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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In this installment of the Making It series, meet Sahithya Wintrich and her Indian finishing spice creation, Chutni Punch. -
Cleveland was once a major part of a network of regional professional wrestling shows. 50 years later, Absolute Intense Wrestling carries on a Northeast Ohio tradition. -
A young bull was safely corralled by Cleveland police on Monday, after a call came in reporting the animal running loose near Superior Avenue and East 123rd Street in Cleveland. -
Alfred Schroeder escaped the destruction of World War II and the loss of his family. In Cleveland, he found a new family and what was left of the one he lost. -
Marilyn Shaker, 83, was estranged from her daughter Pamela for two decades. Now Pamela and her sister, Kimberly, help to exhibit their mother's paintings around Ohio. -
The sun was shining, and the crowd on hand was enthusiastic for another season of baseball at Progressive Field. Some of the most ecstatic were in the increasingly popular standing section. -
LatinUs Theater performs Spanish-language plays by both classic and contemporary authors at their black box theater on the West Side of Cleveland. -
Progressive Field introduced new food options, new cashless vendors, expanded betting options and more ahead of the Guardians' 2023 opener. -
Deb Berkebile is an artist in Ashtabula County who has taken what she learned in a GIS course at Lakeland Community College and applied it to her quilting. -
Travis and Jason Kelce, brothers from Cleveland Heights, face off against each other in the Super Bowl. Their hometown is showing its support.