, drone operation, historical organizations, immigrant communities, collectors, sports and film history
Education: Shaker Heights High School
Pennsylvania State University - Bachelor of Arts, film production
University of Oklahoma - Master of Arts, journalism and mass communication
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Holden Arboretum
Experience:
Ygal Kaufman is a multimedia journalist with experience working for local newspapers, as well as in broadcast, radio and public relations. Ygal is an experienced reporter, producer, photographer, videographer and editor. In addition to journalism, Ygal is a recognized film exhibitioner who has curated film screening series and festival programming in Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon. While living in California and Oregon, Ygal worked in film production and appeared as an actor in multiple films, as well as playing music with and creating content for nationally touring musical acts. He is a storyteller with a focus on history and the subcultures of Americana.
Highlights:
- Best Academic Paper - CCI Conference on Corporate Communication 2020, September 17, 2020 – Triangular Model Illustration for Multi-Actor Relational Dynamics: Spillover Effects of Employee Relationship on Organization-External Public Relations via Megaphoning
- Member of Kappa Tau Alpha honor society for journalists and public relations practitioners
- Commendation - U.S. Army TRADOC: Keith L Ware Awards, February 2021
- Civilian Achievement Medal – U.S. Army, November 2021
- Cleveland Silent Film Festival Board of Directors
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The Lake County Captains hire young Northeast Ohio artists, including many students from the Cleveland Institute of Art, for its annual poster art series. -
Roller derby is a sport unlike any other. Participants say it's sort of like playing football while on skates. -
El Centro provides social services for Hispanic and Latinx people in Lorain. Every other week, they host a group of seniors for food, fun and community. -
Athletes aged 30 and up from all over the world have gathered in Cleveland for the 2024 Pan-American Masters Games. -
Northeast Ohio choreographer Martín Céspedes talks about his history and profession as he transitions from his latest show, "Jesus Christ Superstar," to his next, "Annie." -
Chicago-born composer Allison Loggins-Hull is composing new work for the Cleveland Orchestra that is inspired by Northeast Ohio communities. -
Ensemble Theatre's first commissioned play, “The Prospect of Equality,” is about the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and its last play on the campus of Notre Dame College. -
For nearly three-quarters of a century, ahead of Memorial Day, the Sterba family has planted American flags at the graves of the veterans buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Brook Park. -
The LatinUS Theater is a nonprofit that puts on Spanish-language productions out of the Pivot Center in Cleveland's west side. -
With telescopes, cameras and eclipse glasses in tow, scores of people across Northeast Ohio ventured outside and looked in one common direction Monday — up. Here's what our photographers saw as the total solar eclipse drew crowds across the region.
