Kelly Krabill
Multiple Media JournalistExpertise: Plain culture including Amish and conservative Mennonites, intellectual disabilities, audio and print journalism, video storytelling, photography
Education: Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Associate of Science, photography
Youngstown State University - Bachelor of Fine Arts, photography
Kent State University - Bachelor of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Rocky River Nature Center
Experience:
As a multiple media journalist, Kelly Krabill tells stories on multiple platforms including audio, print, video and photography. She covers various topics across Northeast Ohio including the Plain community, intellectual disabilities, entrepreneurship and affordable housing. Kelly worked in the health insurance field for almost 12 years before she went back to school to earn a journalism degree from Kent State University.
Highlights:
- 2021 Mark of Excellence award, Society of Professional Journalists, Broadcast/Online Feature Videography, “Urban farming” - WKSU/Collaborative News Lab at Kent State
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A development organization in Canton, Canton For All People, is renovating a former church into a preschool. Their goal of filling all slots is to increase kindergarten readiness. -
Stakeholders broke ground Wednesday on an expansion of Norma Herr, a women's emergency shelter in Cleveland. -
Kent State University feels the impact from inflation and impending expenses. A hiring and travel freeze was effective Wednesday. -
Here's what Ohioans need to know about voting in the Nov. 5 general election. -
On Thursday, Shaker Square's new owners, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and Burton Bell Carr, released the preliminary recommendations for the square. -
Safe Harbor Ohio offers residential treatment for child survivors of sex trafficking. -
The Akron Zoo plans to build a new animal hospital by 2026, providing continued care to the more than 2,000 animals. -
Akron-Canton Airport will receive funding through the state's capital budget to expand. -
Carolyn Kinkoph began raising awareness of human trafficking while her daughter was a victim of sex trafficking. Now, after her daughter's death, Kinkoph continues to educate others with the hope of ending human trafficking. -
With help from community organizations and faith leaders, more than 70 blighted homes have been removed, and new homes have been built.
